Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 9.67.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असृ॑ग्रन्दे॒ववी॑तये वाज॒यन्तो॒ रथा॑ इव ॥
असृग्रन्देववीतये वाजयन्तो रथा इव ॥
asṛgran devavītaye vājayanto rathā iva ||
English translation:
“(The Soma-juices) are let loose for the banquet of the gods like chariots desiring the wealth (of the enemy).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jamadagniḥ [jamadagni];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असृ॑ग्रन् । दे॒वऽवी॑तये । वा॒ज॒ऽयन्तः॑ । रथाः॑ऽइव ॥
असृग्रन् । देववीतये । वाजयन्तः । रथाःइव ॥
asṛgran | deva-vītaye | vāja-yantaḥ | rathāḥ-iva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.67.17 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“incite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”