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 9.101.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रोजि॑ती वो॒ अन्ध॑सः सु॒ताय॑ मादयि॒त्नवे॑ । अप॒ श्वानं॑ श्नथिष्टन॒ सखा॑यो दीर्घजि॒ह्व्य॑म् ॥
पुरोजिती वो अन्धसः सुताय मादयित्नवे । अप श्वानं श्नथिष्टन सखायो दीर्घजिह्व्यम् ॥
purojitī vo andhasaḥ sutāya mādayitnave | apa śvānaṃ śnathiṣṭana sakhāyo dīrghajihvyam ||

English translation:

“For (the drinking of) the effused exhilarating (juice) of the Soma who has plural ced victory before you, do you friends destroy the long-tongued dog.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I.e., prevent the dogs or rākṣasas from lapping the Soma

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): andhīguḥ śyāvāśviḥ [andhīguḥ śyāvāśvi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रःऽजि॑ती । वः॒ । अन्ध॑सः । सु॒ताय॑ । मा॒द॒यि॒त्नवे॑ । अप॑ । श्वान॑म् । श्न॒थि॒ष्ट॒न॒ । सखा॑यः । दी॒र्घ॒ऽजि॒ह्व्य॑म् ॥
पुरःजिती । वः । अन्धसः । सुताय । मादयित्नवे । अप । श्वानम् । श्नथिष्टन । सखायः । दीर्घजिह्व्यम् ॥
puraḥ-jitī | vaḥ | andhasaḥ | sutāya | mādayitnave | apa | śvānam | śnathiṣṭana | sakhāyaḥ | dīrgha-jihvyam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.101.1 English analysis of grammar]

purojitī < purojiti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

sutāya < su

[verb noun], dative, singular

“press out; su.”

mādayitnave < mādayitnu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

apa

[adverb]

“away.”

śvānaṃ < śvānam < śvan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“dog; śvan [word].”

śnathiṣṭana < śnath

[verb], plural, Aorist imperative

“pierce; kill.”

sakhāyo < sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

dīrghajihvyam < dīrghajihvya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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