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 9.101.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र सु॑न्वा॒नस्यान्ध॑सो॒ मर्तो॒ न वृ॑त॒ तद्वच॑: । अप॒ श्वान॑मरा॒धसं॑ ह॒ता म॒खं न भृग॑वः ॥
प्र सुन्वानस्यान्धसो मर्तो न वृत तद्वचः । अप श्वानमराधसं हता मखं न भृगवः ॥
pra sunvānasyāndhaso marto na vṛta tad vacaḥ | apa śvānam arādhasaṃ hatā makhaṃ na bhṛgavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Let no mortal hear the sound of the effused Soma; drive off the dog that sacrifices not as the Bhṛgus drove off Makha.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Let no mortal: 'No death-giving, i.e., rite-obstructing dog';
Arādhasam = stingy, rādhakakarmarahitam
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatiḥ [prajāpati];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । सु॒न्वा॒नस्य॑ । अन्ध॑सः । मर्तः॑ । न । वृ॒त॒ । तत् । वचः॑ । अप॑ । श्वान॑म् । अ॒रा॒धस॑म् । ह॒त । म॒खम् । न । भृग॑वः ॥
प्र । सुन्वानस्य । अन्धसः । मर्तः । न । वृत । तत् । वचः । अप । श्वानम् । अराधसम् । हत । मखम् । न । भृगवः ॥
pra | sunvānasya | andhasaḥ | martaḥ | na | vṛta | tat | vacaḥ | apa | śvānam | arādhasam | hata | makham | na | bhṛgavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.101.13 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“choose; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“dog; śvan [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“stingy.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; Makha; festival.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Bhṛgu; precipice; Bhṛgu; Bhṛgu; Venus; bhṛgu [word].”