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 8.17.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृदा॑कुसानुर्यज॒तो ग॒वेष॑ण॒ एक॒: सन्न॒भि भूय॑सः । भूर्णि॒मश्वं॑ नयत्तु॒जा पु॒रो गृ॒भेन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
पृदाकुसानुर्यजतो गवेषण एकः सन्नभि भूयसः । भूर्णिमश्वं नयत्तुजा पुरो गृभेन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये ॥
pṛdākusānur yajato gaveṣaṇa ekaḥ sann abhi bhūyasaḥ | bhūrṇim aśvaṃ nayat tujā puro gṛbhendraṃ somasya pītaye ||

English translation:

“With head uplifted like a serpent, adorable, the recoverer of the cattle, Indra single, is superior tomultitudes; (the worshipper) brings Indra to drink the Soma by a rapid seizure, like a loaded horse (by a halter).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

With head uplifted: pṛdākusānu = pṛdākuḥ sarpaḥ, a serpent; sa iva sānuḥ samucchṛtaḥ tadvadunnataśiraskaḥ, having the head lifted up in like manner;

Sānu = saṃbhajanīya, to be served or propitiated asa snake is, with many gems, mantras, medicaments; sa yatha bahubhir maṇimantrauṣadhādibhis saṃsevyonālpai evam indropi bahubhis stotrādibhir yatnais sevyaḥ; by a rapid seizure: gṛbha = means of seizing, i.e. apraise

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārṣībṛhatī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृदा॑कुऽसानुः । य॒ज॒तः । गो॒ऽएष॑णः । एकः॑ । सन् । अ॒भि । भूय॑सः । भूर्णिम् । अश्व॑म् । न॒य॒त् । तु॒जा । पु॒रः । गृ॒भा । इन्द्र॑म् । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
पृदाकुसानुः । यजतः । गोएषणः । एकः । सन् । अभि । भूयसः । भूर्णिम् । अश्वम् । नयत् । तुजा । पुरः । गृभा । इन्द्रम् । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
pṛdāku-sānuḥ | yajataḥ | go--eṣaṇaḥ | ekaḥ | san | abhi | bhūyasaḥ | bhūrṇim | aśvam | nayat | tujā | puraḥ | gṛbhā | indram | somasya | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.17.15 English analysis of grammar]

pṛdākusānur < pṛdākusānuḥ < pṛdākusānu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

yajato < yajataḥ < yajata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“holy; august; sacrificial.”

gaveṣaṇa < gaveṣaṇaḥ < gaveṣaṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“marauding.”

ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

sann < san < as

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

bhūyasaḥ < bhūyas

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“more(a); more(a); abounding in(p); stronger; bigger.”

bhūrṇim < bhūrṇi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“impatient; restless.”

aśvaṃ < aśvam < aśva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

nayat <

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

tujā < tuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

puro < puras

[adverb]

“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”

gṛbhendraṃ < gṛbhā < gṛbh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

gṛbhendraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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