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 9.2.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अधु॑क्षत प्रि॒यं मधु॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ वे॒धस॑: । अ॒पो व॑सिष्ट सु॒क्रतु॑: ॥
अधुक्षत प्रियं मधु धारा सुतस्य वेधसः । अपो वसिष्ट सुक्रतुः ॥
adhukṣata priyam madhu dhārā sutasya vedhasaḥ | apo vasiṣṭa sukratuḥ ||

English translation:

“The stream of effused creative Soma milks out the joy-giving ambrosia; the accomplisher of holy rites veils itself in the waters.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Apo vasiṣṭa sukratuḥ: a reference to the vasatīvarī water with which the soma is sprinkled

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ [medhātithi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अधु॑क्षत । प्रि॒यम् । मधु॑ । धारा॑ । सु॒तस्य॑ । वे॒धसः॑ । अ॒पः । व॒सि॒ष्ट॒ । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ ॥
अधुक्षत । प्रियम् । मधु । धारा । सुतस्य । वेधसः । अपः । वसिष्ट । सुक्रतुः ॥
adhukṣata | priyam | madhu | dhārā | sutasya | vedhasaḥ | apaḥ | vasiṣṭa | su-kratuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.2.3 English analysis of grammar]

adhukṣata < duh

[verb], singular, sa aorist (Ind.)

“milk.”

priyam < priya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

madhu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

dhārā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

sutasya < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

vedhasaḥ < vedhas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”

apo < apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

vasiṣṭa < vas

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“wear.”

sukratuḥ < sukratu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wise.”

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