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 10.94.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते अद्र॑यो॒ दश॑यन्त्रास आ॒शव॒स्तेषा॑मा॒धानं॒ पर्ये॑ति हर्य॒तम् । त ऊ॑ सु॒तस्य॑ सो॒म्यस्यान्ध॑सों॒ऽशोः पी॒यूषं॑ प्रथ॒मस्य॑ भेजिरे ॥
ते अद्रयो दशयन्त्रास आशवस्तेषामाधानं पर्येति हर्यतम् । त ऊ सुतस्य सोम्यस्यान्धसोंऽशोः पीयूषं प्रथमस्य भेजिरे ॥
te adrayo daśayantrāsa āśavas teṣām ādhānam pary eti haryatam | ta ū sutasya somyasyāndhaso 'ṃśoḥ pīyūṣam prathamasya bhejire ||

English translation:

“These stones, having ten reins, swiftly moving, their delightful whirling goes round; they first tasted theambrosia of the fragment of food of the expressed Soma.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): arbudaḥ kādraveyaḥ sarpaḥ [arbuda kādraveya sarpa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): grāvāṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcījagatī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ते । अद्र॑यः । दश॑ऽयन्त्रासः । आ॒शवः॑ । तेषा॑म् । आ॒ऽधान॑म् । परि॑ । ए॒ति॒ । ह॒र्य॒तम् । ते । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु॒तस्य॑ । सो॒म्यस्य॑ । अन्ध॑सः । अं॒शोः । पी॒यूष॑म् । प्र॒थ॒मस्य॑ । भे॒जि॒रे॒ ॥
ते । अद्रयः । दशयन्त्रासः । आशवः । तेषाम् । आधानम् । परि । एति । हर्यतम् । ते । ऊँ इति । सुतस्य । सोम्यस्य । अन्धसः । अंशोः । पीयूषम् । प्रथमस्य । भेजिरे ॥
te | adrayaḥ | daśa-yantrāsaḥ | āśavaḥ | teṣām | ādhānam | pari | eti | haryatam | te | oṃ iti | sutasya | somyasya | andhasaḥ | aṃśoḥ | pīyūṣam | prathamasya | bhejire

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.94.8 English analysis of grammar]

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

adrayo < adrayaḥ < adri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

daśayantrāsa < daśa < daśan

[noun]

“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”

daśayantrāsa < yantrāsaḥ < yantra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“alchemical apparatus; surgical instrument; machine; implement; instrument; tool; tie; mechanism.”

āśavas < āśavaḥ < āśu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”

teṣām < tad

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ādhānam < ādhāna

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“pouring; sexual intercourse.”

pary < pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

eti < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

haryatam < haryata

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“desirable; delightful.”

ta < te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ū < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

sutasya < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

somyasyāndhaso < somyasya < somya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“saumya.”

somyasyāndhaso < andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

'ṃśoḥ < aṃśoḥ < aṃśu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sunbeam; beam; aṃśu [word]; thread.”

pīyūṣam < pīyūṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“amṛta; pīyūṣa; ambrosia.”

prathamasya < prathama

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

bhejire < bhaj

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”

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