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 1.9.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मत्स्वा॑ सुशिप्र म॒न्दिभि॒: स्तोमे॑भिर्विश्वचर्षणे । सचै॒षु सव॑ने॒ष्वा ॥
मत्स्वा सुशिप्र मन्दिभिः स्तोमेभिर्विश्वचर्षणे । सचैषु सवनेष्वा ॥
matsvā suśipra mandibhiḥ stomebhir viśvacarṣaṇe | sacaiṣu savaneṣv ā ||

English translation:

Indra with the handsome chin, be plural ased with these animating praises; do your, who are to be reverenced by all mankind, (come) to these rites (with the gods).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Su-śipra = śipra, lower law or the nose; thus, handsome-nosed;

Viśvacarṣaṇe = lit. oḥ! you who are all men: sarva-manuṣya-yukta, who are joined with all men; further qualified: sarvair yajamānaiḥ pūjyaḥ, to be worshipped by all instrumental tutors of sacrifices

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मत्स्व॑ । सु॒ऽशि॒प्र॒ । म॒न्दिऽभिः । स्तोमे॑भिः । वि॒श्व॒ऽच॒र्ष॒णे॒ । सचा॑ । ए॒षु । सव॑नेषु । आ ॥
मत्स्व । सुशिप्र । मन्दिभिः । स्तोमेभिः । विश्वचर्षणे । सचा । एषु । सवनेषु । आ ॥
matsva | su-śipra | mandi-bhiḥ | stomebhiḥ | viśva-carṣaṇe | sacā | eṣu | savaneṣu | ā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.9.3 English analysis of grammar]

matsvā < mad

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

suśipra < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suśipra < śipra < śiprā

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“lip; śiprā.”

mandibhi < mandibhiḥ < mandin

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“intoxicant; exhilarating.”

stomebhir < stomebhiḥ < stoma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

viśvacarṣaṇe < viśvacarṣaṇi

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

sacaiṣu < sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

sacaiṣu < eṣu < idam

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

savaneṣv < savaneṣu < savana

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

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