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 1.23.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒भा दे॒वा दि॑वि॒स्पृशे॑न्द्रवा॒यू ह॑वामहे । अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
उभा देवा दिविस्पृशेन्द्रवायू हवामहे । अस्य सोमस्य पीतये ॥
ubhā devā divispṛśendravāyū havāmahe | asya somasya pītaye ||
English translation:
“We invoke both the divinities abiding in heaven, Indra and Vāyu, to drink of this Soma juice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indravāyū ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyānicṛdgāyatrī;;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒भा । दे॒वा । दि॒वि॒ऽस्पृशा॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒वा॒यू इति॑ । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । अ॒स्य । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
उभा । देवा । दिविस्पृशा । इन्द्रवायू इति । हवामहे । अस्य । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
ubhā | devā | divi-spṛśā | indravāyū iti | havāmahe | asya | somasya | pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.23.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“both(a).”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“heavenward.”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”