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 1.23.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मि॒त्रं व॒यं ह॑वामहे॒ वरु॑णं॒ सोम॑पीतये । ज॒ज्ञा॒ना पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥
मित्रं वयं हवामहे वरुणं सोमपीतये । जज्ञाना पूतदक्षसा ॥
mitraṃ vayaṃ havāmahe varuṇaṃ somapītaye | jajñānā pūtadakṣasā ||
English translation:
“We invoke Mitra and Varuṇa, becoming present at the sacrifice, and of pure strength, to drink the Soma juice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मि॒त्रम् । व॒यम् । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । वरु॑णम् । सोम॑ऽपीतये । ज॒ज्ञा॒ना । पू॒तऽद॑क्षसा ॥
मित्रम् । वयम् । हवामहे । वरुणम् । सोमपीतये । जज्ञाना । पूतदक्षसा ॥
mitram | vayam | havāmahe | varuṇam | soma-pītaye | jajñānā | pūta-dakṣasā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.23.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”
[verb noun], accusative, dual
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb noun]
“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“intelligent.”