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 1.23.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒रुत्व॑न्तं हवामह॒ इन्द्र॒मा सोम॑पीतये । स॒जूर्ग॒णेन॑ तृम्पतु ॥
मरुत्वन्तं हवामह इन्द्रमा सोमपीतये । सजूर्गणेन तृम्पतु ॥
marutvantaṃ havāmaha indram ā somapītaye | sajūr gaṇena tṛmpatu ||

English translation:

“We invoke Indra, attended by the Maruts to drink the Soma juice; may he, with his associates, be satisfied.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒रुत्व॑न्तम् । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । इन्द्र॒म् । आ । सोम॑ऽपीतये । स॒ऽजूः । ग॒णेन॑ । तृ॒म्प॒तु॒ ॥
मरुत्वन्तम् । हवामहे । इन्द्रम् । आ । सोमपीतये । सजूः । गणेन । तृम्पतु ॥
marutvantam | havāmahe | indram | ā | soma-pītaye | sa-jūḥ | gaṇena | tṛmpatu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.23.7 English analysis of grammar]

marutvantaṃ < marutvantam < marutvat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

havāmaha < havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

ā

[adverb]

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

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

sajūr < sajūs

[adverb]

gaṇena < gaṇa

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

tṛmpatu < tṛp

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“satiate; enjoy; delight.”

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