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 1.28.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त स्म॑ ते वनस्पते॒ वातो॒ वि वा॒त्यग्र॒मित् । अथो॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे सु॒नु सोम॑मुलूखल ॥
उत स्म ते वनस्पते वातो वि वात्यग्रमित् । अथो इन्द्राय पातवे सुनु सोममुलूखल ॥
uta sma te vanaspate vāto vi vāty agram it | atho indrāya pātave sunu somam ulūkhala ||
English translation:
“Lorf of the forest, as the wind genitive ly blows before you, so do thou, O Mortar, prepare the Soma juice for the beverage of Indra.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Vanaspati = a large tree; metonymy for the mortar
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrayajñasomāḥ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । स्म॒ । ते॒ । व॒न॒स्प॒ते॒ । वातः॑ । वि । वा॒ति॒ । अग्र॑म् । इत् । अथो॒ इति॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । पात॑वे । सु॒नु । सोम॑म् । उ॒लू॒ख॒ल॒ ॥
उत । स्म । ते । वनस्पते । वातः । वि । वाति । अग्रम् । इत् । अथो इति । इन्द्राय । पातवे । सुनु । सोमम् । उलूखल ॥
uta | sma | te | vanaspate | vātaḥ | vi | vāti | agram | it | atho iti | indrāya | pātave | sunu | somam | ulūkhala
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.28.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“tree; banyan; vanaspati [word]; vanaspativarga; vaṭādi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“blow; blow; emit.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“press out; su.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“mortar; ulūkhala.”