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 1.30.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्माकं॑ शि॒प्रिणी॑नां॒ सोम॑पाः सोम॒पाव्ना॑म् । सखे॑ वज्रि॒न्त्सखी॑नाम् ॥
अस्माकं शिप्रिणीनां सोमपाः सोमपाव्नाम् । सखे वज्रिन्त्सखीनाम् ॥
asmākaṃ śipriṇīnāṃ somapāḥ somapāvnām | sakhe vajrin sakhīnām ||

English translation:

“Drinker of Soma juice, wielder of the thunderbolt, O friend, (bestow upon) us, your friends, and drinkers of the Soma juice, (abundance of cows) with projecting jaws. (śipirṇīnām, genitive plural of the feminine nine śipriṇī, having a nose of a jaw; hence gavām and samūha (of cows and a herd) are added].”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्माक॑म् । शि॒प्रिणी॑नाम् । सोम॑ऽपाः । सो॒म॒ऽपाव्ना॑म् । सखे॑ । व॒ज्रि॒न् । सखी॑नाम् ॥
अस्माकम् । शिप्रिणीनाम् । सोमपाः । सोमपाव्नाम् । सखे । वज्रिन् । सखीनाम् ॥
asmākam | śipriṇīnām | soma-pāḥ | soma-pāvnām | sakhe | vajrin | sakhīnām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.30.11 English analysis of grammar]

asmākaṃ < asmākam < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

śipriṇīnāṃ < śipriṇīnām < śiprin

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

somapāḥ < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapāḥ < pāḥ <

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“drinking.”

somapāvnām < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapāvnām < pāvnām < pāvan

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“drinking.”

sakhe < sakhi

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

vajrin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

sakhīnām < sakhi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

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