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 1.84.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असा॑वि॒ सोम॑ इन्द्र ते॒ शवि॑ष्ठ धृष्ण॒वा ग॑हि । आ त्वा॑ पृणक्त्विन्द्रि॒यं रज॒: सूर्यो॒ न र॒श्मिभि॑: ॥
असावि सोम इन्द्र ते शविष्ठ धृष्णवा गहि । आ त्वा पृणक्त्विन्द्रियं रजः सूर्यो न रश्मिभिः ॥
asāvi soma indra te śaviṣṭha dhṛṣṇav ā gahi | ā tvā pṛṇaktv indriyaṃ rajaḥ sūryo na raśmibhiḥ ||
English translation:
“The Soma has been expressed, Indra, for you; potent humber (of your foes), approach; may vigour fill you (by Soma), as the sun fills the firmament with his rays.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
असा॑वि । सोमः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ते॒ । शवि॑ष्ठ । धृ॒ष्णो॒ इति॑ । आ । ग॒हि॒ । आ । त्वा॒ । पृ॒ण॒क्तु॒ । इ॒न्द्रि॒यम् । रजः॑ । सू॒र्यः॑ । न । र॒श्मिऽभिः॑ ॥
असावि । सोमः । इन्द्र । ते । शविष्ठ । धृष्णो इति । आ । गहि । आ । त्वा । पृणक्तु । इन्द्रियम् । रजः । सूर्यः । न । रश्मिभिः ॥
asāvi | somaḥ | indra | te | śaviṣṭha | dhṛṣṇo iti | ā | gahi | ā | tvā | pṛṇaktu | indriyam | rajaḥ | sūryaḥ | na | raśmi-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.84.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“brave; ferocious; strong.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“mix; unite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“sense organ; Indriya; sense; power; semen; indriya [word]; mind; penis; manfulness; force.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”