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 1.86.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य वी॒रस्य॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ सु॒तः सोमो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु । उ॒क्थं मद॑श्च शस्यते ॥
अस्य वीरस्य बर्हिषि सुतः सोमो दिविष्टिषु । उक्थं मदश्च शस्यते ॥
asya vīrasya barhiṣi sutaḥ somo diviṣṭiṣu | uktham madaś ca śasyate ||
English translation:
“The libation is poured out for the hero at the sacrifice, on the appointed days, and the hymn is repeated, and their (is excited).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्य । वी॒रस्य॑ । ब॒र्हिषि॑ । सु॒तः । सोमः॑ । दिवि॑ष्टिषु । उ॒क्थम् । मदः॑ । च॒ । श॒स्य॒ते॒ ॥
अस्य । वीरस्य । बर्हिषि । सुतः । सोमः । दिविष्टिषु । उक्थम् । मदः । च । शस्यते ॥
asya | vīrasya | barhiṣi | sutaḥ | somaḥ | diviṣṭiṣu | uktham | madaḥ | ca | śasyate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.86.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”