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 1.175.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मत्स्यपा॑यि ते॒ मह॒: पात्र॑स्येव हरिवो मत्स॒रो मद॑: । वृषा॑ ते॒ वृष्ण॒ इन्दु॑र्वा॒जी स॑हस्र॒सात॑मः ॥
मत्स्यपायि ते महः पात्रस्येव हरिवो मत्सरो मदः । वृषा ते वृष्ण इन्दुर्वाजी सहस्रसातमः ॥
matsy apāyi te mahaḥ pātrasyeva harivo matsaro madaḥ | vṛṣā te vṛṣṇa indur vājī sahasrasātamaḥ ||

English translation:

“Lord of steeds, you are exhilarated when the sacred (Soma) has been imbibed by you as by its (appropriate) vessel; for to you, showerer (of benefits), it is exhilarating, inebriating, invigorating, the yielder of delight, (satisfying as) food, and the giver of a thousand (plural asures).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मत्सि॑ । अपा॑यि । ते॒ । महः॑ । पात्र॑स्यऽइव । ह॒रि॒ऽवः । म॒त्स॒रः । मदः॑ । वृषा॑ । ते॒ । वृष्णे॑ । इन्दुः॑ । वा॒जी । स॒ह॒स्र॒ऽसात॑मः ॥
मत्सि । अपायि । ते । महः । पात्रस्यइव । हरिवः । मत्सरः । मदः । वृषा । ते । वृष्णे । इन्दुः । वाजी । सहस्रसातमः ॥
matsi | apāyi | te | mahaḥ | pātrasya-iva | hari-vaḥ | matsaraḥ | madaḥ | vṛṣā | te | vṛṣṇe | induḥ | vājī | sahasra-sātamaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.175.1 English analysis of grammar]

matsy < matsi < mad

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

apāyi <

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

mahaḥ < mah

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

pātrasyeva < pātrasya < pātra

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“vessel; pātra [word]; authority; receptacle; pātra; vessel; cup; bowl; basket.”

pātrasyeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

harivo < harivas < harivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

matsaro < matsaraḥ < matsara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

madaḥ < mada

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vṛṣṇa < vṛṣṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

indur < induḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

vājī < vājin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”

sahasrasātamaḥ < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrasātamaḥ < sātamaḥ < sātama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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