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 3.35.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तवा॒यं सोम॒स्त्वमेह्य॒र्वाङ्छ॑श्वत्त॒मं सु॒मना॑ अ॒स्य पा॑हि । अ॒स्मिन्य॒ज्ञे ब॒र्हिष्या नि॒षद्या॑ दधि॒ष्वेमं ज॒ठर॒ इन्दु॑मिन्द्र ॥
तवायं सोमस्त्वमेह्यर्वाङ्छश्वत्तमं सुमना अस्य पाहि । अस्मिन्यज्ञे बर्हिष्या निषद्या दधिष्वेमं जठर इन्दुमिन्द्र ॥
tavāyaṃ somas tvam ehy arvāṅ chaśvattamaṃ sumanā asya pāhi | asmin yajñe barhiṣy ā niṣadyā dadhiṣvemaṃ jaṭhara indum indra ||

English translation:

“This soma libation is for you; come down, and well disposed, drink of it unceasingly; seated on the grass at this sacrifice, take Indra, this (libation) into your belly.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yajus. 26.23

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । अ॒यम् । सोमः॑ । त्वम् । आ । इ॒हि॒ । अ॒र्वाङ् । श॒श्व॒त्ऽत॒मम् । सु॒ऽमनाः॑ । अ॒स्य । पा॒हि॒ । अ॒स्मिन् । य॒ज्ञे । ब॒र्हिषि । आ । नि॒ऽसद्य॑ । द॒धि॒ष्व । इ॒मम् । ज॒ठरे॑ । इन्दु॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ ॥
तव । अयम् । सोमः । त्वम् । आ । इहि । अर्वाङ् । शश्वत्तमम् । सुमनाः । अस्य । पाहि । अस्मिन् । यज्ञे । बर्हिषि । आ । निसद्य । दधिष्व । इमम् । जठरे । इन्दुम् । इन्द्र ॥
tava | ayam | somaḥ | tvam | ā | ihi | arvāṅ | śaśvat-tamam | su-manāḥ | asya | pāhi | asmin | yajñe | barhiṣi | ā | ni-sadya | dadhiṣva | imam | jaṭhare | indum | indra

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.35.6 English analysis of grammar]

tavāyaṃ < tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

tavāyaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

somas < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

ehy < ehi < e < √i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“come; travel.”

arvāṅ < arvāñc

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“approaching; facing; less.”

chaśvattamaṃ < chaśvattamam < śaśvattama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“frequent.”

sumanā < sumanāḥ < sumanas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“benevolent; cheerful; happy; satisfied.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

pāhi <

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

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

asmin < idam

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

yajñe < yajña

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

barhiṣy < barhiṣī < barhis

[noun], nominative, dual, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

niṣadyā < niṣadya < niṣad < √sad

[verb noun]

“sit down; sit; put.”

niṣadyā < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dadhiṣvemaṃ < dadhiṣva < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

dadhiṣvemaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

jaṭhara < jaṭhare < jaṭhara

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“abdomen; udara; Jaṭhara; edema; garbha; inside; stomach; belly.”

indum < indu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

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