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 3.41.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ तू न॑ इन्द्र म॒द्र्य॑ग्घुवा॒नः सोम॑पीतये । हरि॑भ्यां याह्यद्रिवः ॥
आ तू न इन्द्र मद्र्यग्घुवानः सोमपीतये । हरिभ्यां याह्यद्रिवः ॥
ā tū na indra madryag ghuvānaḥ somapītaye | haribhyāṃ yāhy adrivaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, come to me with your horses, when invoked to drink the Soma at our (sacrifice).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । तु । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । म॒द्र्य॑क् । हु॒वा॒नः । सोम॑ऽपीतये । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । या॒हि॒ । अ॒द्रि॒ऽवः॒ ॥
आ । तु । नः । इन्द्र । मद्र्यक् । हुवानः । सोमपीतये । हरिभ्याम् । याहि । अद्रिवः ॥
ā | tu | naḥ | indra | madryak | huvānaḥ | soma-pītaye | hari-bhyām | yāhi | adri-vaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.41.1 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

< tu

[adverb]

“now; then; but; and; now; however; then; then; surely.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

madryagghuvānaḥ < madryak < madryañc

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

madryagghuvānaḥ < huvānaḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

haribhyāṃ < haribhyām < hari

[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

yāhy < yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

adrivaḥ < adrivas < adrivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“rocky; petrous.”

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