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 3.42.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ नः सु॒तमा ग॑हि॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र॒ गवा॑शिरम् । हरि॑भ्यां॒ यस्ते॑ अस्म॒युः ॥
उप नः सुतमा गहि सोममिन्द्र गवाशिरम् । हरिभ्यां यस्ते अस्मयुः ॥
upa naḥ sutam ā gahi somam indra gavāśiram | haribhyāṃ yas te asmayuḥ ||
English translation:
“Come, Indra, to this our effused Soma mixed with milk and curds, with your horses (yoked to your car), which is favourably disposed to us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । नः॒ । सु॒तम् । आ । ग॒हि॒ । सोम॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । गोऽआ॑शिरम् । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । यः । ते॒ । अ॒स्म॒ऽयुः ॥
उप । नः । सुतम् । आ । गहि । सोमम् । इन्द्र । गोआशिरम् । हरिभ्याम् । यः । ते । अस्मयुः ॥
upa | naḥ | sutam | ā | gahi | somam | indra | go--āśiram | hari-bhyām | yaḥ | te | asma-yuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.42.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“press out; su.”
[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.”
[noun], accusative, 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], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine