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 3.42.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमि॑न्द्र॒ मद॒मा ग॑हि बर्हि॒:ष्ठां ग्राव॑भिः सु॒तम् । कु॒विन्न्व॑स्य तृ॒प्णव॑: ॥
तमिन्द्र मदमा गहि बर्हिःष्ठां ग्रावभिः सुतम् । कुविन्न्वस्य तृप्णवः ॥
tam indra madam ā gahi barhiḥṣṭhāṃ grāvabhiḥ sutam | kuvin nv asya tṛpṇavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Come, Indra, to the exhilarating (Soma) expressed by the stones, poured upon the sacred grass; drink of it to satiety, for there is plural nty.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । मद॒म् । आ । ग॑हि ब॒र्हिः॒ऽस्थाम् । ग्राव॑ऽभिः । सु॒तम् । कु॒वित् । नु । अ॒स्य॒ । तृ॒ष्णवः॑ ॥
तम् । इन्द्र । मदम् । आ । गहि बर्हिःस्थाम् । ग्रावभिः । सुतम् । कुवित् । नु । अस्य । तृष्णवः ॥
tam | indra | madam | ā | gahi barhiḥ-sthām | grāva-bhiḥ | sutam | kuvit | nu | asya | tṛṣṇavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.42.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[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], instrumental, plural, masculine
“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“surely; indeed.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“satiate; enjoy; delight.”