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 3.42.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑मि॒त्था गिरो॒ ममाच्छा॑गुरिषि॒ता इ॒तः । आ॒वृते॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥
इन्द्रमित्था गिरो ममाच्छागुरिषिता इतः । आवृते सोमपीतये ॥
indram itthā giro mamācchāgur iṣitā itaḥ | āvṛte somapītaye ||

English translation:

“May my praises, addressed from hence and in thi smanner, attain Indra, to bring him hither to drink the Soma.”

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]:

इन्द्र॑म् । इ॒त्था । गिरः॑ । मम॑ । अच्छ॑ । अ॒गुः॒ । इ॒षि॒ताः । इ॒तः । आ॒ऽवृते॑ । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
इन्द्रम् । इत्था । गिरः । मम । अच्छ । अगुः । इषिताः । इतः । आवृते । सोमपीतये ॥
indram | itthā | giraḥ | mama | accha | aguḥ | iṣitāḥ | itaḥ | āvṛte | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.42.3 English analysis of grammar]

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

itthā

[adverb]

“thus; here.”

giro < giraḥ < gir

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

mamācchāgur < mama < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

mamācchāgur < acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

mamācchāgur < aguḥ <

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“go; enter (a state); arrive.”

iṣitā < iṣitāḥ < iṣay < √iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

itaḥ < itas

[adverb]

“from here; therefore.”

āvṛte < āvṛt < √vṛt

[verb noun]

“melt; return; melt; to be reborn; turn; turn; revolve; roll.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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