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 3.42.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑: सु॒ता इ॒मे तान्द॑धिष्व शतक्रतो । ज॒ठरे॑ वाजिनीवसो ॥
इन्द्र सोमाः सुता इमे तान्दधिष्व शतक्रतो । जठरे वाजिनीवसो ॥
indra somāḥ sutā ime tān dadhiṣva śatakrato | jaṭhare vājinīvaso ||

English translation:

Indra, these Soma are poured out; take them, Śatakratu, into your stomach; you who is rich in (abundant) food.”

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]:

इन्द्र॑ । सोमाः॑ । सु॒ताः । इ॒मे । तान् । द॒धि॒ष्व॒ । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो । ज॒ठरे॑ । वा॒जि॒नी॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ वाजिनीऽवसो ॥
इन्द्र । सोमाः । सुताः । इमे । तान् । दधिष्व । शतक्रतो इति शतक्रतो । जठरे । वाजिनीवसो इति वाजिनीवसो ॥
indra | somāḥ | sutāḥ | ime | tān | dadhiṣva | śatakrato itiśata-krato | jaṭhare | vājinīvaso itivājinī-vaso

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.42.5 English analysis of grammar]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

sutā < sutāḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

tān < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dadhiṣva < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect imperative

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

śatakrato < śatakratu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

jaṭhare < jaṭhara

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

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

vājinīvaso < vājinīvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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