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 3.42.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒ममि॑न्द्र॒ गवा॑शिरं॒ यवा॑शिरं च नः पिब । आ॒गत्या॒ वृष॑भिः सु॒तम् ॥
इममिन्द्र गवाशिरं यवाशिरं च नः पिब । आगत्या वृषभिः सुतम् ॥
imam indra gavāśiraṃ yavāśiraṃ ca naḥ piba | āgatyā vṛṣabhiḥ sutam ||
English translation:
“Having come (to our rite) drink, Indra, this our (libation), effused by the stones, and mixed with milk and curds, and with barley.”
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]:
इ॒मम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । गोऽआ॑शिरम् । यव॑ऽआशिरम् । च॒ । नः॒ । पि॒ब॒ । आ॒ऽगत्य॑ । वृष॑ऽभिः । सु॒तम् ॥
इमम् । इन्द्र । गोआशिरम् । यवआशिरम् । च । नः । पिब । आगत्य । वृषभिः । सुतम् ॥
imam | indra | go--āśiram | yava-āśiram | ca | naḥ | piba | āgatya | vṛṣa-bhiḥ | sutam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.42.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“barley; yava; barleycorn; yava [word]; yava; yavakṣāra; grain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mixture.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[verb noun]
“come; arrive; return; enter (a state); approach; travel; enter; inherit; hand down; achieve; reach; appear; happen.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“son; child.”