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 3.42.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्येदि॑न्द्र॒ स्व ओ॒क्ये॒३॒॑ सोमं॑ चोदामि पी॒तये॑ । ए॒ष रा॑रन्तु ते हृ॒दि ॥
तुभ्येदिन्द्र स्व ओक्ये सोमं चोदामि पीतये । एष रारन्तु ते हृदि ॥
tubhyed indra sva okye somaṃ codāmi pītaye | eṣa rārantu te hṛdi ||

English translation:

“I offer to you, Indra, this Soma for your drinking, to be taken into its proper receptacle;may it delight your heart.”

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]:

तुभ्य॑ । इत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । स्वे । ओ॒क्ये॑ । सोम॑म् । चो॒दा॒मि॒ । पी॒तये॑ । ए॒षः । र॒र॒न्तु॒ । ते॒ । हृ॒दि ॥
तुभ्य । इत् । इन्द्र । स्वे । ओक्ये । सोमम् । चोदामि । पीतये । एषः । ररन्तु । ते । हृदि ॥
tubhya | it | indra | sve | okye | somam | codāmi | pītaye | eṣaḥ | rarantu | te | hṛdi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.42.8 English analysis of grammar]

tubhyed < tubhya < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

tubhyed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sva < sve < sva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

okye < okya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

codāmi < cud

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“urge; rush.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

rārantu < ran

[verb], singular, Perfect imperative

“rejoice.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

hṛdi < hṛd

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”

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