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 3.47.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒रुत्वाँ॑ इन्द्र वृष॒भो रणा॑य॒ पिबा॒ सोम॑मनुष्व॒धं मदा॑य । आ सि॑ञ्चस्व ज॒ठरे॒ मध्व॑ ऊ॒र्मिं त्वं राजा॑सि प्र॒दिव॑: सु॒ताना॑म् ॥
मरुत्वाँ इन्द्र वृषभो रणाय पिबा सोममनुष्वधं मदाय । आ सिञ्चस्व जठरे मध्व ऊर्मिं त्वं राजासि प्रदिवः सुतानाम् ॥
marutvām̐ indra vṛṣabho raṇāya pibā somam anuṣvadham madāya | ā siñcasva jaṭhare madhva ūrmiṃ tvaṃ rājāsi pradivaḥ sutānām ||

English translation:

Indra, attended by the Maruts, the showerer (of benefits), drink the Soma offered after the other presentations, for your exhilaration for battle; take into your belly the (full) wave of the inebriating (Soma), for you are lord of libations from the days of old.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yajus. 7.38 has pratīpaḥ for pradivaḥ;

Pratīpaḥ = first andother lunar days, or tithis, until the full moon, during which offerings of Soma are daily presented

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒रुत्वा॑न् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वृ॒ष॒भः । रणा॑य । पिब॑ । सोम॑म् । अ॒नु॒ऽस्व॒धम् । मदा॑य । आ । सि॒ञ्च॒स्व॒ । ज॒ठरे॑ । मध्वः॑ । ऊ॒र्मिम् । त्वम् । राजा॑ । अ॒सि॒ । प्र॒ऽदिवः॑ । सु॒ताना॑म् ॥
मरुत्वान् । इन्द्र । वृषभः । रणाय । पिब । सोमम् । अनुस्वधम् । मदाय । आ । सिञ्चस्व । जठरे । मध्वः । ऊर्मिम् । त्वम् । राजा । असि । प्रदिवः । सुतानाम् ॥
marutvān | indra | vṛṣabhaḥ | raṇāya | piba | somam | anu-svadham | madāya | ā | siñcasva | jaṭhare | madhvaḥ | ūrmim | tvam | rājā | asi | pra-divaḥ | sutānām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.47.1 English analysis of grammar]

marutvāṃ < marutvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

vṛṣabho < vṛṣabhaḥ < vṛṣabha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

raṇāya < raṇa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“battle; fight; pleasure; joy; war; combat.”

pibā < piba <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

anuṣvadham

[adverb]

madāya < mada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

siñcasva < sic

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”

jaṭhare < jaṭhara

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

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

madhva < madhvaḥ < madhu

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

ūrmiṃ < ūrmim < ūrmi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“wave; billow.”

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

rājāsi < rājā < rājan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

rājāsi < asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

pradivaḥ < pradiv

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“age-old; long.”

sutānām < suta

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Soma.”

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