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 3.51.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ मरुत्व इ॒ह पा॑हि॒ सोमं॒ यथा॑ शार्या॒ते अपि॑बः सु॒तस्य॑ । तव॒ प्रणी॑ती॒ तव॑ शूर॒ शर्म॒न्ना वि॑वासन्ति क॒वय॑: सुय॒ज्ञाः ॥
इन्द्र मरुत्व इह पाहि सोमं यथा शार्याते अपिबः सुतस्य । तव प्रणीती तव शूर शर्मन्ना विवासन्ति कवयः सुयज्ञाः ॥
indra marutva iha pāhi somaṃ yathā śāryāte apibaḥ sutasya | tava praṇītī tava śūra śarmann ā vivāsanti kavayaḥ suyajñāḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, accompanied, by the Maruts, drink the Soma at this ceremony as you have drunk of this libation of the son of Śāryāti; your far-reaching and devout worshippers, being in security, adore you through their offerings.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Śārvāti: RV. 1.051.12; Yasus. 7.35; being in security: tava śarman a vivāsanti, they worship you in the security, or unassailable plural ce, dependent on, or protected by you, tavasambandhini śarmani nirbādhasthāne stithāḥ;

Śarman = sukha-nimitte, for the sake of happiness; or, yajña-gṛha, the chamber of sacrifice

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ । म॒रु॒त्वः॒ । इ॒ह । पा॒हि॒ । सोम॑म् । यथा॑ । शा॒र्या॒ते । अपि॑बः । सु॒तस्य॑ । तव॑ । प्रऽनी॑ती । तव॑ । शू॒र॒ । शर्म॑न् । आ । वि॒वा॒स॒न्ति॒ । क॒वयः॑ । सु॒ऽय॒ज्ञाः ॥
इन्द्र । मरुत्वः । इह । पाहि । सोमम् । यथा । शार्याते । अपिबः । सुतस्य । तव । प्रनीती । तव । शूर । शर्मन् । आ । विवासन्ति । कवयः । सुयज्ञाः ॥
indra | marutvaḥ | iha | pāhi | somam | yathā | śāryāte | apibaḥ | sutasya | tava | pra-nītī | tava | śūra | śarman | ā | vivāsanti | kavayaḥ | su-yajñāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.51.7 English analysis of grammar]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

marutva < marutvas < marutvat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

pāhi <

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

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

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

śāryāte < śāryāta

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“śaryāti.”

apibaḥ <

[verb], singular, Imperfect

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

sutasya < suta

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

praṇītī < praṇīti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“guidance; guidance.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

śarmann < śarman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vivāsanti < vivās < √van

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“invite; endeavor; try for.”

kavayaḥ < kavi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

suyajñāḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suyajñāḥ < yajñāḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

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