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 3.51.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स वा॑वशा॒न इ॒ह पा॑हि॒ सोमं॑ म॒रुद्भि॑रिन्द्र॒ सखि॑भिः सु॒तं न॑: । जा॒तं यत्त्वा॒ परि॑ दे॒वा अभू॑षन्म॒हे भरा॑य पुरुहूत॒ विश्वे॑ ॥
स वावशान इह पाहि सोमं मरुद्भिरिन्द्र सखिभिः सुतं नः । जातं यत्त्वा परि देवा अभूषन्महे भराय पुरुहूत विश्वे ॥
sa vāvaśāna iha pāhi somam marudbhir indra sakhibhiḥ sutaṃ naḥ | jātaṃ yat tvā pari devā abhūṣan mahe bharāya puruhūta viśve ||
English translation:
“Do you, Indra, who is gratified by the Soma, drink the Soma that has been effused by us, together with your friends, the Maruts, at this ceremony; you who is invoked of many, and whom all the gods equipped as soon as born for the great battle (with the asuras).”
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]:
सः । वा॒व॒शा॒नः । इ॒ह । पा॒हि॒ । सोम॑म् । म॒रुत्ऽभिः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सखि॑ऽभिः । सु॒तम् । नः॒ । जा॒तम् । यत् । त्वा॒ । परि॑ । दे॒वाः । अभू॑षन् । म॒हे । भरा॑य । पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒त॒ । विश्वे॑ ॥
सः । वावशानः । इह । पाहि । सोमम् । मरुत्भिः । इन्द्र । सखिभिः । सुतम् । नः । जातम् । यत् । त्वा । परि । देवाः । अभूषन् । महे । भराय । पुरुहूत । विश्वे ॥
saḥ | vāvaśānaḥ | iha | pāhi | somam | marut-bhiḥ | indra | sakhi-bhiḥ | sutam | naḥ | jātam | yat | tvā | pari | devāḥ | abhūṣan | mahe | bharāya | puru-hūta | viśve
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.51.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“endeavor; attend; strive.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“battle; weight; foray; bhṛ; load.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Vishnu.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”