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 4.22.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पि॒पी॒ळे अं॒शुर्मद्यो॒ न सिन्धु॒रा त्वा॒ शमी॑ शशमा॒नस्य॑ श॒क्तिः । अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑क्छुशुचा॒नस्य॑ यम्या आ॒शुर्न र॒श्मिं तु॒व्योज॑सं॒ गोः ॥
पिपीळे अंशुर्मद्यो न सिन्धुरा त्वा शमी शशमानस्य शक्तिः । अस्मद्र्यक्छुशुचानस्य यम्या आशुर्न रश्मिं तुव्योजसं गोः ॥
pipīḻe aṃśur madyo na sindhur ā tvā śamī śaśamānasya śaktiḥ | asmadryak chuśucānasya yamyā āśur na raśmiṃ tuvyojasaṃ goḥ ||
English translation:
“The exhilarating Soma juice has been expressed; now may the curren flow to you, and may the expiatory power of the illustrious utterer of praise be directed towards us, as the quick rider holds firmly the reins of the steed.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Śamī śaśamānasya śaktiḥ = śamanam stuvataḥ stuti karma; śasa'cānasya = dīptamānasya
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पि॒पी॒ळे । अं॒शुः । मद्यः॑ । न । सिन्धुः॑ । आ । त्वा॒ । शमी॑ । श॒श॒मा॒नस्य॑ । श॒क्तिः । अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑क् । शु॒शु॒मा॒नस्य॑ । य॒म्याः॒ । आ॒शुः । न । र॒श्मिम् । तु॒वि॒ऽओज॑सम् । गोः ॥
पिपीळे । अंशुः । मद्यः । न । सिन्धुः । आ । त्वा । शमी । शशमानस्य । शक्तिः । अस्मद्र्यक् । शुशुमानस्य । यम्याः । आशुः । न । रश्मिम् । तुविओजसम् । गोः ॥
pipīḷe | aṃśuḥ | madyaḥ | na | sindhuḥ | ā | tvā | śamī | śaśamānasya | śaktiḥ | asmadryak | śuśumānasya | yamyāḥ | āśuḥ | na | raśmim | tuvi-ojasam | goḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.22.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sunbeam; beam; aṃśu [word]; thread.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Prosopis spicigera Linn.; śamī [word]; Acacia sundra; attempt; labor.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“calm; go out; end; die; pacify; heal; labor; make peace; rest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“spear; ability; Shakti; potency; power; capacity; śakti [word]; potency; capability; reproduction.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“mourn; grieve; flame; glow; burn; repent.”
[verb], singular, Prekativ
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[noun]
“mighty; very; diverse; much(a); many.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”