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 4.27.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ श्वे॒तं क॒लशं॒ गोभि॑र॒क्तमा॑पिप्या॒नं म॒घवा॑ शु॒क्रमन्ध॑: । अ॒ध्व॒र्युभि॒: प्रय॑तं॒ मध्वो॒ अग्र॒मिन्द्रो॒ मदा॑य॒ प्रति॑ ध॒त्पिब॑ध्यै॒ शूरो॒ मदा॑य॒ प्रति॑ ध॒त्पिब॑ध्यै ॥
अध श्वेतं कलशं गोभिरक्तमापिप्यानं मघवा शुक्रमन्धः । अध्वर्युभिः प्रयतं मध्वो अग्रमिन्द्रो मदाय प्रति धत्पिबध्यै शूरो मदाय प्रति धत्पिबध्यै ॥
adha śvetaṃ kalaśaṃ gobhir aktam āpipyānam maghavā śukram andhaḥ | adhvaryubhiḥ prayatam madhvo agram indro madāya prati dhat pibadhyai śūro madāya prati dhat pibadhyai ||
English translation:
“Now may Maghavan accept the pure nutitious (sacrificial) food in a white pitcher, mixed with milk and curds, offered by the priests; the upper part of the sweet (beverage) to drink for his exhilaration; may the hero accept (it) to drink for (his) exhilaration.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛcchakvarī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ । श्वे॒तम् । क॒लश॑म् । गोभिः॑ । अ॒क्तम् । आ॒ऽपि॒प्या॒नम् । म॒घऽवा॑ । शु॒क्रम् । अन्धः॑ । अ॒ध्व॒र्युऽभिः॑ । प्रऽय॑तम् । मध्वः॑ । अग्र॑म् । इन्द्रः॑ । मदा॑य । प्रति॑ । ध॒त् । पिब॑ध्यै । शूरः॑ । मदा॑य । प्रति॑ । ध॒त् । पिब॑ध्यै ॥
अध । श्वेतम् । कलशम् । गोभिः । अक्तम् । आपिप्यानम् । मघवा । शुक्रम् । अन्धः । अध्वर्युभिः । प्रयतम् । मध्वः । अग्रम् । इन्द्रः । मदाय । प्रति । धत् । पिबध्यै । शूरः । मदाय । प्रति । धत् । पिबध्यै ॥
adha | śvetam | kalaśam | gobhiḥ | aktam | āpipyānam | magha-vā | śukram | andhaḥ | adhvaryu-bhiḥ | pra-yatam | madhvaḥ | agram | indraḥ | madāya | prati | dhat | pibadhyai | śūraḥ | madāya | prati | dhat | pibadhyai
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.27.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“white; bright; śveta [word]; bright.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“jar.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“smear; anoint; mix; color.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“abound; swell; strengthen; increase.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Adhvaryu; adhvaryu [word]; Yajur-Veda.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“give; emit; send; transmit.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”