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 4.32.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नो व॑सो भवा॒स्मे सु म॒त्स्वान्ध॑सः । सोमा॑नामिन्द्र सोमपाः ॥
अर्वाचीनो वसो भवास्मे सु मत्स्वान्धसः । सोमानामिन्द्र सोमपाः ॥
arvācīno vaso bhavāsme su matsvāndhasaḥ | somānām indra somapāḥ ||

English translation:

“Giver of dwellings, be present with us; drinker of the Soma, be exhilarated by the beverage of the juices.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नः । व॒सो॒ इति॑ । भ॒व॒ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । सु । म॒त्स्व॒ । अन्ध॑सः । सोमा॑नाम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सो॒म॒ऽपाः॒ ॥
अर्वाचीनः । वसो इति । भव । अस्मे इति । सु । मत्स्व । अन्धसः । सोमानाम् । इन्द्र । सोमपाः ॥
arvācīnaḥ | vaso iti | bhava | asme iti | su | matsva | andhasaḥ | somānām | indra | soma-pāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.32.14 English analysis of grammar]

arvācīno < arvācīnaḥ < arvācīna

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“favorable; backward; inclined(p).”

vaso < vasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”

bhavāsme < bhava < bhū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

bhavāsme < asme < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

su

[adverb]

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

matsvāndhasaḥ < matsva < mad

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

matsvāndhasaḥ < andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

somānām < soma

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

somapāḥ < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapāḥ < pāḥ <

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“drinking.”

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