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 4.46.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒ह प्र॒याण॑मस्तु वा॒मिन्द्र॑वायू वि॒मोच॑नम् । इ॒ह वां॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥
इह प्रयाणमस्तु वामिन्द्रवायू विमोचनम् । इह वां सोमपीतये ॥
iha prayāṇam astu vām indravāyū vimocanam | iha vāṃ somapītaye ||

English translation:

“Hither be your course; here, Indra and Vāyu, be the letting of your horses loose, for your drinking of the Soma.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒ह । प्र॒ऽयान॑म् । अ॒स्तु॒ । वा॒म् । इन्द्र॑वायू॒ इति॑ । वि॒ऽमोच॑नम् । इ॒ह । वा॒म् । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
इह । प्रयानम् । अस्तु । वाम् । इन्द्रवायू इति । विमोचनम् । इह । वाम् । सोमपीतये ॥
iha | pra-yānam | astu | vām | indravāyūiti | vi-mocanam | iha | vām | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.46.7 English analysis of grammar]

iha

[adverb]

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

prayāṇam < prayāṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“departure; death.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

indravāyū < indra

[noun], masculine

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

indravāyū < vāyū < vāyu

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

vimocanam < vimocana

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

iha

[adverb]

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

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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