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 5.43.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध्व॑र्यवश्चकृ॒वांसो॒ मधू॑नि॒ प्र वा॒यवे॑ भरत॒ चारु॑ शु॒क्रम् । होते॑व नः प्रथ॒मः पा॑ह्य॒स्य देव॒ मध्वो॑ ररि॒मा ते॒ मदा॑य ॥
अध्वर्यवश्चकृवांसो मधूनि प्र वायवे भरत चारु शुक्रम् । होतेव नः प्रथमः पाह्यस्य देव मध्वो ररिमा ते मदाय ॥
adhvaryavaś cakṛvāṃso madhūni pra vāyave bharata cāru śukram | hoteva naḥ prathamaḥ pāhy asya deva madhvo rarimā te madāya ||
English translation:
“Priests, who are preparing (the libation), first offer to Vāyu the delightful and brilliant (Soma); and do you, divine Vāyu, like the Hotā, first drink of this sweet juice, which we offer for your exhilaration.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
First drink of this sweet juice: vāyu's first drinking of the Soma is repeatedly enjoined, asakṛt prapañcitam
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध्व॑र्यवः । च॒कृ॒ऽवांसः॑ । मधू॑नि । प्र । वा॒यवे॑ । भ॒र॒त॒ । चारु॑ । शु॒क्रम् । होता॑ऽइव । नः॒ । प्र॒थ॒मः । पा॒हि॒ । अ॒स्य । देव॑ । मध्वः॑ । र॒रि॒म । ते॒ । मदा॑य ॥
अध्वर्यवः । चकृवांसः । मधूनि । प्र । वायवे । भरत । चारु । शुक्रम् । होताइव । नः । प्रथमः । पाहि । अस्य । देव । मध्वः । ररिम । ते । मदाय ॥
adhvaryavaḥ | cakṛ-vāṃsaḥ | madhūni | pra | vāyave | bharata | cāru | śukram | hotāiva | naḥ | prathamaḥ | pāhi | asya | deva | madhvaḥ | rarima | te | madāya
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.43.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Adhvaryu; adhvaryu [word]; Yajur-Veda.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm; śukra; śukraprameha; liquid; ejaculation.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“give; impart.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”