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 5.51.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विप्रे॑भिर्विप्र सन्त्य प्रात॒र्याव॑भि॒रा ग॑हि । दे॒वेभि॒: सोम॑पीतये ॥
विप्रेभिर्विप्र सन्त्य प्रातर्यावभिरा गहि । देवेभिः सोमपीतये ॥
viprebhir vipra santya prātaryāvabhir ā gahi | devebhiḥ somapītaye ||

English translation:

“Sage and adorable Agni, come with the wise and early-stirring divinities to drink the Soma libation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): svastyātreyaḥ [svastyātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

विप्रे॑भिः । वि॒प्र॒ । स॒न्त्य॒ । प्रा॒त॒र्याव॑ऽभिः । आ । ग॒हि॒ । दे॒वेभिः॑ । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
विप्रेभिः । विप्र । सन्त्य । प्रातर्यावभिः । आ । गहि । देवेभिः । सोमपीतये ॥
viprebhiḥ | vipra | santya | prātaryāva-bhiḥ | ā | gahi | devebhiḥ | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.51.3 English analysis of grammar]

viprebhir < viprebhiḥ < vipra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

vipra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

santya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“honest.”

prātaryāvabhir < prātaryāvabhiḥ < prātaryāvan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

devebhiḥ < deva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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