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 5.51.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं सोम॑श्च॒मू सु॒तोऽम॑त्रे॒ परि॑ षिच्यते । प्रि॒य इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॑ ॥
अयं सोमश्चमू सुतोऽमत्रे परि षिच्यते । प्रिय इन्द्राय वायवे ॥
ayaṃ somaś camū suto 'matre pari ṣicyate | priya indrāya vāyave ||

English translation:

“This Soma juice, effused into the ladles, is poured out into the vase, acceptable to Indra and Vāyu.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अयम् । सोमः॑ । च॒मू इति॑ । सु॒तः । अम॑त्रे । परि॑ । सि॒च्य॒ते॒ । प्रि॒यः । इन्द्रा॑य । वा॒यवे॑ ॥
अयम् । सोमः । चमू इति । सुतः । अमत्रे । परि । सिच्यते । प्रियः । इन्द्राय । वायवे ॥
ayam | somaḥ | camū iti | sutaḥ | amatre | pari | sicyate | priyaḥ | indrāya | vāyave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.51.4 English analysis of grammar]

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

somaś < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

camū

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“army; camū; Camū.”

suto < sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

'matre < amatre < amatra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“vessel.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ṣicyate < sicyate < sic

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”

priya < priyaḥ < priya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

vāyave < vāyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

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