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 6.23.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पाता॑ सु॒तमिन्द्रो॑ अस्तु॒ सोमं॑ प्रणे॒नीरु॒ग्रो ज॑रि॒तार॑मू॒ती । कर्ता॑ वी॒राय॒ सुष्व॑य उ लो॒कं दाता॒ वसु॑ स्तुव॒ते की॒रये॑ चित् ॥
पाता सुतमिन्द्रो अस्तु सोमं प्रणेनीरुग्रो जरितारमूती । कर्ता वीराय सुष्वय उ लोकं दाता वसु स्तुवते कीरये चित् ॥
pātā sutam indro astu somam praṇenīr ugro jaritāram ūtī | kartā vīrāya suṣvaya u lokaṃ dātā vasu stuvate kīraye cit ||

English translation:

“May Indra be the drinker of the effused soma, he who is the fierce conductor of the worshipper to security; may he be the donor of the world to the presenter of the libation, the giver of wealth to the man who adores him.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पाता॑ । सु॒तम् । इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒स्तु॒ । सोम॑म् । प्र॒ऽने॒नीः । उ॒ग्रः । ज॒रि॒तार॑म् । ऊ॒ती । कर्ता॑ । वी॒राय॑ । सुस्व॑ये । ऊ॒म्ँम् इति॑ । लो॒कम् । दाता॑ । वसु॑ । स्तु॒व॒ते । की॒रये॑ । चि॒त् ॥
पाता । सुतम् । इन्द्रः । अस्तु । सोमम् । प्रनेनीः । उग्रः । जरितारम् । ऊती । कर्ता । वीराय । सुस्वये । ऊम्ँम् इति । लोकम् । दाता । वसु । स्तुवते । कीरये । चित् ॥
pātā | sutam | indraḥ | astu | somam | pra-nenīḥ | ugraḥ | jaritāram | ūtī | kartā | vīrāya | susvaye | ūm ṃm iti[?] | lokam | dātā | vasu | stuvate | kīraye | cit

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.23.3 English analysis of grammar]

pātā <

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

sutam < suta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

praṇenīr < praṇenīḥ < praṇenī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

ugro < ugraḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

jaritāram < jaritṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“singer.”

ūtī < ūti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

kartā < kṛ

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“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.”

vīrāya < vīra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

suṣvaya < suṣvaye < suṣvi

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

lokaṃ < lokam < loka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Loka; Earth; world; vernacular; people; room; world; Earth; loka [word]; space; Loka; topographic point; region; common sense.”

dātā <

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

vasu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

stuvate < stu

[verb noun], dative, singular

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

kīraye < kīri

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“pauper.”

cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

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