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 6.23.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तं व॑: सखाय॒: सं यथा॑ सु॒तेषु॒ सोमे॑भिरीं पृणता भो॒जमिन्द्र॑म् । कु॒वित्तस्मा॒ अस॑ति नो॒ भरा॑य॒ न सुष्वि॒मिन्द्रोऽव॑से मृधाति ॥
तं वः सखायः सं यथा सुतेषु सोमेभिरीं पृणता भोजमिन्द्रम् । कुवित्तस्मा असति नो भराय न सुष्विमिन्द्रोऽवसे मृधाति ॥
taṃ vaḥ sakhāyaḥ saṃ yathā suteṣu somebhir īm pṛṇatā bhojam indram | kuvit tasmā asati no bharāya na suṣvim indro 'vase mṛdhāti ||
English translation:
“Friends, when the libations are effused, do you satisfy that liberal Indra with the soma; let there be plural nty for him, that (he may provide) for our nourishmen; Indra never neglects the care of him who presents copious oblations.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । वः॒ । स॒खा॒यः॒ । सम् । यथा॑ । सु॒तेषु॑ । सोमे॑भिः । ई॒म् । पृ॒ण॒त॒ । भो॒जम् । इन्द्र॑म् । कु॒वित् । तस्मै॑ । अस॑ति । नः॒ । भरा॑य । न । सुस्वि॑म् । इन्द्रः॑ । अव॑से । मृ॒धा॒ति॒ ॥
तम् । वः । सखायः । सम् । यथा । सुतेषु । सोमेभिः । ईम् । पृणत । भोजम् । इन्द्रम् । कुवित् । तस्मै । असति । नः । भराय । न । सुस्विम् । इन्द्रः । अवसे । मृधाति ॥
tam | vaḥ | sakhāyaḥ | sam | yathā | suteṣu | somebhiḥ | īm | pṛṇata | bhojam | indram | kuvit | tasmai | asati | naḥ | bharāya | na | susvim | indraḥ | avase | mṛdhāti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.23.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Soma.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“satisfy.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“big; hospitable.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“surely; indeed.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“battle; weight; foray; bhṛ; load.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“neglect.”