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 6.37.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रो द्रोणे॒ हर॑य॒: कर्मा॑ग्मन्पुना॒नास॒ ऋज्य॑न्तो अभूवन् । इन्द्रो॑ नो अ॒स्य पू॒र्व्यः प॑पीयाद्द्यु॒क्षो मद॑स्य सो॒म्यस्य॒ राजा॑ ॥
प्रो द्रोणे हरयः कर्माग्मन्पुनानास ऋज्यन्तो अभूवन् । इन्द्रो नो अस्य पूर्व्यः पपीयाद्द्युक्षो मदस्य सोम्यस्य राजा ॥
pro droṇe harayaḥ karmāgman punānāsa ṛjyanto abhūvan | indro no asya pūrvyaḥ papīyād dyukṣo madasya somyasya rājā ||

English translation:

“The green Soma flows at our sacrifice, and purified, proceed direct into the pitcher; may the ancient illustrious Indra, the soverign of the exhilarating Soma libation, drink of this our offering.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रो इति॑ । द्रोणे॑ । हर॑यः । कर्म॑ । अ॒ग्म॒न् । पु॒ना॒नासः॑ । ऋज्य॑न्तः । अ॒भू॒व॒न् । इन्द्रः॑ । नः॒ । अ॒स्य । पू॒र्व्यः । पा॒पी॒या॒त् । द्यु॒क्षः । मद॑स्य । सो॒म्यस्य । राजा॑ ॥
प्रो इति । द्रोणे । हरयः । कर्म । अग्मन् । पुनानासः । ऋज्यन्तः । अभूवन् । इन्द्रः । नः । अस्य । पूर्व्यः । पापीयात् । द्युक्षः । मदस्य । सोम्यस्य । राजा ॥
pro iti | droṇe | harayaḥ | karma | agman | punānāsaḥ | ṛjyantaḥ | abhūvan | indraḥ | naḥ | asya | pūrvyaḥ | pāpīyāt | dyukṣaḥ | madasya | somyasya | rājā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.37.2 English analysis of grammar]

pro < pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

pro < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

droṇe < droṇa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Droṇa; Droṇa; Droṇa; droṇa [word]; raven.”

harayaḥ < hari

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

karmāgman < karmā < karman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”

karmāgman < agman < gam

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

punānāsa < punānāsaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

ṛjyanto < ṛjyantaḥ < ṛj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

abhūvan < bhū

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

pūrvyaḥ < pūrvya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”

papīyād < papīyāt <

[verb], singular, Perfect optative

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

dyukṣo < dyukṣaḥ < dyukṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“celestial; divine; divine; brilliant.”

madasya < mada

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

somyasya < somya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“saumya.”

rājā < rājan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

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