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 6.41.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष द्र॒प्सो वृ॑ष॒भो वि॒श्वरू॑प॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ वृष्णे॒ सम॑कारि॒ सोम॑: । ए॒तं पि॑ब हरिवः स्थातरुग्र॒ यस्येशि॑षे प्र॒दिवि॒ यस्ते॒ अन्न॑म् ॥
एष द्रप्सो वृषभो विश्वरूप इन्द्राय वृष्णे समकारि सोमः । एतं पिब हरिवः स्थातरुग्र यस्येशिषे प्रदिवि यस्ते अन्नम् ॥
eṣa drapso vṛṣabho viśvarūpa indrāya vṛṣṇe sam akāri somaḥ | etam piba harivaḥ sthātar ugra yasyeśiṣe pradivi yas te annam ||

English translation:

“This dropping, omniform Soma, the showerer (of benefits), has been duly prepared for Indra, the showerer (of rain); lord of steeds, ruler over all, mighty (Indra), drink this over which you have of old pressed, which is your food.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । द्र॒प्सः । वृ॒ष॒भः । वि॒श्वऽरू॑पः । इन्द्रा॑य । वृष्णे॑ । सम् । अ॒का॒रि॒ । सोमः॑ । ए॒तम् । पि॒ब॒ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । स्था॒तः॒ । उ॒ग्र॒ । यस्य॑ । ईशि॑षे । प्र॒ऽदिवि॑ । यः । ते॒ । अन्न॑म् ॥
एषः । द्रप्सः । वृषभः । विश्वरूपः । इन्द्राय । वृष्णे । सम् । अकारि । सोमः । एतम् । पिब । हरिवः । स्थातः । उग्र । यस्य । ईशिषे । प्रदिवि । यः । ते । अन्नम् ॥
eṣaḥ | drapsaḥ | vṛṣabhaḥ | viśva-rūpaḥ | indrāya | vṛṣṇe | sam | akāri | somaḥ | etam | piba | hari-vaḥ | sthātaḥ | ugra | yasya | īśiṣe | pra-divi | yaḥ | te | annam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.41.3 English analysis of grammar]

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

drapso < drapsaḥ < drapsa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“drop; banner.”

vṛṣabho < vṛṣabhaḥ < vṛṣabha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

viśvarūpa < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvarūpa < rūpaḥ < rūpa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

vṛṣṇe < vṛṣan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

akāri < kṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“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.”

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

etam < etad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

piba <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

hariva < harivas < harivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

sthātar < sthātṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

ugra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

yasyeśiṣe < yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yasyeśiṣe < īśiṣe < īś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

pradivi < pradiv

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“age-old; long.”

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

annam < anna

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“food; foodstuff; grain; anna [word]; eating; boiled rice; meal.”

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