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 6.42.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एमे॑नं प्र॒त्येत॑न॒ सोमे॑भिः सोम॒पात॑मम् । अम॑त्रेभिॠजी॒षिण॒मिन्द्रं॑ सु॒तेभि॒रिन्दु॑भिः ॥
एमेनं प्रत्येतन सोमेभिः सोमपातमम् । अमत्रेभिॠजीषिणमिन्द्रं सुतेभिरिन्दुभिः ॥
em enam pratyetana somebhiḥ somapātamam | amatrebhir ṛjīṣiṇam indraṃ sutebhir indubhiḥ ||

English translation:

“Proceed to the presence of that deep quaffer of the Soma, with the Soma; to the vigorous Indra with vessels (filed) with the efused libations.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । ई॒म् । ए॒न॒म् । प्र॒ति॒ऽएत॑न । सोमे॑भिः । सो॒म॒ऽपात॑नम् । अम॑त्रेभिः । ऋजी॒षिण॑म् । इन्द्र॑म् । सु॒तेभिः॑ । इन्दु॑ऽभिः ॥
आ । ईम् । एनम् । प्रतिएतन । सोमेभिः । सोमपातनम् । अमत्रेभिः । ऋजीषिणम् । इन्द्रम् । सुतेभिः । इन्दुभिः ॥
ā | īm | enam | prati-etana | somebhiḥ | soma-pātanam | amatrebhiḥ | ṛjīṣiṇam | indram | sutebhiḥ | indu-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.42.2 English analysis of grammar]

em < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

em < īm < īṃ

[adverb]

enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

pratyetana < pratye < √i

[verb], plural, Present imperative

somebhiḥ < soma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapātamam < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapātamam < pātamam < pātama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

amatrebhir < amatrebhiḥ < amatra

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“vessel.”

ṛjīṣiṇam < ṛjīṣin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

sutebhir < sutebhiḥ < su

[verb noun], instrumental, plural

“press out; su.”

indubhiḥ < indu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

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