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 6.43.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्य॑ मन्दा॒नो अन्ध॑सो॒ माघो॑नं दधि॒षे शव॑: । अ॒यं स सोम॑ इन्द्र ते सु॒तः पिब॑ ॥
यस्य मन्दानो अन्धसो माघोनं दधिषे शवः । अयं स सोम इन्द्र ते सुतः पिब ॥
yasya mandāno andhaso māghonaṃ dadhiṣe śavaḥ | ayaṃ sa soma indra te sutaḥ piba ||
English translation:
“This Soma, exhilarated (by drinking) of which (sacrificial) food you possessed the might of Maghavan, is poured out, Indra, for you; drink.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The might of Maghavan: māghonam śavas, the rank of office of Indra, is engendered by the Soma, somam indratvam jātam
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्य॑ । म॒न्दा॒नः । अन्ध॑सः । माघो॑नम् । द॒धि॒षे । शवः॑ । अ॒यम् । सः । सोमः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ते॒ । सु॒तः । पिब॑ ॥
यस्य । मन्दानः । अन्धसः । माघोनम् । दधिषे । शवः । अयम् । सः । सोमः । इन्द्र । ते । सुतः । पिब ॥
yasya | mandānaḥ | andhasaḥ | māghonam | dadhiṣe | śavaḥ | ayam | saḥ | somaḥ | indra | te | sutaḥ | piba
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.43.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, 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], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”