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 6.45.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तमु॑ त्वा सत्य सोमपा॒ इन्द्र॑ वाजानां पते । अहू॑महि श्रव॒स्यव॑: ॥
तमु त्वा सत्य सोमपा इन्द्र वाजानां पते । अहूमहि श्रवस्यवः ॥
tam u tvā satya somapā indra vājānām pate | ahūmahi śravasyavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Veracious Indra, drinker of the Soma, provider of sustenance, we, desirous of food, invoke such as you are.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Such as you are: tam tvā ahūmahi, we invoke you (who are) that, or such as has been described in the preceding verses
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । स॒त्य॒ । सो॒म॒ऽपाः॒ । इन्द्र॑ । वा॒जा॒ना॒म् । प॒ते॒ । अहू॑महि । श्र॒व॒स्यवः॑ ॥
तम् । ऊँ इति । त्वा । सत्य । सोमपाः । इन्द्र । वाजानाम् । पते । अहूमहि । श्रवस्यवः ॥
tam | oṃ iti | tvā | satya | soma-pāḥ | indra | vājānām | pate | ahūmahi | śravasyavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.45.10 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.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“drinking.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“celebrated.”