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 6.57.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोम॑म॒न्य उपा॑सद॒त्पात॑वे च॒म्वो॑: सु॒तम् । क॒र॒म्भम॒न्य इ॑च्छति ॥
सोममन्य उपासदत्पातवे चम्वोः सुतम् । करम्भमन्य इच्छति ॥
somam anya upāsadat pātave camvoḥ sutam | karambham anya icchati ||

English translation:

“One (of you) approaches to drink the Soma poured out into ladles, the other desires the buttered meal.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Karambham: see the preceding sūkta

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोम॑म् । अ॒न्यः । उप॑ । अ॒स॒द॒त् । पात॑वे । च॒म्वोः॑ । सु॒तम् । क॒र॒म्भम् । अ॒न्यः । इ॒च्छ॒ति॒ ॥
सोमम् । अन्यः । उप । असदत् । पातवे । चम्वोः । सुतम् । करम्भम् । अन्यः । इच्छति ॥
somam | anyaḥ | upa | asadat | pātave | camvoḥ | sutam | karambham | anyaḥ | icchati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.57.2 English analysis of grammar]

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

anya < anyaḥ < anya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

upāsadat < upasad < √sad

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“respect.”

pātave <

[verb noun]

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

camvoḥ < camū

[noun], locative, dual, feminine

“army; camū; Camū.”

sutam < su

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“press out; su.”

karambham < karambha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“gruel.”

anya < anyaḥ < anya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

icchati < iṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”

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