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 6.60.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी शृणु॒तं हवं॒ यज॑मानस्य सुन्व॒तः । वी॒तं ह॒व्यान्या ग॑तं॒ पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥
इन्द्राग्नी शृणुतं हवं यजमानस्य सुन्वतः । वीतं हव्यान्या गतं पिबतं सोम्यं मधु ॥
indrāgnī śṛṇutaṃ havaṃ yajamānasya sunvataḥ | vītaṃ havyāny ā gatam pibataṃ somyam madhu ||

English translation:

“Hear, Indra and Agni, the instrumental tutor of the rite as he offers the libation; partake of the offering; come, quaff the sweet Soma.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ इति॑ । शृ॒णु॒तम् । हव॑म् । यज॑मानस्य । सु॒न्व॒तः । वी॒तम् । ह॒व्यानि॑ । आ । ग॒त॒म् । पिब॑तम् । सो॒म्यम् । मधु॑ ॥
इन्द्राग्नी इति । शृणुतम् । हवम् । यजमानस्य । सुन्वतः । वीतम् । हव्यानि । आ । गतम् । पिबतम् । सोम्यम् । मधु ॥
indrāgnī iti | śṛṇutam | havam | yajamānasya | sunvataḥ | vītam | havyāni | ā | gatam | p ibatam | somyam | madhu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.60.15 English analysis of grammar]

indrāgnī < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

indrāgnī < agnī < agni

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

śṛṇutaṃ < śṛṇutam < śru

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

havaṃ < havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

yajamānasya < yaj

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“sacrifice; worship; worship.”

sunvataḥ < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

vītaṃ < vītam < < √i

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“disappear; differ; elapse.”

havyāny < havyāni < havya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Havya; offering; havya [word].”

ā

[adverb]

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

gatam < gam

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

pibataṃ < pibatam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

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

somyam < somya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“saumya.”

madhu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

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