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 6.69.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू॒ पिब॑तं॒ मध्वो॑ अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य दस्रा ज॒ठरं॑ पृणेथाम् । आ वा॒मन्धां॑सि मदि॒राण्य॑ग्म॒न्नुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि शृणुतं॒ हवं॑ मे ॥
इन्द्राविष्णू पिबतं मध्वो अस्य सोमस्य दस्रा जठरं पृणेथाम् । आ वामन्धांसि मदिराण्यग्मन्नुप ब्रह्माणि शृणुतं हवं मे ॥
indrāviṣṇū pibatam madhvo asya somasya dasrā jaṭharam pṛṇethām | ā vām andhāṃsi madirāṇy agmann upa brahmāṇi śṛṇutaṃ havam me ||

English translation:

Indra and Viṣṇu, agreeable of aspect, drink of this sweet Soma; fill with it your bellies; may the inebriating Soma reach you; hear my prayers, my invocation.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू॒ इति॑ । पिब॑तम् । मध्वः॑ । अ॒स्य । सोम॑स्य । द॒स्रा॒ । ज॒ठर॑म् । पृ॒णे॒था॒म् । आ । वा॒म् । अन्धां॑सि । म॒दि॒राणि॑ । अ॒ग्म॒न् । उप॑ । ब्रह्मा॑णि । शृ॒णु॒त॒म् । हव॑म् । मे॒ ॥
इन्द्राविष्णू इति । पिबतम् । मध्वः । अस्य । सोमस्य । दस्रा । जठरम् । पृणेथाम् । आ । वाम् । अन्धांसि । मदिराणि । अग्मन् । उप । ब्रह्माणि । शृणुतम् । हवम् । मे ॥
indrāviṣṇūiti | pibatam | madhvaḥ | asya | somasya | dasrā | jaṭharam | pṛṇethām | ā | vām | andhāṃsi | madirāṇi | agman | upa | brahmāṇi | śṛṇutam | havam | me

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.69.7 English analysis of grammar]

indrāviṣṇū < indrāviṣṇu

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

pibatam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

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

madhvo < madhvaḥ < madhu

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

dasrā < dasra

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins.”

jaṭharam < jaṭhara

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“abdomen; udara; Jaṭhara; edema; garbha; inside; stomach; belly.”

pṛṇethām < pṛṇ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“satisfy.”

ā

[adverb]

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

vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

andhāṃsi < andhas

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

madirāṇy < madirāṇi < madira

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“intoxicant.”

agmann < agman < gam

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

brahmāṇi < brahman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

śṛṇutaṃ < śṛṇutam < śru

[verb], dual, Present imperative

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

havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

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