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 7.32.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒म इन्द्रा॑य सुन्विरे॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः । ताँ आ मदा॑य वज्रहस्त पी॒तये॒ हरि॑भ्यां या॒ह्योक॒ आ ॥
इम इन्द्राय सुन्विरे सोमासो दध्याशिरः । ताँ आ मदाय वज्रहस्त पीतये हरिभ्यां याह्योक आ ॥
ima indrāya sunvire somāso dadhyāśiraḥ | tām̐ ā madāya vajrahasta pītaye haribhyāṃ yāhy oka ā ||

English translation:

“These Soma, mixed with curds, are poured out to Indra; come, wielder of the thunderbolt, with yourhorses of our dwelling, to drink there for (your) exhilaration.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍabṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मे । इन्द्रा॑य । सु॒न्वि॒रे॒ । सोमा॑सः । दधि॑ऽआशिरः । तान् । आ । मदा॑य । व॒ज्र॒ऽह॒स्त॒ । पी॒तये॑ । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । या॒हि॒ । ओकः॑ । आ ॥
इमे । इन्द्राय । सुन्विरे । सोमासः । दधिआशिरः । तान् । आ । मदाय । वज्रहस्त । पीतये । हरिभ्याम् । याहि । ओकः । आ ॥
ime | indrāya | sunvire | somāsaḥ | dadhi-āśiraḥ | tān | ā | madāya | vajra-hasta | pītaye | hari-bhyām | yāhi | okaḥ | ā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.32.4 English analysis of grammar]

ima < ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

sunvire < su

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“press out; su.”

somāso < somāsaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

dadhyāśiraḥ < dadhi

[noun], neuter

“sour milk; curd; dadhi [word].”

dadhyāśiraḥ < āśiraḥ < āśir

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“mixture.”

tāṃ < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ā

[adverb]

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

madāya < mada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

vajrahasta

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Shiva.”

pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

haribhyāṃ < haribhyām < hari

[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

yāhy < yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

oka < okaḥ < oka

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“home; house; oka [word].”

ā

[adverb]

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

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