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 8.2.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मे त॑ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑स्ती॒व्रा अ॒स्मे सु॒तास॑: । शु॒क्रा आ॒शिरं॑ याचन्ते ॥
इमे त इन्द्र सोमास्तीव्रा अस्मे सुतासः । शुक्रा आशिरं याचन्ते ॥
ime ta indra somās tīvrā asme sutāsaḥ | śukrā āśiraṃ yācante ||

English translation:

“These dsharp and pure Soma libations effused by us for you solicit you for admixture.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ priyamedhaścāṅgirasaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva priyamedhaścāṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍārṣīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मे । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सोमाः॑ । ती॒व्राः । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । सु॒तासः॑ । शु॒क्राः । आ॒ऽशिर॑म् । या॒च॒न्ते॒ ॥
इमे । ते । इन्द्र । सोमाः । तीव्राः । अस्मे इति । सुतासः । शुक्राः । आशिरम् । याचन्ते ॥
ime | te | indra | somāḥ | tīvrāḥ | asme iti | sutāsaḥ | śukrāḥ | āśiram | yācante

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.2.10 English analysis of grammar]

ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

ta < te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

somās < somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

tīvrā < tīvrāḥ < tīvra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intense; severe; pungent; acute; potent; loud.”

asme < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

sutāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

śukrā < śukrāḥ < śukra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”

āśiraṃ < āśiram < āśir

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“mixture.”

yācante < yāc

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; ask; offer; ask.”

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