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 8.2.25

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पन्य॑म्पन्य॒मित्सो॑तार॒ आ धा॑वत॒ मद्या॑य । सोमं॑ वी॒राय॒ शूरा॑य ॥
पन्यम्पन्यमित्सोतार आ धावत मद्याय । सोमं वीराय शूराय ॥
panyam-panyam it sotāra ā dhāvata madyāya | somaṃ vīrāya śūrāya ||

English translation:

“Hasten, offerers of the libation, (to present) the glorious Soma to the valiant, the hero (Indra), for (his)exhilaration.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पन्य॑म्ऽपन्यम् । इत् । सो॒ता॒रः॒ । आ । धा॒व॒त॒ । मद्या॑य । सोम॑म् । वी॒राय॑ । शूरा॑य ॥
पन्यम्पन्यम् । इत् । सोतारः । आ । धावत । मद्याय । सोमम् । वीराय । शूराय ॥
panyam-panyam | it | sotāraḥ | ā | dhāvata | madyāya | somam | vīrāya | śūrāya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.2.25 English analysis of grammar]

panyaṃ < panyam < panya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

panyam < panya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

it < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

sotāra < sotāraḥ < sotṛ

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

ā

[adverb]

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

dhāvata < dhāv

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“run; run; wash.”

madyāya < mad

[verb noun], dative, singular

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vīrāya < vīra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

śūrāya < śūra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“brave; powerful.”

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