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 8.5.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो ह॑ वां॒ मधु॑नो॒ दृति॒राहि॑तो रथ॒चर्ष॑णे । तत॑: पिबतमश्विना ॥
यो ह वां मधुनो दृतिराहितो रथचर्षणे । ततः पिबतमश्विना ॥
yo ha vām madhuno dṛtir āhito rathacarṣaṇe | tataḥ pibatam aśvinā ||

English translation:

“Drink, Aśvins, from the skin (filled) with the sweet (Soma) which is suspended in view of your car.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): brahmātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [brahmātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । ह॒ । वा॒म् । मधु॑नः । दृतिः॑ । आऽहि॑तः । र॒थ॒ऽचर्ष॑णे । ततः॑ । पि॒ब॒त॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ ॥
यः । ह । वाम् । मधुनः । दृतिः । आहितः । रथचर्षणे । ततः । पिबतम् । अश्विना ॥
yaḥ | ha | vām | madhunaḥ | dṛtiḥ | āhitaḥ | ratha-carṣaṇe | tataḥ | pibatam | aśvinā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.19 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

vām < tvad

[noun], dative, dual

“you.”

madhuno < madhunaḥ < madhu

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

dṛtir < dṛtiḥ < dṛti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hose; dṛti [word]; hide; bladder.”

āhito < āhitaḥ < ādhā < √dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; conceive; ignite; keep; effect; fuel; lend; cover; direct.”

rathacarṣaṇe < rathacarṣaṇa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

tataḥ < tatas

[adverb]

“then; therefore; now; then; from there; subsequently; consequently; then; there; from that; for that reason; alternatively; consequently; furthermore.”

pibatam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

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

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

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