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 8.6.36

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ याहि परा॒वतो॒ हरि॑भ्यां हर्य॒ताभ्या॑म् । इ॒ममि॑न्द्र सु॒तं पि॑ब ॥
आ नो याहि परावतो हरिभ्यां हर्यताभ्याम् । इममिन्द्र सुतं पिब ॥
ā no yāhi parāvato haribhyāṃ haryatābhyām | imam indra sutam piba ||

English translation:

“Come to us from afar with your beloved horses; drink, Indra, this libation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । या॒हि॒ । प॒रा॒ऽवतः॑ । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । ह॒र्य॒ताभ्या॑म् । इ॒मम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सु॒तम् । पि॒ब॒ ॥
आ । नः । याहि । परावतः । हरिभ्याम् । हर्यताभ्याम् । इमम् । इन्द्र । सुतम् । पिब ॥
ā | naḥ | yāhi | parāvataḥ | hari-bhyām | haryatābhyām | imam | indra | sutam | piba

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.36 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

parāvato < parāvataḥ < parāvat

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“distance; distance; distance.”

haribhyāṃ < haribhyām < hari

[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine

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

haryatābhyām < haryata

[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine

“desirable; delightful.”

imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sutam < su

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“press out; su.”

piba <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

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