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 8.12.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒निर्मि॒त्रस्य॑ पप्रथ॒ इन्द्र॒: सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ । प्राची॒ वाशी॑व सुन्व॒ते मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥
सनिर्मित्रस्य पप्रथ इन्द्रः सोमस्य पीतये । प्राची वाशीव सुन्वते मिमीत इत् ॥
sanir mitrasya papratha indraḥ somasya pītaye | prācī vāśīva sunvate mimīta it ||
English translation:
“Indra, the benefactor of his friend (the worshipper), has enlarged himself to drik the Soma, in likemanner as the pious praise dilates and proclaims the measure (of his merits).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Proclaims the measure: like thedilating praise of the worshipper, it proclaims;
Prācī = prakarṣeṇa stutyam guṇagaṇam prāpnuvatī
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parvataḥ kāṇvaḥ [parvata kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒निः । मि॒त्रस्य॑ । प॒प्र॒थे॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ । प्राची॑ । वाशी॑ऽइव । सु॒न्व॒ते । मिमी॑ते । इत् ॥
सनिः । मित्रस्य । पप्रथे । इन्द्रः । सोमस्य । पीतये । प्राची । वाशीइव । सुन्वते । मिमीते । इत् ॥
saniḥ | mitrasya | paprathe | indraḥ | somasya | pītaye | prācī | vāśī-iva | sunvate | mimīte | it
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.12.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“gain.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“friend; Mitra; mitra [word]; sun; ally.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“ax; chisel.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“press out; su.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”