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 8.12.20

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒ज्ञेभि॑र्य॒ज्ञवा॑हसं॒ सोमे॑भिः सोम॒पात॑मम् । होत्रा॑भि॒रिन्द्रं॑ वावृधु॒र्व्या॑नशुः ॥
यज्ञेभिर्यज्ञवाहसं सोमेभिः सोमपातमम् । होत्राभिरिन्द्रं वावृधुर्व्यानशुः ॥
yajñebhir yajñavāhasaṃ somebhiḥ somapātamam | hotrābhir indraṃ vāvṛdhur vy ānaśuḥ ||

English translation:

“(His worshippers) have magnified with many sacrifices him to whom the sacrifice is offered, and withmany libations the eager quaffer of the Soma; (they have magnified) Indra with hymns, (their praises) haveattained him.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य॒ज्ञेभिः॑ । य॒ज्ञऽवा॑हसम् । सोमे॑भिः । सो॒म॒ऽपात॑मम् । होत्रा॑भिः । इन्द्र॑म् । व॒वृ॒धुः॒ । वि । आ॒न॒शुः॒ ॥
यज्ञेभिः । यज्ञवाहसम् । सोमेभिः । सोमपातमम् । होत्राभिः । इन्द्रम् । ववृधुः । वि । आनशुः ॥
yajñebhiḥ | yajña-vāhasam | somebhiḥ | soma-pātamam | hotrābhiḥ | indram | vavṛdhuḥ | vi | ānaśuḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.12.20 English analysis of grammar]

yajñebhir < yajñebhiḥ < yajña

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

yajñavāhasaṃ < yajña

[noun], masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

yajñavāhasaṃ < vāhasam < vāhas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

somebhiḥ < soma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapātamam < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapātamam < pātamam < pātama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

hotrābhir < hotrābhiḥ < hotrā

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“hotrā [word]; Hautra.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

vāvṛdhur < vāvṛdhuḥ < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

ānaśuḥ <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

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