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 8.13.27

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒ह त्या स॑ध॒माद्या॑ युजा॒नः सोम॑पीतये । हरी॑ इन्द्र प्र॒तद्व॑सू अ॒भि स्व॑र ॥
इह त्या सधमाद्या युजानः सोमपीतये । हरी इन्द्र प्रतद्वसू अभि स्वर ॥
iha tyā sadhamādyā yujānaḥ somapītaye | harī indra pratadvasū abhi svara ||

English translation:

“Harnessing your horses, Indra, laden with treasure and sharing your exhilaratio, come here to drink ofthe Soma.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒ह । त्या । स॒ध॒ऽमाद्या॑ । यु॒जा॒नः । सोम॑ऽपीतये । हरी॒ इति॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । प्र॒तद्व॑सू॒ इर्ति॑ प्र॒तत्ऽव॑सू । अ॒भि । स्व॒र॒ ॥
इह । त्या । सधमाद्या । युजानः । सोमपीतये । हरी इति । इन्द्र । प्रतद्वसू इर्ति प्रतत्वसू । अभि । स्वर ॥
iha | tyā | sadha-mādyā | yujānaḥ | soma-pītaye | harī iti | indra | pratadvasūirtipratat-vasū | abhi | svara

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.13.27 English analysis of grammar]

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

tyā < tya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“that.”

sadhamādyā < sadhamādya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

yujānaḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

pratadvasū < pratadvasu

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

svara < svar

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sing.”

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