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 8.14.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒सु॒न्वामि॑न्द्र सं॒सदं॒ विषू॑चीं॒ व्य॑नाशयः । सो॒म॒पा उत्त॑रो॒ भव॑न् ॥
असुन्वामिन्द्र संसदं विषूचीं व्यनाशयः । सोमपा उत्तरो भवन् ॥
asunvām indra saṃsadaṃ viṣūcīṃ vy anāśayaḥ | somapā uttaro bhavan ||
English translation:
“You, Indra, the most excellent drinker of the Soma, destroy the adverse assembly that offers nolibations.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Drinker of the Soma: or, you who on drinking the Soma become pre-eminent;
Viṣūcim = discordant,parasparavirodhena nānā gantrīm
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒सु॒न्वाम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । स॒म्ऽसद॑म् । विषू॑चीम् । वि । अ॒ना॒श॒यः॒ । सो॒म॒ऽपाः । उत्ऽत॑रः । भव॑न् ॥
असुन्वाम् । इन्द्र । सम्सदम् । विषूचीम् । वि । अनाशयः । सोमपाः । उत्तरः । भवन् ॥
asunvām | indra | sam-sadam | viṣūcīm | vi | anāśayaḥ | soma-pāḥ | ut-taraḥ | bhavan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.14.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“assembly; court; company.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“dispersed; viṣvañc [word].”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“cure; destroy; kill; remove; māray; obstruct; expiate; eliminate.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“drinking.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”