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 8.17.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्र॒ह्माण॑स्त्वा व॒यं यु॒जा सो॑म॒पामि॑न्द्र सो॒मिन॑: । सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे ॥
ब्रह्माणस्त्वा वयं युजा सोमपामिन्द्र सोमिनः । सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥
brahmāṇas tvā vayaṃ yujā somapām indra sominaḥ | sutāvanto havāmahe ||

English translation:

“We brāhmaṇas, offerers of Soma, bearing the effused Soma, invoke with suitable (prayers), you thedrinker of the Soma.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

We brāhmna.as = i.e. brahmāṇaḥ = brāhamṇāḥ

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्र॒ह्माणः॑ । त्वा॒ । व॒यम् । यु॒जा । सो॒म॒ऽपाम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सो॒मिनः॑ । सु॒तऽव॑न्तः । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
ब्रह्माणः । त्वा । वयम् । युजा । सोमपाम् । इन्द्र । सोमिनः । सुतवन्तः । हवामहे ॥
brahmāṇaḥ | tvā | vayam | yujā | soma-pām | indra | sominaḥ | suta-vantaḥ | havāmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.17.3 English analysis of grammar]

brahmāṇas < brahmāṇaḥ < brahman

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

somapām < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapām < pām <

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“drinking.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sominaḥ < somin

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

sutāvanto < sutāvantaḥ < sutāvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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