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 8.17.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ याहि सु॒ताव॑तो॒ऽस्माकं॑ सुष्टु॒तीरुप॑ । पिबा॒ सु शि॑प्रि॒न्नन्ध॑सः ॥
आ नो याहि सुतावतोऽस्माकं सुष्टुतीरुप । पिबा सु शिप्रिन्नन्धसः ॥
ā no yāhi sutāvato 'smākaṃ suṣṭutīr upa | pibā su śiprinn andhasaḥ ||

English translation:

“Come to us offering the libation, accept our earnest praises; drink, handsome-jawed, of the (sacrificial)beverage.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । या॒हि॒ । सु॒तऽव॑तः । अ॒स्माक॑म् । सु॒ऽस्तु॒तीः । उप॑ । पिब॑ । सु । शि॒प्रि॒न् । अन्ध॑सः ॥
आ । नः । याहि । सुतवतः । अस्माकम् । सुस्तुतीः । उप । पिब । सु । शिप्रिन् । अन्धसः ॥
ā | naḥ | yāhi | suta-vataḥ | asmākam | su-stutīḥ | upa | piba | su | śiprin | andhasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.17.4 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

sutāvato < sutāvataḥ < sutāvat

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

'smākaṃ < asmākam < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

suṣṭutīr < suṣṭutīḥ < suṣṭuti

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

pibā <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

śiprinn < śiprin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

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