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 8.17.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ ते॑ सिञ्चामि कु॒क्ष्योरनु॒ गात्रा॒ वि धा॑वतु । गृ॒भा॒य जि॒ह्वया॒ मधु॑ ॥
आ ते सिञ्चामि कुक्ष्योरनु गात्रा वि धावतु । गृभाय जिह्वया मधु ॥
ā te siñcāmi kukṣyor anu gātrā vi dhāvatu | gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu ||

English translation:

“I fill your belly (with the libation); let is spread throughout the limbs; take the honied Soma with yourtongue.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Belly: kukṣyoḥ, in the dual: Indra has two bellies, indrasya hi dve udare; fill both the bellies of the slayerVṛtra; or, the reference may only be to the right and left sides, or the upper and lower portions of the sam ebelly,yadvā ekasyaiva udarasya savyadakṣiṇabhedena ūrddhvādhobhāgena vā dvitam

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 । ते॒ । सि॒ञ्चा॒मि॒ । कु॒क्ष्योः । अनु॑ । गात्रा॑ । वि । धा॒व॒तु॒ । गृ॒भा॒य । जि॒ह्वया॑ । मधु॑ ॥
आ । ते । सिञ्चामि । कुक्ष्योः । अनु । गात्रा । वि । धावतु । गृभाय । जिह्वया । मधु ॥
ā | te | siñcāmi | kukṣyoḥ | anu | gātrā | vi | dhāvatu | gṛbhāya | jihvayā | madhu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.17.5 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

siñcāmi < sic

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“submerge; sprinkle; pour; wet; decant; impregnate.”

kukṣyor < kukṣyoḥ < kukṣi

[noun], locative, dual, masculine

“abdomen; uterus; belly; kukṣi [word]; Kukṣi; cavity; bay; side; fetus.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

gātrā < gātra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“body part; body; limb; part; largeness.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

dhāvatu < dhāv

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run; run; wash.”

gṛbhāya < gṛbhāy < √grah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“accept.”

jihvayā < jihvā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”

madhu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

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