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 8.17.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्वा॒दुष्टे॑ अस्तु सं॒सुदे॒ मधु॑मान्त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ तव॑ । सोम॒: शम॑स्तु ते हृ॒दे ॥
स्वादुष्टे अस्तु संसुदे मधुमान्तन्वे तव । सोमः शमस्तु ते हृदे ॥
svāduṣ ṭe astu saṃsude madhumān tanve tava | somaḥ śam astu te hṛde ||
English translation:
“May the sweet-flavoured Soma be grateful to you, who are munificent; (may it be grateful) to your bodymay it be exhilarating to your heart.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्वा॒दुः । ते॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । स॒म्ऽसुदे॑ । मधु॑ऽमान् । त॒न्वे॑ । तव॑ । सोमः॑ । शम् । अ॒स्तु॒ । ते॒ । हृ॒दे ॥
स्वादुः । ते । अस्तु । सम्सुदे । मधुमान् । तन्वे । तव । सोमः । शम् । अस्तु । ते । हृदे ॥
svāduḥ | te | astu | sam-sude | madhu-mān | tanve | tava | somaḥ | śam | astu | te | hṛde
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.17.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb noun]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“luck; well-being; fortune.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”