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 8.17.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यमु॑ त्वा विचर्षणे॒ जनी॑रिवा॒भि संवृ॑तः । प्र सोम॑ इन्द्र सर्पतु ॥
अयमु त्वा विचर्षणे जनीरिवाभि संवृतः । प्र सोम इन्द्र सर्पतु ॥
ayam u tvā vicarṣaṇe janīr ivābhi saṃvṛtaḥ | pra soma indra sarpatu ||
English translation:
“May this Soma, invested (with milk), approach you, observant Indra, like a bride (clad in white apparel).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bride: janir iva = jāyā iva, like brides; śuklair vastraiḥ saṃvṛtaḥ;
Saṃvṛtaḥ = covered or invested by, anepithet of Soma, payahprabhṛtibhiḥ, by milk and other ingredients
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । वि॒ऽच॒र्ष॒णे॒ । जनीः॑ऽइव । अ॒भि । सम्ऽवृ॑तः । प्र । सोमः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । स॒र्प॒तु॒ ॥
अयम् । ऊँ इति । त्वा । विचर्षणे । जनीःइव । अभि । सम्वृतः । प्र । सोमः । इन्द्र । सर्पतु ॥
ayam | oṃ iti | tvā | vi-carṣaṇe | janīḥ-iva | abhi | sam-vṛtaḥ | pra | somaḥ | indra | sarpatu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.17.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“excellent.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“wife; jan; woman; jani [word]; birth.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“surround; cover; envelop; hide; close; protect.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“crawl; spread; wander.”