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 8.32.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र कृ॒तान्यृ॑जी॒षिण॒: कण्वा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ गाथ॑या । मदे॒ सोम॑स्य वोचत ॥
प्र कृतान्यृजीषिणः कण्वा इन्द्रस्य गाथया । मदे सोमस्य वोचत ॥
pra kṛtāny ṛjīṣiṇaḥ kaṇvā indrasya gāthayā | made somasya vocata ||
English translation:
“Celebrate with songs the great deeds of Indra, the drinker of the stale Soma, when in his exhilaration.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । कृ॒तानि॑ । ऋ॒जी॒षिणः॑ । कण्वाः॑ । इन्द्र॑स्य । गाथ॑या । मदे॑ । सोम॑स्य । वो॒च॒त॒ ॥
प्र । कृतानि । ऋजीषिणः । कण्वाः । इन्द्रस्य । गाथया । मदे । सोमस्य । वोचत ॥
pra | kṛtāni | ṛjīṣiṇaḥ | kaṇvāḥ | indrasya | gāthayā | made | somasya | vocata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.32.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“song; gāthā [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], plural, Aorist imperative
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”