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 8.32.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि षू च॑र स्व॒धा अनु॑ कृष्टी॒नामन्वा॒हुव॑: । इन्द्र॒ पिब॑ सु॒ताना॑म् ॥
वि षू चर स्वधा अनु कृष्टीनामन्वाहुवः । इन्द्र पिब सुतानाम् ॥
vi ṣū cara svadhā anu kṛṣṭīnām anv āhuvaḥ | indra piba sutānām ||

English translation:

Indra, who are to be invoked of man, come to their offered viands, drink of (their) libations.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वि । सु । च॒र॒ । स्व॒धाः । अनु॑ । कृ॒ष्टी॒नाम् । अनु॑ । आ॒ऽहुवः॑ । इन्द्र॑ । पिब॑ । सु॒ताना॑म् ॥
वि । सु । चर । स्वधाः । अनु । कृष्टीनाम् । अनु । आहुवः । इन्द्र । पिब । सुतानाम् ॥
vi | su | cara | svadhāḥ | anu | kṛṣṭīnām | anu | āhuvaḥ | indra | piba | sutānām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.32.19 English analysis of grammar]

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

ṣū < su

[adverb]

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

cara < car

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

svadhā < svadhāḥ < svadhā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”

anu

[adverb]

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

kṛṣṭīnām < kṛṣṭi

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people; citizenry.”

anv < anu

[adverb]

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

āhuvaḥ < āhū

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

piba <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

sutānām < suta

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Soma.”

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