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 8.38.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श्या॒वाश्व॑स्य सुन्व॒तोऽत्री॑णां शृणुतं॒ हव॑म् । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥
श्यावाश्वस्य सुन्वतोऽत्रीणां शृणुतं हवम् । इन्द्राग्नी सोमपीतये ॥
śyāvāśvasya sunvato 'trīṇāṃ śṛṇutaṃ havam | indrāgnī somapītaye ||

English translation:

“Hear the invocation, Indra and Agni, of Śyāvāśva pouring out the effused Soma, (and) the Atris, todrink of the Soma.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśvaḥ [śyāvāśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श्या॒वऽअ॑श्वस्य । सु॒न्व॒तः । अत्री॑णाम् । शृ॒णु॒त॒म् । हव॑म् । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ इति॑ । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
श्यावअश्वस्य । सुन्वतः । अत्रीणाम् । शृणुतम् । हवम् । इन्द्राग्नी इति । सोमपीतये ॥
śyāva-aśvasya | sunvataḥ | atrīṇām | śṛṇutam | havam | indrāgnī iti | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.38.8 English analysis of grammar]

śyāvāśvasya < śyāvāśva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Śyāvāśva.”

sunvato < sunvataḥ < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

'trīṇāṃ < atrīṇām < atri

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Atri; Atri; atri [word].”

śṛṇutaṃ < śṛṇutam < śru

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

indrāgnī < indra

[noun], masculine

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

indrāgnī < agnī < agni

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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