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 8.48.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो न॒ इन्दु॑: पितरो हृ॒त्सु पी॒तोऽम॑र्त्यो॒ मर्त्याँ॑ आवि॒वेश॑ । तस्मै॒ सोमा॑य ह॒विषा॑ विधेम मृळी॒के अ॑स्य सुम॒तौ स्या॑म ॥
यो न इन्दुः पितरो हृत्सु पीतोऽमर्त्यो मर्त्याँ आविवेश । तस्मै सोमाय हविषा विधेम मृळीके अस्य सुमतौ स्याम ॥
yo na induḥ pitaro hṛtsu pīto 'martyo martyām̐ āviveśa | tasmai somāya haviṣā vidhema mṛḻīke asya sumatau syāma ||
English translation:
“That Soma which, drunk into our hearts, has entered, immortal, into us mortals-- to him, fathers, let usdo worship with oblations; may we abide in his bliss and favour.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । नः॒ । इन्दुः॑ । पि॒त॒रः॒ । हृ॒त्ऽसु । पी॒तः । अम॑र्त्यः । मर्त्या॑न् । आ॒ऽवि॒वेश॑ । तस्मै॑ । सोमा॑य । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ । मृ॒ळी॒के । अ॒स्य॒ । सु॒ऽम॒तौ । स्या॒म॒ ॥
यः । नः । इन्दुः । पितरः । हृत्सु । पीतः । अमर्त्यः । मर्त्यान् । आविवेश । तस्मै । सोमाय । हविषा । विधेम । मृळीके । अस्य । सुमतौ । स्याम ॥
yaḥ | naḥ | induḥ | pitaraḥ | hṛt-su | pītaḥ | amartyaḥ | martyān | āviveśa | tasmai | somāya | haviṣā | vidhema | mṛḷīke | asya | su-matau | syāma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.48.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], locative, plural
“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“immortal.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“mortal.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“enter; overwhelm; possess; approach; afflict; enter (a state); reach; wear.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“compassion; favor.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“benevolence; favor; Sumati.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”