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 8.49.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ त्वा॑ सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ मदा॒ य इ॑न्द्र गिर्वणः । आपो॒ न व॑ज्रि॒न्नन्वो॒क्यं१॒॑ सर॑: पृ॒णन्ति॑ शूर॒ राध॑से ॥
आ त्वा सुतास इन्दवो मदा य इन्द्र गिर्वणः । आपो न वज्रिन्नन्वोक्यं सरः पृणन्ति शूर राधसे ॥
ā tvā sutāsa indavo madā ya indra girvaṇaḥ | āpo na vajrinn anv okyaṃ saraḥ pṛṇanti śūra rādhase ||

English translation:

“The expressed exhilarate Soma, O Indra, lover of hymns, fills you for bounty, O hero, O thunderer, asthe waters flow to their accusative tomed lake.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । त्वा॒ । सु॒तासः॑ । इन्द॑वः । मदाः॑ । ये । इ॒न्द्र॒ । गि॒र्व॒णः॒ । आपः॑ । न । व॒ज्रि॒न् । अनु॑ । ओ॒क्य॑म् । सरः॑ । पृ॒णन्ति॑ । शू॒र॒ । राध॑से ॥
आ । त्वा । सुतासः । इन्दवः । मदाः । ये । इन्द्र । गिर्वणः । आपः । न । वज्रिन् । अनु । ओक्यम् । सरः । पृणन्ति । शूर । राधसे ॥
ā | tvā | sutāsaḥ | indavaḥ | madāḥ | ye | indra | girvaṇaḥ | āpaḥ | na | vajrin | anu | okyam | saraḥ | pṛṇanti | śūra | rādhase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.49.3 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

sutāsa < sutāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

indavo < indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

madā < madāḥ < mada

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

ya < ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

girvaṇaḥ < girvaṇas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

āpo < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vajrinn < vajrin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

anv < anu

[adverb]

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

okyaṃ < okyam < okya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

saraḥ < saras

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“lake; saras [word]; pond.”

pṛṇanti < pṛṇ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“satisfy.”

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

rādhase < rādhas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

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