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 8.50.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदीं॑ सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ऽभि प्रि॒यमम॑न्दिषुः । आपो॒ न धा॑यि॒ सव॑नं म॒ आ व॑सो॒ दुघा॑ इ॒वोप॑ दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
यदीं सुतास इन्दवोऽभि प्रियममन्दिषुः । आपो न धायि सवनं म आ वसो दुघा इवोप दाशुषे ॥
yad īṃ sutāsa indavo 'bhi priyam amandiṣuḥ | āpo na dhāyi savanam ma ā vaso dughā ivopa dāśuṣe ||
English translation:
“When the effused Soma-drops have exhilarated the beloved one, my oblation is offered abundantly likethe waters, O gracious Indra-- it is like the kine to the worshipper.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): puṣṭiguḥ kāṇvaḥ [puṣṭiguḥ kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । ई॒म् । सु॒तासः॑ । इन्द॑वः । अ॒भि । प्रि॒यम् । अम॑न्दिषुः । आपः॑ । न । धा॒यि॒ । सव॑नम् । मे॒ । आ । व॒सो॒ इति॑ । दुघा॑ऽइव । उप॑ । दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
यत् । ईम् । सुतासः । इन्दवः । अभि । प्रियम् । अमन्दिषुः । आपः । न । धायि । सवनम् । मे । आ । वसो इति । दुघाइव । उप । दाशुषे ॥
yat | īm | sutāsaḥ | indavaḥ | abhi | priyam | amandiṣuḥ | āpaḥ | na | dhāyi | savanam | me | ā | vaso iti | dughāiva | upa | dāśuṣe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.50.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[verb], plural, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“sacrifice; give.”