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 8.52.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृष॑ध्रे॒ मेध्ये॑ मात॒रिश्व॒नीन्द्र॑ सुवा॒ने अम॑न्दथाः । यथा॒ सोमं॒ दश॑शिप्रे॒ दशो॑ण्ये॒ स्यूम॑रश्मा॒वृजू॑नसि ॥
पृषध्रे मेध्ये मातरिश्वनीन्द्र सुवाने अमन्दथाः । यथा सोमं दशशिप्रे दशोण्ये स्यूमरश्मावृजूनसि ॥
pṛṣadhre medhye mātariśvanīndra suvāne amandathāḥ | yathā somaṃ daśaśipre daśoṇye syūmaraśmāv ṛjūnasi ||

English translation:

“You did enjoy, Indra, the effused drink with Pṛṣadhra, Medhya and Mātariśvan, just as you did drinkthe Soma with Daśaśipra, Daśoṇya, Syumaraśmi, and Ṛjunas.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पृष॑ध्रे । मेध्ये॑ । मा॒त॒रिश्व॑नि । इन्द्र॑ । सु॒वा॒ने । अम॑न्दथाः । यथा॑ । सोम॑म् । दश॑ऽशिप्रे । दश॑ऽओण्ये । स्यूम॑ऽरश्मौ । ऋजू॑नसि ॥
पृषध्रे । मेध्ये । मातरिश्वनि । इन्द्र । सुवाने । अमन्दथाः । यथा । सोमम् । दशशिप्रे । दशओण्ये । स्यूमरश्मौ । ऋजूनसि ॥
pṛṣadhre | medhye | mātariśvani | indra | suvāne | amandathāḥ | yathā | somam | daśa-śipre | daśa-oṇye | syūma-raśmau | ṛjūnasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.52.2 English analysis of grammar]

pṛṣadhre < pṛṣadhra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Pṛṣadhra.”

medhye < medhya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“barley; goat.”

mātariśvanīndra < mātariśvani < mātariśvan

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“wind; Mātariśvan; Vayu; vāta.”

mātariśvanīndra < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

suvāne < su

[verb noun], locative, singular

“press out; su.”

amandathāḥ < mand

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“rejoice; exhilarate.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

daśaśipre < daśaśipra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

daśoṇye < daśoṇya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

syūmaraśmāv < syūmaraśmau < syūmaraśmi

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

ṛjūnasi < ṛjūnas

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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