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 8.64.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यं ते॒ मानु॑षे॒ जने॒ सोम॑: पू॒रुषु॑ सूयते । तस्येहि॒ प्र द्र॑वा॒ पिब॑ ॥
अयं ते मानुषे जने सोमः पूरुषु सूयते । तस्येहि प्र द्रवा पिब ॥
ayaṃ te mānuṣe jane somaḥ pūruṣu sūyate | tasyehi pra dravā piba ||
English translation:
“For you is this Soma effused among men by me of mortal race; draw near, hasten, drink it.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Among meṅmānuṣe jane = mayi;
Puruṣu = manuṣyesu madhye, purunāmasu rājasu
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । ते॒ । मानु॑षे । जने॑ । सोमः॑ । पू॒रुषु॑ । सू॒य॒ते॒ । तस्य॑ । आ । इ॒हि॒ । प्र । द्र॒व॒ । पिब॑ ॥
अयम् । ते । मानुषे । जने । सोमः । पूरुषु । सूयते । तस्य । आ । इहि । प्र । द्रव । पिब ॥
ayam | te | mānuṣe | jane | somaḥ | pūruṣu | sūyate | tasya | ā | ihi | pra | drava | p iba
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.64.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“human.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“Pūru; Pūru.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“press out; su.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”