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 8.65.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒दं ते॑ सो॒म्यं मध्वधु॑क्ष॒न्नद्रि॑भि॒र्नर॑: । जु॒षा॒ण इ॑न्द्र॒ तत्पि॑ब ॥
इदं ते सोम्यं मध्वधुक्षन्नद्रिभिर्नरः । जुषाण इन्द्र तत्पिब ॥
idaṃ te somyam madhv adhukṣann adribhir naraḥ | juṣāṇa indra tat piba ||
English translation:
“The priests have milked for you with their stones this nectar of the Soma; drink it, Indra, well plural ased.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒दम् । ते॒ । सो॒म्यम् । मधु॑ । अधु॑क्षन् । अद्रि॑ऽभिः । नरः॑ । जु॒षा॒णः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । तत् । पि॒ब॒ ॥
इदम् । ते । सोम्यम् । मधु । अधुक्षन् । अद्रिभिः । नरः । जुषाणः । इन्द्र । तत् । पिब ॥
idam | te | somyam | madhu | adhukṣan | adri-bhiḥ | naraḥ | juṣāṇaḥ | indra | tat | pi ba
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.65.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“saumya.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[verb], plural, sa aorist (Ind.)
“milk.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“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
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”