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 8.69.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ यत्पत॑न्त्ये॒न्य॑: सु॒दुघा॒ अन॑पस्फुरः । अ॒प॒स्फुरं॑ गृभायत॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥
आ यत्पतन्त्येन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोममिन्द्राय पातवे ॥
ā yat patanty enyaḥ sudughā anapasphuraḥ | apasphuraṃ gṛbhāyata somam indrāya pātave ||

English translation:

“When the bright fertilizing rivers flow with diminished waters, then take the overflowing Soma for Indrato drink.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । यत् । पत॑न्ति । ए॒न्यः॑ । सु॒ऽदुघाः॑ । अन॑पऽस्फुरः । अ॒प॒ऽस्फुर॑म् । गृ॒भा॒य॒त॒ । सोम॑म् । इन्द्रा॑य । पात॑वे ॥
आ । यत् । पतन्ति । एन्यः । सुदुघाः । अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरम् । गृभायत । सोमम् । इन्द्राय । पातवे ॥
ā | yat | patanti | enyaḥ | su-dughāḥ | anapa-sphuraḥ | apa-sphuram | gṛbhāyata | somam | indrāya | pātave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.69.10 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

patanty < patanti < pat

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“fall down; drop; fly; issue; fall; fall; decay; hang down; banish; throw; lodge; disappear.”

enyaḥ < ena

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

sudughā < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sudughā < dughāḥ < dugha

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“yielding.”

anapasphuraḥ < an

[adverb]

“not.”

anapasphuraḥ < apasphuraḥ < apasphur

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

apasphuraṃ < apasphuram < apasphur

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

gṛbhāyata < gṛbhāy < √grah

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“accept.”

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

pātave <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

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