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 8.72.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोम॑स्य मित्रावरु॒णोदि॑ता॒ सूर॒ आ द॑दे । तदातु॑रस्य भेष॒जम् ॥
सोमस्य मित्रावरुणोदिता सूर आ ददे । तदातुरस्य भेषजम् ॥
somasya mitrāvaruṇoditā sūra ā dade | tad āturasya bheṣajam ||

English translation:

Mitra and Varuṇa, I take the Soma when the sun is risen; it is medicine to the sick.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I take: adude =svīkaroti, he takes, svīkaromi

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): haryataḥ prāgāthaḥ [haryata prāgātha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirharvīṣi vā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सोम॑स्य । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । उत्ऽइ॑ता । सूरे॑ । आ । द॒दे॒ । तत् । आतु॑रस्य । भे॒ष॒जम् ॥
सोमस्य । मित्रावरुणा । उत्इता । सूरे । आ । ददे । तत् । आतुरस्य । भेषजम् ॥
somasya | mitrāvaruṇā | ut-itā | sūre | ā | dade | tat | āturasya | bheṣajam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.72.17 English analysis of grammar]

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

mitrāvaruṇoditā < mitrāvaruṇā < mitrāvaruṇa

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Varuna; Mitra.”

mitrāvaruṇoditā < uditā < uditi

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“rise.”

sūra < sūraḥ < svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

ā

[adverb]

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

dade <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

āturasya < ātura

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“ill; miserable; suffering; brainsick; unhappy; desirous.”

bheṣajam < bheṣaja

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“drug; medicine; herb; bheṣaja [word]; remedy; reagent.”

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