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 8.76.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पिबेदि॑न्द्र म॒रुत्स॑खा सु॒तं सोमं॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु । वज्रं॒ शिशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ॥
पिबेदिन्द्र मरुत्सखा सुतं सोमं दिविष्टिषु । वज्रं शिशान ओजसा ॥
pibed indra marutsakhā sutaṃ somaṃ diviṣṭiṣu | vajraṃ śiśāna ojasā ||

English translation:

“Drink, Indra, with your friends the Maruts, this Soma effused on the recurring sacred days, and sharpenyour thunderbolt with (renewed) vigour.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

(RV 1.86.4): diviṣṭiṣu = in these solemnities which are means to obtainheaven; cf. RV 8.4.19

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पिब॑ । इत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । म॒रुत्ऽस॑खा । सु॒तम् । सोम॑म् । दिवि॑ष्टिषु । वज्र॑म् । शिशा॑नः । ओज॑सा ॥
पिब । इत् । इन्द्र । मरुत्सखा । सुतम् । सोमम् । दिविष्टिषु । वज्रम् । शिशानः । ओजसा ॥
piba | it | indra | marut-sakhā | sutam | somam | diviṣṭiṣu | vajram | śiśānaḥ | ojasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.76.9 English analysis of grammar]

pibed < pibet <

[verb], singular, Present optative

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

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

marutsakhā < marut

[noun], masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

marutsakhā < sakhā < sakhi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

sutaṃ < sutam < su

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“press out; su.”

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

diviṣṭiṣu < diviṣṭi

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

vajraṃ < vajram < vajra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

śiśāna < śiśānaḥ < śā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

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