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 8.82.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ती॒व्राः सोमा॑स॒ आ ग॑हि सु॒तासो॑ मादयि॒ष्णव॑: । पिबा॑ द॒धृग्यथो॑चि॒षे ॥
तीव्राः सोमास आ गहि सुतासो मादयिष्णवः । पिबा दधृग्यथोचिषे ॥
tīvrāḥ somāsa ā gahi sutāso mādayiṣṇavaḥ | pibā dadhṛg yathociṣe ||

English translation:

“Come here, the strong intoxicating Soma is effused; drink, since you are boldly devoted to it.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ती॒व्राः । सोमा॑सः । आ । ग॒हि॒ । सु॒तासः॑ । मा॒द॒यि॒ष्णवः॑ । पिब॑ । द॒धृक् । यथा॑ । ओ॒चि॒षे ॥
तीव्राः । सोमासः । आ । गहि । सुतासः । मादयिष्णवः । पिब । दधृक् । यथा । ओचिषे ॥
tīvrāḥ | somāsaḥ | ā | gahi | sutāsaḥ | mādayiṣṇavaḥ | piba | dadhṛk | yathā | ociṣe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.82.2 English analysis of grammar]

tīvrāḥ < tīvra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intense; severe; pungent; acute; potent; loud.”

somāsa < somāsaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

ā

[adverb]

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

gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

sutāso < sutāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

mādayiṣṇavaḥ < mādayiṣṇu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“intoxicant.”

pibā < piba <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

dadhṛg < dadhṛṣ

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“audacious; dadhṛṣ [word].”

yathociṣe < yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

yathociṣe < ūciṣe < uc

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

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