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 8.85.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

छ॒र्दिर्य॑न्त॒मदा॑भ्यं॒ विप्रा॑य स्तुव॒ते न॑रा । मध्व॒: सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
छर्दिर्यन्तमदाभ्यं विप्राय स्तुवते नरा । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
chardir yantam adābhyaṃ viprāya stuvate narā | madhvaḥ somasya pītaye ||

English translation:

“Leaders, give to the sage who praises you an unassailable dwelling that you may drink the exhilaratingSoma.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛṣṇaḥ [kṛṣṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

छ॒र्दिः । य॒न्त॒म् । अदा॑भ्यम् । विप्रा॑य । स्तु॒व॒ते । न॒रा॒ । मध्वः॑ । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
छर्दिः । यन्तम् । अदाभ्यम् । विप्राय । स्तुवते । नरा । मध्वः । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
chardiḥ | yantam | adābhyam | viprāya | stuvate | narā | madhvaḥ | somasya | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.85.5 English analysis of grammar]

chardir < chardiḥ < chardis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“protection; protective covering.”

yantam < yam

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

adābhyaṃ < adābhyam < adābhya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“trustworthy; disabused(p).”

viprāya < vipra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

stuvate < stu

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

narā < nṛ

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

madhvaḥ < madhu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sweet; deft.”

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

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

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