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 8.92.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अपा॑दु शि॒प्र्यन्ध॑सः सु॒दक्ष॑स्य प्रहो॒षिण॑: । इन्दो॒रिन्द्रो॒ यवा॑शिरः ॥
अपादु शिप्र्यन्धसः सुदक्षस्य प्रहोषिणः । इन्दोरिन्द्रो यवाशिरः ॥
apād u śipry andhasaḥ sudakṣasya prahoṣiṇaḥ | indor indro yavāśiraḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, the handsome-jawed, has drunk of th dropping Soma cooked with barley, (the offering) ofSudakṣa assiduous in sacrifice.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sudakṣa = name of a ṛṣi; sudakṣasya prahoṣiṇaḥ = epithets of Soma

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śrutakakṣaḥ sukakṣo vā [śrutakakṣa sukakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अपा॑त् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । शि॒प्री । अन्ध॑सः । सु॒ऽदक्ष॑स्य । प्र॒ऽहो॒षिणः॑ । इन्दोः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । यव॑ऽआशिरः ॥
अपात् । ऊँ इति । शिप्री । अन्धसः । सुदक्षस्य । प्रहोषिणः । इन्दोः । इन्द्रः । यवआशिरः ॥
apāt | oṃ | iti | śiprī | andhasaḥ | su-dakṣasya | pra-hoṣiṇaḥ | indoḥ | indraḥ | yava-āśiraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.4 English analysis of grammar]

apād < apāt <

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

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

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

śipry < śiprī < śiprin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

sudakṣasya < su

[adverb]

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

sudakṣasya < dakṣasya < dakṣa

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”

prahoṣiṇaḥ < prahoṣin

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

indor < indoḥ < indu

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yavāśiraḥ < yava

[noun], masculine

“barley; yava; barleycorn; yava [word]; yava; yavakṣāra; grain.”

yavāśiraḥ < āśiraḥ < āśir

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“mixture.”

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