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 8.92.22

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ त्वा॑ विश॒न्त्विन्द॑वः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः । न त्वामि॒न्द्राति॑ रिच्यते ॥
आ त्वा विशन्त्विन्दवः समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः । न त्वामिन्द्राति रिच्यते ॥
ā tvā viśantv indavaḥ samudram iva sindhavaḥ | na tvām indrāti ricyate ||

English translation:

“Let the Soma-drops enter you as the rivers the sea: none, Indra surpasses you.”

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]:

आ । त्वा॒ । वि॒श॒न्तु॒ । इन्द॑वः । स॒मु॒द्रम्ऽइ॑व । सिन्ध॑वः । न । त्वाम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अति॑ । रि॒च्य॒ते॒ ॥
आ । त्वा । विशन्तु । इन्दवः । समुद्रम्इव । सिन्धवः । न । त्वाम् । इन्द्र । अति । रिच्यते ॥
ā | tvā | viśantu | indavaḥ | samudram-iva | sindhavaḥ | na | tvām | indra | ati | ricyate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.22 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

viśantv < viśantu < viś

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“enter; penetrate; settle; settle.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

samudram < samudra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

sindhavaḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

indrāti < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

indrāti < ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

ricyate < ric

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“empty; liberate; concede; surrender; purge.”

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