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 8.93.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒: स दाम॑ने कृ॒त ओजि॑ष्ठ॒: स मदे॑ हि॒तः । द्यु॒म्नी श्लो॒की स सो॒म्यः ॥
इन्द्रः स दामने कृत ओजिष्ठः स मदे हितः । द्युम्नी श्लोकी स सोम्यः ॥
indraḥ sa dāmane kṛta ojiṣṭhaḥ sa made hitaḥ | dyumnī ślokī sa somyaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra was created for giving; he, the most mighty was set over the exhilarating Soma; he, the gloriousone the lord of praise, is worthy of the Soma.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Made = bale; Indra was created: by Prajāpati at the time ofcreation

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । सः । दाम॑ने । कृ॒तः । ओजि॑ष्ठः॑ । सः । मदे॑ । हि॒तः । द्यु॒म्नी । श्लो॒की । सः । सो॒म्यः ॥
इन्द्रः । सः । दामने । कृतः । ओजिष्ठः । सः । मदे । हितः । द्युम्नी । श्लोकी । सः । सोम्यः ॥
indraḥ | saḥ | dāmane | kṛtaḥ | ojiṣṭhaḥ | saḥ | made | hitaḥ | dyumnī | ślokī | saḥ | somyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.8 English analysis of grammar]

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dāmane <

[verb noun]

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

kṛta < kṛtaḥ < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

ojiṣṭhaḥ < ojiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

made < mada

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

hitaḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

dyumnī < dyumnin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful; imperial.”

ślokī < ślokin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

somyaḥ < somya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“saumya.”

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