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 8.93.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒या धि॒या च॑ गव्य॒या पुरु॑णाम॒न्पुरु॑ष्टुत । यत्सोमे॑सोम॒ आभ॑वः ॥
अया धिया च गव्यया पुरुणामन्पुरुष्टुत । यत्सोमेसोम आभवः ॥
ayā dhiyā ca gavyayā puruṇāman puruṣṭuta | yat some-soma ābhavaḥ ||

English translation:

“O you bearing many names and praised by many, when you are present at our various Soma-libations,may we be endowed with a kine-desiring mind.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

May we be endowed: maywe obtain kine;

Gavyayā = with adesire for milk; come with this mind, with this desire for milk, whenyou are present at our Soma-offerings

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒या । धि॒या । च॒ । ग॒व्य॒ऽया । पुरु॑ऽनामन् । पुरु॑ऽस्तुत । यत् । सोमे॑ऽसोमे । आ । अभ॑वः ॥
अया । धिया । च । गव्यया । पुरुनामन् । पुरुस्तुत । यत् । सोमेसोमे । आ । अभवः ॥
ayā | dhiyā | ca | gavya-yā | puru-nāman | puru-stuta | yat | some--some | ā | abhavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.17 English analysis of grammar]

ayā < idam

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

gavyayā < gavyā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“gorocanā.”

puruṇāman

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

puruṣṭuta

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Vishnu; Agni.”

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

some < soma

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

soma < some < soma

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

ābhavaḥ < ābhū < √bhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“originate.”

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