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 8.93.20

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कस्य॒ वृषा॑ सु॒ते सचा॑ नि॒युत्वा॑न्वृष॒भो र॑णत् । वृ॒त्र॒हा सोम॑पीतये ॥
कस्य वृषा सुते सचा नियुत्वान्वृषभो रणत् । वृत्रहा सोमपीतये ॥
kasya vṛṣā sute sacā niyutvān vṛṣabho raṇat | vṛtrahā somapītaye ||

English translation:

“At whose hymn-accompanied libations does the showerer, the lord of the Niyuts, the slayer of Vṛtra,rejoice to drink the Soma?”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कस्य॑ । वृषा॑ । सु॒ते । सचा॑ । नि॒युत्वा॑न् । वृ॒ष॒भः । र॒ण॒त् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
कस्य । वृषा । सुते । सचा । नियुत्वान् । वृषभः । रणत् । वृत्रहा । सोमपीतये ॥
kasya | vṛṣā | sute | sacā | niyutvān | vṛṣabhaḥ | raṇat | vṛtra-hā | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.20 English analysis of grammar]

kasya < ka

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

sute < suta

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

niyutvān < niyutvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vṛṣabho < vṛṣabhaḥ < vṛṣabha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

raṇat < raṇ

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“rejoice.”

vṛtrahā < vṛtrahan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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