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 8.93.25

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्यं॒ सोमा॑: सु॒ता इ॒मे स्ती॒र्णं ब॒र्हिर्वि॑भावसो । स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ इन्द्र॒मा व॑ह ॥
तुभ्यं सोमाः सुता इमे स्तीर्णं बर्हिर्विभावसो । स्तोतृभ्य इन्द्रमा वह ॥
tubhyaṃ somāḥ sutā ime stīrṇam barhir vibhāvaso | stotṛbhya indram ā vaha ||

English translation:

“Resplendent (Agni), these Soma-libations are effused for you, the clipped grass is spread; bring Indrahere for his worshippers.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्य॑म् । सोमाः॑ । सु॒ताः । इ॒मे । स्ती॒र्णम् । ब॒र्हिः । वि॒भा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ विभाऽवसो । स्तो॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । आ । व॒ह॒ ॥
तुभ्यम् । सोमाः । सुताः । इमे । स्तीर्णम् । बर्हिः । विभावसो इति विभावसो । स्तोतृभ्यः । इन्द्रम् । आ । वह ॥
tubhyam | somāḥ | sutāḥ | ime | stīrṇam | barhiḥ | vibhāvaso itivibhāvaso | stotṛ-bhyaḥ | indram | ā | vaha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.25 English analysis of grammar]

tubhyaṃ < tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

somāḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

sutā < sutāḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

stīrṇam < stṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“spread; kill; lay; cover.”

barhir < barhiḥ < barhis

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“Barhis; barhis [word].”

vibhāvaso < vibhāvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sun; Surya.”

stotṛbhya < stotṛbhyaḥ < stotṛ

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“laudatory; worshiping.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ā

[adverb]

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

vaha < vah

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

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