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 8.94.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत्सु नो॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒र्य आ सदा॑ गृणन्ति का॒रव॑: । म॒रुत॒: सोम॑पीतये ॥
तत्सु नो विश्वे अर्य आ सदा गृणन्ति कारवः । मरुतः सोमपीतये ॥
tat su no viśve arya ā sadā gṛṇanti kāravaḥ | marutaḥ somapītaye ||

English translation:

“Therefore all our priests in their worship always sing the Maruts that they may drink the Soma.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

All ourpriests in their worship always sing that (might of the Maruts) that they may drink the Soma; the Maruts 9are tobe invoked by us)

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । सु । नः॒ । विश्वे॑ । अ॒र्यः । आ । सदा॑ । गृ॒ण॒न्ति॒ । का॒रवः॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
तत् । सु । नः । विश्वे । अर्यः । आ । सदा । गृणन्ति । कारवः । मरुतः । सोमपीतये ॥
tat | su | naḥ | viśve | aryaḥ | ā | sadā | gṛṇanti | kāravaḥ | marutaḥ | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.94.3 English analysis of grammar]

tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

arya < aryaḥ < ari

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

ā

[adverb]

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

sadā

[adverb]

“always; continually; always; perpetually.”

gṛṇanti < gṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise.”

kāravaḥ < kāru

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“poet; singer.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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