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 8.94.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अस्ति॒ सोमो॑ अ॒यं सु॒तः पिब॑न्त्यस्य म॒रुत॑: । उ॒त स्व॒राजो॑ अ॒श्विना॑ ॥
अस्ति सोमो अयं सुतः पिबन्त्यस्य मरुतः । उत स्वराजो अश्विना ॥
asti somo ayaṃ sutaḥ pibanty asya marutaḥ | uta svarājo aśvinā ||
English translation:
“This Soma is effused (by us); the self-resplendent Maruts drink of it, and the Aśvins.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Svarājaḥ: anepithet of asya (Somasya) not of marutaḥ; This Soma, the self-resplendent is effused (by us); Maruts drink of it,and the Aśvins
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अस्ति॑ । सोमः॑ । अ॒यम् । सु॒तः । पिब॑न्ति । अ॒स्य॒ । म॒रुतः॑ । उ॒त । स्व॒ऽराजः॑ । अ॒श्विना॑ ॥
अस्ति । सोमः । अयम् । सुतः । पिबन्ति । अस्य । मरुतः । उत । स्वराजः । अश्विना ॥
asti | somaḥ | ayam | sutaḥ | pibanti | asya | marutaḥ | uta | sva-rājaḥ | aśvinā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.94.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”