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 8.94.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्यान्नु पू॒तद॑क्षसो दि॒वो वो॑ मरुतो हुवे । अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
त्यान्नु पूतदक्षसो दिवो वो मरुतो हुवे । अस्य सोमस्य पीतये ॥
tyān nu pūtadakṣaso divo vo maruto huve | asya somasya pītaye ||

English translation:

“O Maruts, I invoke you, resplendent, of pure vigour, to drink this Soma.”

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]:

त्यान् । नु । पू॒तऽद॑क्षसः । दि॒वः । वः॒ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । हु॒वे॒ । अ॒स्य । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
त्यान् । नु । पूतदक्षसः । दिवः । वः । मरुतः । हुवे । अस्य । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
tyān | nu | pūta-dakṣasaḥ | divaḥ | vaḥ | marutaḥ | huve | asya | somasya | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.94.10 English analysis of grammar]

tyān < tya

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“that.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

pūtadakṣaso < pūta <

[verb noun]

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

pūtadakṣaso < dakṣasaḥ < dakṣas

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“intelligent.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], accusative, plural

“you.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

huve < hvā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

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