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 8.95.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एतो॒ न्विन्द्रं॒ स्तवा॑म शु॒द्धं शु॒द्धेन॒ साम्ना॑ । शु॒द्धैरु॒क्थैर्वा॑वृ॒ध्वांसं॑ शु॒द्ध आ॒शीर्वा॑न्ममत्तु ॥
एतो न्विन्द्रं स्तवाम शुद्धं शुद्धेन साम्ना । शुद्धैरुक्थैर्वावृध्वांसं शुद्ध आशीर्वान्ममत्तु ॥
eto nv indraṃ stavāma śuddhaṃ śuddhena sāmnā | śuddhair ukthair vāvṛdhvāṃsaṃ śuddha āśīrvān mamattu ||

English translation:

“Come let us praise the purified Indra with a pure Sāman and with pure recited hymns; let the pure(Soma) mixed with milk gladden him waxing strong.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Legend from Śāṭyāyana Brāhmaṇa: Indra, after theslaughter of Vṛtra, being polluted by the guilt of brahmanicide, begged the ṛṣis to purify him by their sāmanhymns. They accordingly said these verses and he became purified; and they, then, offered him the Soma etc.

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tiraścīḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एतो॒ इति॑ । नु । इन्द्र॑म् । स्तवा॑म । शु॒द्धम् । शु॒द्धेन॑ । साम्ना॑ । शु॒द्धैः । उ॒क्थैः । व॒वृ॒ध्वांस॑म् । शु॒द्धः । आ॒शीःऽवा॑न् । म॒म॒त्तु॒ ॥
एतो इति । नु । इन्द्रम् । स्तवाम । शुद्धम् । शुद्धेन । साम्ना । शुद्धैः । उक्थैः । ववृध्वांसम् । शुद्धः । आशीःवान् । ममत्तु ॥
eto iti | nu | indram | stavāma | śuddham | śuddhena | sāmnā | śuddhaiḥ | ukthaiḥ | vavṛdhvāṃsam | śuddhaḥ | āśīḥ-vān | mamattu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.95.7 English analysis of grammar]

eto < eta < e < √i

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“come; travel.”

eto < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

nv < nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

stavāma < stu

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

śuddhaṃ < śuddham < śudh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“become pure; purify; wash; expiate; clean; cleanse.”

śuddhena < śudh

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

“become pure; purify; wash; expiate; clean; cleanse.”

sāmnā < sāman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“Sāman; Sama-Veda; song; sāman [word]; hymn.”

śuddhair < śuddhaiḥ < śudh

[verb noun], instrumental, plural

“become pure; purify; wash; expiate; clean; cleanse.”

ukthair < ukthaiḥ < uktha

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

vāvṛdhvāṃsaṃ < vāvṛdhvāṃsam < vṛdh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

śuddha < śuddhaḥ < śudh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“become pure; purify; wash; expiate; clean; cleanse.”

āśīrvān < āśīrvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

mamattu < mad

[verb], singular, Perfect imperative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

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