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 9.12.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि विप्रा॑ अनूषत॒ गावो॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तर॑: । इन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
अभि विप्रा अनूषत गावो वत्सं न मातरः । इन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये ॥
abhi viprā anūṣata gāvo vatsaṃ na mātaraḥ | indraṃ somasya pītaye ||

English translation:

“The wise (priests) call upon Indra to drink the Soma as the mother low to their calves.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । विप्राः॑ । अ॒नू॒ष॒त॒ । गावः॑ । व॒त्सम् । न । मा॒तरः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
अभि । विप्राः । अनूषत । गावः । वत्सम् । न । मातरः । इन्द्रम् । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
abhi | viprāḥ | anūṣata | gāvaḥ | vatsam | na | mātaraḥ | indram | somasya | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.12.2 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

viprā < viprāḥ < vipra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

anūṣata <

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“praise; shout.”

gāvo < gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

vatsaṃ < vatsam < vatsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

mātaraḥ < mātṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

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

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