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 9.18.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं विप्र॒स्त्वं क॒विर्मधु॒ प्र जा॒तमन्ध॑सः । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥
त्वं विप्रस्त्वं कविर्मधु प्र जातमन्धसः । मदेषु सर्वधा असि ॥
tvaṃ vipras tvaṃ kavir madhu pra jātam andhasaḥ | madeṣu sarvadhā asi ||

English translation:

“You are wise, you are a seer; you bestow the sweet (beverage) produced from the Soma; you are the giver of all things to those who praise you.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । विप्रः॑ । त्वम् । क॒विः । मधु॑ । प्र । जा॒तम् । अन्ध॑सः । मदे॑षु । स॒र्व॒ऽधाः । अ॒सि॒ ॥
त्वम् । विप्रः । त्वम् । कविः । मधु । प्र । जातम् । अन्धसः । मदेषु । सर्वधाः । असि ॥
tvam | vipraḥ | tvam | kaviḥ | madhu | pra | jātam | andhasaḥ | madeṣu | sarva-dhāḥ | asi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.18.2 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

vipras < vipraḥ < vipra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

kavir < kaviḥ < kavi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

madhu

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

jātam < jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

madeṣu < mada

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

sarvadhā < sarva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”

sarvadhā < dhāḥ < dhā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“giving.”

asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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