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 9.18.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॒ विश्वे॑ स॒जोष॑सो दे॒वास॑: पी॒तिमा॑शत । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥
तव विश्वे सजोषसो देवासः पीतिमाशत । मदेषु सर्वधा असि ॥
tava viśve sajoṣaso devāsaḥ pītim āśata | madeṣu sarvadhā asi ||

English translation:

“All the gods together plural ased enjoy your drinking; 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): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । विश्वे॑ । स॒ऽजोष॑सः । दे॒वासः॑ । पी॒तिम् । आ॒श॒त॒ । मदे॑षु । स॒र्व॒ऽधाः । अ॒सि॒ ॥
तव । विश्वे । सजोषसः । देवासः । पीतिम् । आशत । मदेषु । सर्वधाः । असि ॥
tava | viśve | sa-joṣasaḥ | devāsaḥ | pītim | āśata | madeṣu | sarva-dhāḥ | asi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.18.3 English analysis of grammar]

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

sajoṣaso < sajoṣasaḥ < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

pītim < pīti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

āśata <

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

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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