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 9.23.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑य सोम पवसे दे॒वेभ्य॑: सध॒माद्य॑: । इन्दो॒ वाजं॑ सिषाससि ॥
इन्द्राय सोम पवसे देवेभ्यः सधमाद्यः । इन्दो वाजं सिषाससि ॥
indrāya soma pavase devebhyaḥ sadhamādyaḥ | indo vājaṃ siṣāsasi ||

English translation:

Soma, who are worthy of the sacrifice, you flow to Indra and to the gods; you, Indu, vouchsafe to give us food.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Worhty of the sacrifice: sadhamādya = yajñārha

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑य । सो॒म॒ । प॒व॒से॒ । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । स॒ध॒ऽमाद्यः॑ । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । वाज॑म् । सि॒सा॒स॒सि॒ ॥
इन्द्राय । सोम । पवसे । देवेभ्यः । सधमाद्यः । इन्दो इति । वाजम् । सिसाससि ॥
indrāya | soma | pavase | devebhyaḥ | sadha-mādyaḥ | indo iti | vājam | sisāsasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.23.6 English analysis of grammar]

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pavase <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

devebhyaḥ < deva

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

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

sadhamādyaḥ < sadhamādya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

vājaṃ < vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

siṣāsasi < siṣās < √san

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“win; gain.”

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