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 9.30.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒प्सु त्वा॒ मधु॑मत्तमं॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥
अप्सु त्वा मधुमत्तमं हरिं हिन्वन्त्यद्रिभिः । इन्दविन्द्राय पीतये ॥
apsu tvā madhumattamaṃ hariṃ hinvanty adribhiḥ | indav indrāya pītaye ||

English translation:

Indu, they press you forth by the stories, most sweet-flavoured and green-tinted, into the waters for Indra to drink.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒प्ऽसु । त्वा॒ । मधु॑मत्ऽतम॑म् । हरि॑म् । हि॒न्व॒न्ति॒ । अद्रि॑ऽभिः । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
अप्सु । त्वा । मधुमत्तमम् । हरिम् । हिन्वन्ति । अद्रिभिः । इन्दो इति । इन्द्राय । पीतये ॥
ap-su | tvā | madhumat-tamam | harim | hinvanti | adri-bhiḥ | indo iti | indrāya | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.30.5 English analysis of grammar]

apsu < ap

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

madhumattamaṃ < madhumattamam < madhumattama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sweetest.”

hariṃ < harim < hari

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”

hinvanty < hinvanti < hi

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

adribhiḥ < adri

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”

indav < indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

pītaye <

[verb noun]

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

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