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 9.30.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒नोता॒ मधु॑मत्तमं॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ । चारुं॒ शर्धा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥
सुनोता मधुमत्तमं सोममिन्द्राय वज्रिणे । चारुं शर्धाय मत्सरम् ॥
sunotā madhumattamaṃ somam indrāya vajriṇe | cāruṃ śardhāya matsaram ||

English translation:

“(Priests) express the most sweet-flavoured beautiful exhilarating Soma for Indra the thunderer, and for our invigoration.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒नोत॑ । मधु॑मत्ऽतमम् । सोम॑म् । इन्द्रा॑य । व॒ज्रिणे॑ । चारु॑म् । शर्धा॑य । म॒त्स॒रम् ॥
सुनोत । मधुमत्तमम् । सोमम् । इन्द्राय । वज्रिणे । चारुम् । शर्धाय । मत्सरम् ॥
sunota | madhumat-tamam | somam | indrāya | vajriṇe | cārum | śardhāya | matsaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.30.6 English analysis of grammar]

sunotā < sunota < su

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“press out; su.”

madhumattamaṃ < madhumattamam < madhumattama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sweetest.”

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

vajriṇe < vajrin

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

cāruṃ < cārum < cāru

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“pleasant; beautiful; beloved; agreeable; cāru [word].”

śardhāya < śardha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“troop.”

matsaram < matsara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

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