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 9.45.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स नो॑ अर्षा॒भि दू॒त्यं१॒॑ त्वमिन्द्रा॑य तोशसे । दे॒वान्त्सखि॑भ्य॒ आ वर॑म् ॥
स नो अर्षाभि दूत्यं त्वमिन्द्राय तोशसे । देवान्त्सखिभ्य आ वरम् ॥
sa no arṣābhi dūtyaṃ tvam indrāya tośase | devān sakhibhya ā varam ||

English translation:

“Approach the office of the messenger for us; you who are drunk for Indra, (pour) on the gods wealth for (us their) friends.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ayāsyaḥ [ayāsya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । नः॒ । अ॒र्ष॒ । अ॒भि । दू॒त्य॑म् । त्वम् । इन्द्रा॑य । तो॒श॒से॒ । दे॒वान् । सखि॑ऽभ्यः॑ । आ । वर॑म् ॥
सः । नः । अर्ष । अभि । दूत्यम् । त्वम् । इन्द्राय । तोशसे । देवान् । सखिभ्यः । आ । वरम् ॥
saḥ | naḥ | arṣa | abhi | dūtyam | tvam | indrāya | tośase | devān | sakhi-bhyaḥ | ā | varam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.45.2 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

arṣābhi < arṣa < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

arṣābhi < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

dūtyaṃ < dūtyam < dūtī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“daśadūtī.”

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

tośase < tuś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

devān < deva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

sakhibhya < sakhibhyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], ablative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

varam < vara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“gift; favor; wish; privilege; varac; wages.”

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