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 9.51.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं हि सो॑म व॒र्धय॑न्त्सु॒तो मदा॑य॒ भूर्ण॑ये । वृष॑न्त्स्तो॒तार॑मू॒तये॑ ॥
त्वं हि सोम वर्धयन्त्सुतो मदाय भूर्णये । वृषन्त्स्तोतारमूतये ॥
tvaṃ hi soma vardhayan suto madāya bhūrṇaye | vṛṣan stotāram ūtaye ||

English translation:

“For you, Soma, being effused, approach the worshipper for speedy exhilaration and protection.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । हि । सो॒म॒ । व॒र्धय॑न् । सु॒तः । मदा॑य । भूर्ण॑ये । वृष॑न् । स्तो॒तार॑म् । ऊ॒तये॑ ॥
त्वम् । हि । सोम । वर्धयन् । सुतः । मदाय । भूर्णये । वृषन् । स्तोतारम् । ऊतये ॥
tvam | hi | soma | vardhayan | sutaḥ | madāya | bhūrṇaye | vṛṣan | stotāram | ūtaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.51.4 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

vardhayan < vardhay < √vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“increase; strengthen; promote; rear; add; greet; laud.”

suto < sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

madāya < mada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

bhūrṇaye < bhūrṇi

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“impatient; restless.”

vṛṣan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

stotāram < stotṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“laudatory; worshiping.”

ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

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