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 9.53.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं हि॑न्वन्ति मद॒च्युतं॒ हरिं॑ न॒दीषु॑ वा॒जिन॑म् । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥
तं हिन्वन्ति मदच्युतं हरिं नदीषु वाजिनम् । इन्दुमिन्द्राय मत्सरम् ॥
taṃ hinvanti madacyutaṃ hariṃ nadīṣu vājinam | indum indrāya matsaram ||

English translation:

“(The priests) plural nge Indu, honey-dropping, green-tinted, vigorous, exhilarating, into the waters for Indra.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । हि॒न्व॒न्ति॒ । म॒द॒ऽच्युत॑म् । हरि॑म् । न॒दीषु॑ । वा॒जिन॑म् । इन्दु॑म् । इन्द्रा॑य । म॒त्स॒रम् ॥
तम् । हिन्वन्ति । मदच्युतम् । हरिम् । नदीषु । वाजिनम् । इन्दुम् । इन्द्राय । मत्सरम् ॥
tam | hinvanti | mada-cyutam | harim | nadīṣu | vājinam | indum | indrāya | matsaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.53.4 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

hinvanti < hi

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

madacyutaṃ < madacyutam < madacyut

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“proud.”

hariṃ < harim < hari

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

nadīṣu < nadī

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”

vājinam < vājin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

indum < indu

[noun], accusative, 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.”

matsaram < matsara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“intoxicant; invigorating; hostile.”

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