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 9.63.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒त इन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे॒ सोम॑: क॒लशे॑ अक्षरत् । मधु॑माँ अस्तु वा॒यवे॑ ॥
सुत इन्द्राय विष्णवे सोमः कलशे अक्षरत् । मधुमाँ अस्तु वायवे ॥
suta indrāya viṣṇave somaḥ kalaśe akṣarat | madhumām̐ astu vāyave ||

English translation:

Soma effused for Indra and Viṣṇu and Vāyu drops into the pitcher; may he be sweet-flavoured.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒तः । इन्द्रा॑य । विष्ण॑वे । सोमः॑ । क॒लशे॑ । अ॒क्ष॒र॒त् । मधु॑ऽमान् । अ॒स्तु॒ । वा॒यवे॑ ॥
सुतः । इन्द्राय । विष्णवे । सोमः । कलशे । अक्षरत् । मधुमान् । अस्तु । वायवे ॥
sutaḥ | indrāya | viṣṇave | somaḥ | kalaśe | akṣarat | madhu-mān | astu | vāyave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.63.3 English analysis of grammar]

suta < sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

viṣṇave < viṣṇu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

kalaśe < kalaśa

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“jar.”

akṣarat < kṣar

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“run; melt.”

madhumāṃ < madhumat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sweet; honeyed; sweet; pleasant.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

vāyave < vāyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

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