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 9.64.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स नो॑ अर्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ मदो॒ यो दे॑व॒वीत॑मः । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥
स नो अर्ष पवित्र आ मदो यो देववीतमः । इन्दविन्द्राय पीतये ॥
sa no arṣa pavitra ā mado yo devavītamaḥ | indav indrāya pītaye ||

English translation:

Indu, who are exhilarating and most devoted to the gods, hasten to the filter for Indra to drink.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । नः॒ । अ॒र्ष॒ । प॒वित्रे॑ । आ । मदः॑ । यः । दे॒व॒ऽवीत॑मः । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
सः । नः । अर्ष । पवित्रे । आ । मदः । यः । देववीतमः । इन्दो इति । इन्द्राय । पीतये ॥
saḥ | naḥ | arṣa | pavitre | ā | madaḥ | yaḥ | deva-vītamaḥ | indo iti | indrāya | pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.64.12 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.”

arṣa < ṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run.”

pavitra < pavitre < pavitra

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“strainer.”

ā

[adverb]

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

mado < madaḥ < mada

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

devavītamaḥ < deva

[noun], masculine

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

devavītamaḥ < vītamaḥ < vītama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

indav < indo < indu

[noun], vocative, 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.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

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