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 9.85.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ सुषु॑त॒: परि॑ स्र॒वापामी॑वा भवतु॒ रक्ष॑सा स॒ह । मा ते॒ रस॑स्य मत्सत द्वया॒विनो॒ द्रवि॑णस्वन्त इ॒ह स॒न्त्विन्द॑वः ॥
इन्द्राय सोम सुषुतः परि स्रवापामीवा भवतु रक्षसा सह । मा ते रसस्य मत्सत द्वयाविनो द्रविणस्वन्त इह सन्त्विन्दवः ॥
indrāya soma suṣutaḥ pari sravāpāmīvā bhavatu rakṣasā saha | mā te rasasya matsata dvayāvino draviṇasvanta iha santv indavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Flow forth, Soma, well-effused for Indra; may disease and the rākṣasas be (kept) far off; let not the double-dealers be exhilarated by your juices; may the Soma-juices be full of wealth at this (sacrifice).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): veno bhārgavaḥ [vena bhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रा॑य । सो॒म॒ । सुऽसु॑तः । परि॑ । स्र॒व॒ । अप॑ । अमी॑वा । भ॒व॒तु॒ । रक्ष॑सा । स॒ह । मा । ते॒ । रस॑स्य । म॒त्स॒त॒ । द्व॒या॒विनः॑ । द्रवि॑णस्वन्तः । इ॒ह । स॒न्तु॒ । इन्द॑वः ॥
इन्द्राय । सोम । सुसुतः । परि । स्रव । अप । अमीवा । भवतु । रक्षसा । सह । मा । ते । रसस्य । मत्सत । द्वयाविनः । द्रविणस्वन्तः । इह । सन्तु । इन्दवः ॥
indrāya | soma | su-sutaḥ | pari | srava | apa | amīvā | bhavatu | rakṣasā | saha | mā | te | rasasya | matsata | dvayāvinaḥ | draviṇasvantaḥ | iha | santu | indavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.85.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“disease; affliction.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“mercury; juice; medicine; rasa; alchemy; liquid; Rasa; mahārasa; taste; broth; elixir; resin; rasa; essence; six; water; soup; liquid body substance; rasa; formulation; myrrh; rasa [word]; amṛta; purpose; delight; solution; milk; beverage; alcohol; sap; nectar; Rasātala.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“dishonest.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”