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 9.101.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒तासो॒ मधु॑मत्तमा॒: सोमा॒ इन्द्रा॑य म॒न्दिन॑: । प॒वित्र॑वन्तो अक्षरन्दे॒वान्ग॑च्छन्तु वो॒ मदा॑: ॥
सुतासो मधुमत्तमाः सोमा इन्द्राय मन्दिनः । पवित्रवन्तो अक्षरन्देवान्गच्छन्तु वो मदाः ॥
sutāso madhumattamāḥ somā indrāya mandinaḥ | pavitravanto akṣaran devān gacchantu vo madāḥ ||
English translation:
“The sweet-flavoured exhilarating Soma juices effused (and) filtered flow for Indra; do you, exhilarating (juices) proceed to the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): yayātirnāhuṣaḥ [yayātirnāhuṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒तासः॑ । मधु॑मत्ऽतमाः । सोमाः॑ । इन्द्रा॑य । म॒न्दिनः॑ । प॒वित्र॑ऽवन्तः । अ॒क्ष॒र॒न् । दे॒वान् । ग॒च्छ॒न्तु॒ । वः॒ । मदाः॑ ॥
सुतासः । मधुमत्तमाः । सोमाः । इन्द्राय । मन्दिनः । पवित्रवन्तः । अक्षरन् । देवान् । गच्छन्तु । वः । मदाः ॥
sutāsaḥ | madhumat-tamāḥ | somāḥ | indrāya | mandinaḥ | pavitra-vantaḥ | akṣaran | devān | gacchantu | vaḥ | madāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.101.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“press out; su.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“sweetest.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“intoxicant; exhilarating.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“run; melt.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”