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 9.105.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं दक्षा॑य॒ साध॑नो॒ऽयं शर्धा॑य वी॒तये॑ । अ॒यं दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑मत्तमः सु॒तः ॥
अयं दक्षाय साधनोऽयं शर्धाय वीतये । अयं देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमः सुतः ॥
ayaṃ dakṣāya sādhano 'yaṃ śardhāya vītaye | ayaṃ devebhyo madhumattamaḥ sutaḥ ||

English translation:

“This (Soma) is an instrumental ument for invigoration; he (is useful) for speed (and) for the banquet of your gods; he is effused most sweet-flavoured for the gods.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parvatanāradau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यम् । दक्षा॑य । साध॑नः । अ॒यम् । शर्धा॑य । वी॒तये॑ । अ॒यम् । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । मधु॑मत्ऽतमः । सु॒तः ॥
अयम् । दक्षाय । साधनः । अयम् । शर्धाय । वीतये । अयम् । देवेभ्यः । मधुमत्तमः । सुतः ॥
ayam | dakṣāya | sādhanaḥ | ayam | śardhāya | vītaye | ayam | devebhyaḥ | madhumat-tamaḥ | sutaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.105.3 English analysis of grammar]

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

dakṣāya < dakṣa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”

sādhano < sādhanaḥ < sādhana

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“effective; performing.”

'yaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

śardhāya < śardha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“troop.”

vītaye <

[verb noun]

“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

devebhyo < devebhyaḥ < deva

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

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

madhumattamaḥ < madhumattama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sweetest.”

sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

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