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 9.106.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒मच्छ॑ सु॒ता इ॒मे वृष॑णं यन्तु॒ हर॑यः । श्रु॒ष्टी जा॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः स्व॒र्विद॑: ॥
इन्द्रमच्छ सुता इमे वृषणं यन्तु हरयः । श्रुष्टी जातास इन्दवः स्वर्विदः ॥
indram accha sutā ime vṛṣaṇaṃ yantu harayaḥ | śruṣṭī jātāsa indavaḥ svarvidaḥ ||

English translation:

“May these effused green-tinted Soma juices quickly genitive rated, all-knowing, proceed to Indra the showerer (of benefits).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑म् । अच्छ॑ । सु॒ताः । इ॒मे । वृष॑णम् । य॒न्तु॒ । हर॑यः । श्रु॒ष्टी । जा॒तासः॑ । इन्द॑वः । स्वः॒ऽविदः॑ ॥
इन्द्रम् । अच्छ । सुताः । इमे । वृषणम् । यन्तु । हरयः । श्रुष्टी । जातासः । इन्दवः । स्वःविदः ॥
indram | accha | sutāḥ | ime | vṛṣaṇam | yantu | harayaḥ | śruṣṭī | jātāsaḥ | indavaḥ | svaḥ-vidaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.106.1 English analysis of grammar]

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

accha < acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

sutā < sutāḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

vṛṣaṇaṃ < vṛṣaṇam < vṛṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

yantu < i

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

harayaḥ < hari

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”

śruṣṭī < śruṣṭi

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

jātāsa < jātāsaḥ < jan

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

svarvidaḥ < svar

[noun], neuter

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

svarvidaḥ < vidaḥ < vid

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“finding.”

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