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 9.106.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ द्र॒प्सा उ॑द॒प्रुत॒ इन्द्रं॒ मदा॑य वावृधुः । त्वां दे॒वासो॑ अ॒मृता॑य॒ कं प॑पुः ॥
तव द्रप्सा उदप्रुत इन्द्रं मदाय वावृधुः । त्वां देवासो अमृताय कं पपुः ॥
tava drapsā udapruta indram madāya vāvṛdhuḥ | tvāṃ devāso amṛtāya kam papuḥ ||
English translation:
“Your drops, goint to the water, have exalted Indra to exhilaration; the gods have quaffed you, the delighter, for immortality.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): manurāpsavaḥ [manurāpsava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । द्र॒प्साः । उ॒द॒ऽप्रुतः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । मदा॑य । व॒वृ॒धुः॒ । त्वाम् । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒मृता॑य । कम् । प॒पुः॒ ॥
तव । द्रप्साः । उदप्रुतः । इन्द्रम् । मदाय । ववृधुः । त्वाम् । देवासः । अमृताय । कम् । पपुः ॥
tava | drapsāḥ | uda-prutaḥ | indram | madāya | vavṛdhuḥ | tvām | devāsaḥ | amṛtāya | kam | papuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.106.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“drop; banner.”
[noun], neuter
“water.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“amṛta; immortality; vatsanābha; ambrosia; mercury; medicine; vighasa; calcium hydroxide.”
[adverb]
“kaṃ [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”