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 9.108.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ पात॑वे॒ नृभि॑र्य॒तः स्वा॑यु॒धो म॒दिन्त॑मः । पव॑स्व॒ मधु॑मत्तमः ॥
इन्द्राय सोम पातवे नृभिर्यतः स्वायुधो मदिन्तमः । पवस्व मधुमत्तमः ॥
indrāya soma pātave nṛbhir yataḥ svāyudho madintamaḥ | pavasva madhumattamaḥ ||

English translation:

Soma, collected by the priests, well-armed, most exhilarating, most sweet-flavoured, flow for Indra to drink.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रा॑य । सो॒म॒ । पात॑वे । नृऽभिः॑ । य॒तः । सु॒ऽआ॒यु॒धः । म॒दिन्ऽत॑मः । पव॑स्व । मधु॑मत्ऽतमः ॥
इन्द्राय । सोम । पातवे । नृभिः । यतः । सुआयुधः । मदिन्तमः । पवस्व । मधुमत्तमः ॥
indrāya | soma | pātave | nṛ-bhiḥ | yataḥ | su-āyudhaḥ | madin-tamaḥ | pavasva | madhumat-tamaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.108.15 English analysis of grammar]

indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pātave <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

nṛbhir < nṛbhiḥ < nṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

yataḥ < yam

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

svāyudho < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svāyudho < āyudhaḥ < āyudha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“weapon; āyudha [word].”

madintamaḥ < madintama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“exhilarating; intoxicant.”

pavasva <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

madhumattamaḥ < madhumattama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sweetest.”

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