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 9.109.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑स्ते सोम सु॒तस्य॑ पेया॒: क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॑य॒ विश्वे॑ च दे॒वाः ॥
इन्द्रस्ते सोम सुतस्य पेयाः क्रत्वे दक्षाय विश्वे च देवाः ॥
indras te soma sutasya peyāḥ kratve dakṣāya viśve ca devāḥ ||

English translation:

Soma, let Indra and all the gods drink of you when effused for intelligence and strength.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agnayo dhiṣṇyā aiśvarāḥ [agnaya dhiṣṇyā aiśvarāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । ते॒ । सो॒म॒ । सु॒तस्य॑ । पे॒याः॒ । क्रत्वे॑ । दक्षा॑य । विश्वे॑ । च॒ । दे॒वाः ॥
इन्द्रः । ते । सोम । सुतस्य । पेयाः । क्रत्वे । दक्षाय । विश्वे । च । देवाः ॥
indraḥ | te | soma | sutasya | peyāḥ | kratve | dakṣāya | viśve | ca | devāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.109.2 English analysis of grammar]

indras < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

sutasya < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

peyāḥ <

[verb], singular, Prekativ

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

kratve < kratu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

dakṣāya < dakṣa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

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