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 9.113.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒र्य॒णाव॑ति॒ सोम॒मिन्द्र॑: पिबतु वृत्र॒हा । बलं॒ दधा॑न आ॒त्मनि॑ करि॒ष्यन्वी॒र्यं॑ म॒हदिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥
शर्यणावति सोममिन्द्रः पिबतु वृत्रहा । बलं दधान आत्मनि करिष्यन्वीर्यं महदिन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव ॥
śaryaṇāvati somam indraḥ pibatu vṛtrahā | balaṃ dadhāna ātmani kariṣyan vīryam mahad indrāyendo pari srava ||

English translation:

“Let Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, quaff the Soma on the Śaryaṇāvat, infusing strength into himself, about to show great prowess; flow, Indu, for Indra.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Śaraṇyāvat: a lake in the Kurukṣetra region

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaśyapaḥ [kaśyapa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒र्य॒णाऽव॑ति । सोम॑म् । इन्द्रः॑ । पि॒ब॒तु॒ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । बल॑म् । दधा॑नः । आ॒त्मनि॑ । क॒रि॒ष्यन् । वी॒र्य॑म् । म॒हत् । इन्द्रा॑य । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । परि॑ । स्र॒व॒ ॥
शर्यणावति । सोमम् । इन्द्रः । पिबतु । वृत्रहा । बलम् । दधानः । आत्मनि । करिष्यन् । वीर्यम् । महत् । इन्द्राय । इन्दो इति । परि । स्रव ॥
śaryaṇāvati | somam | indraḥ | pibatu | vṛtra-hā | balam | dadhānaḥ | ātmani | kariṣyan | vīryam | mahat | indrāya | indo iti | pari | srava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.113.1 English analysis of grammar]

śaryaṇāvati < śaryaṇāvant

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

pibatu <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

vṛtrahā < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

vṛtrahā < < han

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

balaṃ < balam < bala

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”

dadhāna < dadhānaḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

ātmani < ātman

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“self; nature; Ātman; mind; soul; self; body; character; ātman [word]; person; life; peculiarity.”

kariṣyan < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

vīryam < vīrya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

mahad < mahat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”

indrāyendo < indrāya < indra

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

indrāyendo < indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

srava < sru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“discharge; issue; run; filter; discharge; liquefy; ejaculate; fail; disappear; leak; fester.”

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