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 10.119.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उन्मा॑ पी॒ता अ॑यंसत॒ रथ॒मश्वा॑ इवा॒शव॑: । कु॒वित्सोम॒स्यापा॒मिति॑ ॥
उन्मा पीता अयंसत रथमश्वा इवाशवः । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥
un mā pītā ayaṃsata ratham aśvā ivāśavaḥ | kuvit somasyāpām iti ||

English translation:

“The draughts (of Soma) have lifted me up like swift horses (drawing) a chariot, for I have often drunkof the Soma.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): labaḥ aindraḥ [laba aindra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ātmastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । मा॒ । पी॒ताः । अ॒यं॒स॒त॒ । रथ॑म् । अश्वाः॑ऽइव । आ॒शवः॑ । कु॒वित् । सोम॑स्य । अपा॑म् । इति॑ ॥
उत् । मा । पीताः । अयंसत । रथम् । अश्वाःइव । आशवः । कुवित् । सोमस्य । अपाम् । इति ॥
ut | mā | pītāḥ | ayaṃsata | ratham | aśvāḥ-iva | āśavaḥ | kuvit | somasya | apām | iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.119.3 English analysis of grammar]

un < ud

[adverb]

“up.”

< mad

[noun], accusative, singular

“I; mine.”

pītā < pītāḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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

ayaṃsata < yam

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

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

ratham < ratha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

aśvā < aśvāḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

ivāśavaḥ < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

ivāśavaḥ < āśavaḥ < āśu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”

kuvit < kuvid

[adverb]

“surely; indeed.”

somasyāpām < somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somasyāpām < apām <

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

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

iti

[adverb]

“thus; so; iti [word].”

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