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 10.119.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ओ॒षमित्पृ॑थि॒वीम॒हं ज॒ङ्घना॑नी॒ह वे॒ह वा॑ । कु॒वित्सोम॒स्यापा॒मिति॑ ॥
ओषमित्पृथिवीमहं जङ्घनानीह वेह वा । कुवित्सोमस्यापामिति ॥
oṣam it pṛthivīm ahaṃ jaṅghanānīha veha vā | kuvit somasyāpām iti ||

English translation:

“I will drive the scorching (sun) either here or there, for I have often drunk of 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]:

ओ॒षम् । इत् । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । अ॒हम् । ज॒ङ्घना॑नि । इ॒ह । वा॒ । इ॒ह । वा॒ । कु॒वित् । सोम॑स्य । अपा॑म् । इति॑ ॥
ओषम् । इत् । पृथिवीम् । अहम् । जङ्घनानि । इह । वा । इह । वा । कुवित् । सोमस्य । अपाम् । इति ॥
oṣam | it | pṛthivīm | aham | jaṅghanāni | iha | vā | iha | vā | kuvit | somasya | apām | iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.119.10 English analysis of grammar]

oṣam

[adverb]

it < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

pṛthivīm < pṛthivī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

jaṅghanānīha < jaṅghanāni < jaṅghan < √han

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“murder; kill.”

jaṅghanānīha < iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

veha <

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

veha < iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

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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