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 4.46.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्रं॑ पिबा॒ मधू॑नां सु॒तं वा॑यो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु । त्वं हि पू॑र्व॒पा असि॑ ॥
अग्रं पिबा मधूनां सुतं वायो दिविष्टिषु । त्वं हि पूर्वपा असि ॥
agram pibā madhūnāṃ sutaṃ vāyo diviṣṭiṣu | tvaṃ hi pūrvapā asi ||
English translation:
“Drink first, Vāyu, the effused libation of the Soma at the rites that secure heaven, for you verily are the first drinker.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Drink first, pūrva pā: deva dadhiṣe pūrvapeyam (RV. 7.92.1); prathamaḥ pibeyam (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 2.25)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indravāyū ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अग्र॑म् । पि॒ब॒ । मधू॑नाम् । सु॒तम् । व॒यो॒ इति॑ । दिवि॑ष्टिषु । त्वम् । हि । पू॒र्व॒ऽपाः । असि॑ ॥
अग्रम् । पिब । मधूनाम् । सुतम् । वयो इति । दिविष्टिषु । त्वम् । हि । पूर्वपाः । असि ॥
agram | piba | madhūnām | sutam | vayo | iti | diviṣṭiṣu | tvam | hi | pūrva-pāḥ | asi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.46.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], genitive, plural, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun]
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“drinking.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”