Rig Veda 4.23.3: Mandala 4, Sukta 23, Mantra 3
Sukta 4.23
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कथा शृणोति हूयमानमिन्द्रः कथा शृण्वन्नवसामस्य वेद । का अस्य पूर्वीरुपमातयो ह कथैनमाहुः पपुरिं जरित्रे ॥
Transliteration
kathā́ śṛṇóti hūyámānam índraḥ kathā́ śṛṇván ávasām asya veda | kā́ asya pūrvī́r úpa-mātayo ha katháinam ā́huḥ pápuriṃ jaritré ||
Translation
كيف يسمع إندرا حين يُدعَى، وكيف، وهو يسمع، يعرف أعمالَ العون؟ وما مقاييسُه ومعاييرُه الأولى—وكيف يصفونه بالشارب، لأجلِ المُنشدِ المادح؟
Word by Word
कथाhow?
कथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
शृणोतिhe hears
शृणोति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे)
हूयमानम्being invoked/called
हूयमानम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Root√ह्वा (आह्वाने) → हूयमान (कृदन्त)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कथाhow?
कथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
शृण्वन्hearing
शृण्वन्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे) → शृण्वत् (कृदन्त)
अवसाम्of the helps/aids
अवसाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, aid’)
अस्यof him/of this one
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेदhe knows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (ज्ञाने)
काwhich?/what?
का:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वीःformer/earlier
पूर्वीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
उपमातयःcomparisons/likenesses
उपमातयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउपमा-ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘comparison/likeness’)
हindeed
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
कथाhow?
कथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
एनम्him
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम; एनद्-प्रयोग)
आहुःthey have said/they say
आहुः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अह्/√आह् (ब्रुवणे; ‘to say’)
पपुःthey have drunk
पपुः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पाने)
अरिम्the enemy
अरिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअरि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enemy/foe’)
जरित्रेfor the praiser/singer
जरित्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer/praiser’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.