Rig Veda 1.17.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 17, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.17
Rishi: Kakṣīvant Dairghatamasa (traditionally for RV 1.17)
Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.17; verse-form consistent with the hymn)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युवाकु हि शचीनां युवाकु सुमतीनाम् । भूयाम वाजदाव्नाम् ॥
Transliteration
yuvā́ku hi śacī́nāṃ yuvā́ku su-matī́nām | bhū́yāma vāja-dā́vnām ||
Translation
Denn ihr seid die jugendliche Kraft der śacī, ihr seid die jugendliche Kraft der sumatī; mögen wir immer mehr zu denen gehören, die vāja, die Fülle der Kraft, empfangen.
Word by Word
युवाकुःthe youthful one (epithet)
युवाकुः:
Kartā (स्तुत्य-विशेषण रूपेण) / संबोधनार्थक-प्रयोग
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootयुवाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘युवा/युवन्’ से) + -कु (वैदिक प्रत्यय)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
शचीनाम्of the powers/energies (śacīs)
शचीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of…’)
TypeNoun
Rootशची- (प्रातिपदिक)
युवाकुःthe youthful one
युवाकुः:
Kartā (स्तुत्य-विशेषण रूपेण) / संबोधनार्थक-प्रयोग
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootयुवाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘युवा/युवन्’ से) + -कु (वैदिक प्रत्यय)
सुमतीनाम्of good thoughts/favours
सुमतीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of…’)
TypeNoun
Rootसुमति- (सु- + मति-)
भूयामmay we be / may we become
भूयाम:
Kartā (अस्मदर्थे ‘we’)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
वाजदाव्नाम्of the prize-givers / of those who bestow strength
वाजदाव्नाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of…’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवाजदावन्- (प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘prize/strength’ + दावन् ‘giver’)
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