Rig Veda 4.33.11: Mandala 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 11

Sukta 4.33

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (attributed for Mandala 4; this verse belongs to the Rbhus cycle within Vāmadeva’s collection)

Devata: Rbhus (with the gods as co-agents in establishing Soma-delight and riches)

Chandas: Trishtubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for Mandala 4 hymns of invocation and praise)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इदाह्नः पीतिमुत वो मदं धुर्न ऋते श्रान्तस्य सख्याय देवाः । ते नूनमस्मे ऋभवो वसूनि तृतीये अस्मिन्त्सवने दधात ॥

Transliteration

idā́hnaḥ pītím uta vó mádaṃ dhur ná ṛté śrā́ntasya sakhyā́ya devā́ḥ | te nū́nam asmè ṛ́bhavo vásūni tṛtī́ye asmín sávane dadhāta ||

Translation

Jetzt, im Gang dieses Tages, haben die Götter euch die Wonne des Soma-Tranks und die erhobene Freude ausgegossen—nicht ohne die Freundschaft dessen, der sich abmühte und im Suchen ermattete. Darum, o Ṛbhus, legt nun in uns die Güter; in diesem dritten Savana setzt sie uns fest.

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Word by Word

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• आह्नः: of the day / of this day
• आह्नः: Adhikaraṇa (काल-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक: अह्न्/अहन्)

• पीतिम्: drinking, draught
• पीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीति- (from √पा ‘to drink’)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (निपात)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदम्: intoxication, exhilaration
• मदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद- (from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated’)

• धुः: they have stirred / they set (it) in motion
• धुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धू (धुनोति/धुनुते) ‘to shake, set in motion’

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• ऋते: without, apart from
• ऋते: Apādāna (वियोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते (अव्यय; from √ऋ ‘to go/fit’, idiomatically ‘without, except’)

• श्रान्तस्य: of the weary (one)
• श्रान्तस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त- (ppp of √श्रम् ‘to toil, be weary’)

• सख्याय: for friendship, for companionship
• सख्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य- (from सखि ‘friend’; abstract ‘friendship’)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā (coreferential)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)

• अस्मे: to us, for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ऋभवः: the Rbhus (divine artisans)
• ऋभवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋभु-

• वसूनि: good things, treasures
• वसूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: तृतीय-

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• सवने: at the Soma-pressing, in the libation
• सवने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन-

• दधात: they place, they bestow
• दधात: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा ‘to place, put’