Rig Veda 4.34.2 — Mandala 4, Sukta 34, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.34

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Rbhus (with Purandhi as accompanying plenitude-power)

Chandas: Trishtubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विदानासो जन्मनो वाजरत्ना उत ऋतुभिॠभवो मादयध्वम् । सं वो मदा अग्मत सं पुरंधिः सुवीरामस्मे रयिमेरयध्वम् ॥

Transliteration

vidānā́so jánmano vāja-ratnā uta ṛtúbhir ṛbhavo mādayadhvam | sáṃ vo mádā́ agmata sáṃ púraṃdhiḥ suvī́rām asmè rayím īrayadhvam ||

Translation

Knowing your own birth and origin, O Rbhus rich in force and treasure, rejoice also with the right seasons. Let your ecstasies come together, and the power of plenitude with them; set in motion for us the wealth that brings strong and luminous offspring—an increase of inner heroism.

Word by Word

• विदानासः: the knowing ones (skilled ones)
• विदानासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विद् (√vid ‘to know’) → विदान (PPP/adj. ‘knowing, skilled’)

• जन्मनः: of birth, of origin
• जन्मनः: (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (prātipadika) < √जन्

• वाजरत्नाः: having prize(-winning) treasures / rich in boons
• वाजरत्नाः: Kartā (apposition to विदानासः)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa used as epithet)
• Root: वाज-रत्न (compound prātipadika)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• ऋतुभिः: with the seasons / at the proper times
• ऋतुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (prātipadika)

• ऋभवः: the Ṛbhus
• ऋभवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/collective)
• Root: ऋभु (prātipadika)

• मादयध्वम्: rejoice! be exhilarated!
• मादयध्वम्: (Predicate of Kartā: ऋभवः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (√mad ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’)

• सम्: together, wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Preverb/indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• मदाः: exhilarations, joys (intoxicating draughts)
• मदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (prātipadika)

• अग्मत: has come / came
• अग्मत: (Predicate: subject मदाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (√gam ‘to go’) with preverb सम्

• सम्: together, wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Preverb/indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• पुरंधिः: bounty, liberality (Purandhi)
• पुरंधिः: Kartā (co-subject with मदाः)
• Type: Noun (personified abstraction)
• Root: पुरंधि (prātipadika)

• सुवीराम्: rich in heroes / having good heroes
• सुवीराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वीर (adj. prātipadika) → सुवीरा

• अस्मे: among us, for us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रयिम्: wealth, bounty
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (prātipadika)

• ईरयध्वम्: set in motion / bestow / send forth
• ईरयध्वम्: (Predicate of Kartā: ऋभवः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (√īr/√ir ‘to set in motion, raise, bestow/impel’)