Rig Veda 4.17.21: Mandala 4, Sukta 17, Mantra 21

Sukta 4.17

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषं जरित्रे नद्यो न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः ॥

Transliteration

nū́ ṣṭutá indra nū́ gṛṇāńa íṣaṃ jaritré nádyò ná pīpeḥ | ákāri te harivo bráhma návyaṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyàḥ sadā́sāḥ ||

Translation

Ahora, alabado, oh Indra, ahora cantado, haz crecer el impulso para el cantor, como los ríos hacen crecer su corriente. Para ti, oh señor de los corceles leonados, se ha hecho un brahman nuevo, una palabra de poder; por la mente de visión, seamos aptos para la labor del carro, siempre sentados contigo.

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Word by Word

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: —
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवति)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• गृणानः: praising (singing)
• गृणानः: कर्तृ (of praising) अव्यक्त-कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (गृणाति ‘to sing/praise’)

• इषम्: refreshment; strength; nourishment
• इषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा

• जरित्रे: to the singer (praiser)
• जरित्रे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: कर्तृ (of ‘filling/flowing’ simile) / उपमान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पीपेः: you have filled; you have satisfied
• पीपेः: कर्तृ (addressed to Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति) / caus.-intensive ‘to make drink, to fill, to satisfy’

• अकारि: has been made; was fashioned
• अकारि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• हरिवः: O Hariva (Indra, with tawny horses)
• हरिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हरिवत् (epithet of Indra: ‘having tawny steeds’)

• ब्रह्म: hymn; sacred formulation
• ब्रह्म: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• नव्यम्: new; fresh
• नव्यम्: विशेषण (of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव्य

• धिया: with thought; by inspired insight
• धिया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: कर्तृ (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• रथ्यः: chariot-worthy; charioteers
• रथ्यः: प्रेडिकेट-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: रथ्य

• सदासाः: ever-present; constant companions/attendants
• सदासाः: प्रेडिकेट-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सदास् (Vedic: ‘sitting/abiding; constant attendants’)