Rig Veda 4.21.11: Mandala 4, Sukta 21, Mantra 11

Sukta 4.21

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

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

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.21.11

Transliteration

nū́ ṣṭutá índra nū́ gṛṇānā́ íṣaṃ jaritré nádyò ná pīpeḥ | ákāri te hari-vo bráhma návyaṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyáḥ sadā́sāḥ ||

Translation

Ahora alabado, oh Indra, ahora cantado, haces crecer para el cantor la corriente del impulso inspirado, como crecen los ríos. Para ti, oh Harivas (señor de los corceles bayos), se ha forjado un brahman nuevo, una palabra de poder; por el pensamiento inspirado seamos aptos para la senda del carro, compañeros constantes.

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Word by Word

• नू: now, indeed
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू

• ष्टुतः: praised
• ष्टुतः: Kartā (as predicate of Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवने)

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

• नू: now
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू

• गृणानः: praising (being sung)
• गृणानः: Kartā (as predicate of Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (स्तुतौ/गायने)

• इषम्: refreshment, strength
• इषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक: इष् ‘refreshment, strength’)

• जरित्रे: to the singer/praiser
• जरित्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Kartā (of comparison) / उपमान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पीपेः: you have filled/satisfied
• पीपेः: Kartā (addressed ‘you’ = Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पाने) / √पि (पूरणे) — Vedic reduplicated perfect

• अकारि: was made, has been fashioned
• अकारि: Karma (impersonal passive: ‘it’ = brahma) / कर्मणि
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिवः: O Hariva (you of the tawny steeds)
• हरिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिवत्/हरिवस् (इन्द्र-विशेषण प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: hymn, sacred formulation
• ब्रह्म: Kartā (in passive construction) / कर्मणि-कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नव्यम्: new, fresh
• नव्यम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• धिया: with thought/insight
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: Kartā (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू)

• रथ्यः: chariot-worthy, able in chariot-fight
• रथ्यः: Kartā (predicate adjective of ‘we’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदासाः: steadfast attendants/companions
• सदासाः: Kartā (predicate noun/adj of ‘we’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सदास् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sitting/attending’, ‘steadfast’)