Rig Veda 4.2.17: Mandala 4, Sukta 2, Mantra 17

Sukta 4.2

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Agni (with Indra as co-invoked power)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुकर्माणः सुरुचो देवयन्तोऽयो न देवा जनिमा धमन्तः । शुचन्तो अग्निं ववृधन्त इन्द्रमूर्वं गव्यं परिषदन्तो अग्मन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.2.17

Transliteration

su-kármāṇaḥ su-rúco deva-yánto’ yó ná devā́ jánimā dhámantaḥ | śucánto agníṃ vavṛdhánta índram ū́rvaṃ gavyáṃ pari-sádanto agman ||

Translation

Accomplissant l’œuvre bonne, resplendissants, tournés vers les dieux, ils forgèrent, tels des dieux, leur naissance par le souffle de puissance. Se purifiant, ils accrurent Agni et affermirent Indra ; ils allèrent s’asseoir tout autour du vaste enclos des troupeaux lumineux (rayons de connaissance).

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Word by Word

• सु॒कर्मा॑णः: of good deeds / well-working
• सु॒कर्मा॑णः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < कर्मन् (√कृ ‘to do’)

• सु॒रुचः॑: bright, splendid
• सु॒रुचः॑: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-रुच् (प्रातिपदिक) < रुच् (√रुच् ‘to shine, be bright’)

• देव॒यन्तः॑: seeking/worshipping the gods
• देव॒यन्तः॑: Kartā
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: देवय् (denom. √देव ‘to seek/worship the gods’) → देवयन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• अयः: iron
• अयः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दे॒वाः: the gods
• दे॒वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनिमा॑: birth, origin, generation
• जनिमा॑: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनिमन्/जनिमा (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन् ‘to be born, produce’

• धम॑न्तः: blowing, kindling (by blowing)
• धम॑न्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √धम् ‘to blow, kindle (by blowing)’ → धमन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• शु॒चन्तः॑: shining, blazing; being pure
• शु॒चन्तः॑: Kartā
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √शुच् ‘to shine; be pure; burn’ → शुचन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• अ॒ग्निम्: Agni (fire)
• अ॒ग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ववृ॒धन्त॑: they increased, made grow
• ववृ॒धन्त॑: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् ‘to grow, increase’ (reduplicated perfect/pluperfect stem ववृध्)

• इन्द्र॑म्: Indra
• इन्द्र॑म्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊ॒र्वम्: broad, wide, ample
• ऊ॒र्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• गव्य॑म्: bovine wealth; pertaining to cows
• गव्य॑म्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक) < गो ‘cow’

• परि॒षद॑न्तः: sitting around, surrounding
• परि॒षद॑न्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: परि-√सद् ‘to sit around; to surround, beset’ → परिषदन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• अग्मन्: they went, they came
• अग्मन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् ‘to go’