Rig Veda 4.33.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.33

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (attributed for Mandala 4; hymn to the Rbhus)

Devata: Rbhus (R̥bhus: Ṛbhu, Vibhvā, Vāja) as powers of divine craftsmanship and perfection

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.33; verse-level confirmation may vary by recension)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ऋभुभ्यो दूतमिव वाचमिष्य उपस्तिरे श्वैतरीं धेनुमीळे । ये वातजूतास्तरणिभिरेवैः परि द्यां सद्यो अपसो बभूवुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.33.1

Transliteration

prá ṛbhúbhyo dūtám iva vā́cam iṣye upastíre śvaitarī́m dhénum īḷe | yé vā́tajūtās taraṇíbhir évaiḥ párि dyā́m sadyó ápaso babhūvúḥ ||

Translation

Vers les Rbhus j’envoie ma parole comme un messager ; j’adore la Dhenu, la Vache d’abondance, éclatante de blancheur, étendue comme une couche (pour le chercheur). Eux que pousse le Vent, avec des coursiers rapides, devinrent aussitôt les artisans d’œuvre efficace, enveloppant le ciel — puissances d’action accomplissante.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• ऋभुभ्यः: to the Ṛbhus
• ऋभुभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋभु (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूतम्: messenger
• दूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वाचम्: speech, hymn
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक; f.)

• इष्ये: I send/dispatch; I set in motion
• इष्ये: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्

• उपस्तिरे: has spread out, has laid down
• उपस्तिरे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्तॄ

• श्वैतरीम्: bright/white (one)
• श्वैतरीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वैतरी (प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनुम्: milch-cow
• धेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईळे: I praise, I invoke
• ईळे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईळ्/ईड्

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: य (प्रातिपदिक; relative pronoun)

• वातजूताः: wind-sped, driven by the wind
• वातजूताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात-जूत (कृदन्त/समास; from √जु/जव् ‘to speed’)

• तरणिभिः: with swift ones/with racers (swift powers)
• तरणिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• एवैः: with these very (ones)
• एवैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: एव (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga)

• द्याम्: the heaven, sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/द्याम् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सद्यः: immediately, at once
• सद्यः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• अपसः: works, deeds
• अपसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपस् (प्रातिपदिक; n.)

• बभूवुः: they became, they came to be
• बभूवुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू