Rig Veda 8.4.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 4, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.4
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; aṣṭaka 8 associated with Kaṇvas)
Devata: Pūṣan (with epithets āghṛṇe, vasu)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वेमि त्वा पूषन्नृञ्जसे वेमि स्तोतव आघृणे । न तस्य वेम्यरणं हि तद्वसो स्तुषे पज्राय साम्ने ॥
Transliteration
vémi tvā pūṣann ṛñjáse vémi stótava āghṛṇe | ná tásya vémya ráṇaṃ hí tád vaso stuṣé pajrā́ya sā́mne ||
Translation
હે પૂષન, તારી ઋજુ ગતિમાં, તારા માર્ગદર્શનમાં હું તને જાણું છું; હે આઘૃણે (ઉષ્મ-પ્રભાસ્વી), તારી સ્તુતિ કરવી હું જાણું છું. તારા એ વૈભવની સીમા હું જાણતો નથી; તેથી પજ્રના દૃઢ સામ્નમાં હું તારી સ્તુતિ ગાઉં છું.
Word by Word
वेमिI know
वेमि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (वेद/विद् ‘to know’)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म (object of वेमि)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (2nd person pronoun)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper) / Vocative
Rootपूषन्- (name of the deity Pūṣan)
ऋञ्जसेyou strive / you set yourself in motion
ऋञ्जसे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ऋञ्ज् (ऋञ्जते ‘to be straight/ready; to go/strive’, Vedic) / or denom. from ऋञ्जु-
वेमिI know
वेमि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद्
स्तोतवेfor the praiser / for praising
स्तोतवे:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (purpose/for praising)
TypeNoun (agent) used infinitivally/datively
Root√स्तु (to praise) → स्तोतृ/स्तोतव् (praiser)
आघृणेO radiant one
आघृणे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective used as Vocative
Rootआ-घृणि-/आघृणि- (‘glowing, radiant’; epithet)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (negation)
तस्यof him / of that
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (of him/of that)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (demonstrative pronoun)
वेमिI know
वेमि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद्
अरणम्harm / danger
अरणम्:
कर्म (object of वेमि)
TypeNoun
Rootअरण- (danger, harm; also ‘refuge’ in some contexts—here ‘harm/danger’)
हिindeed / for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (emphatic/causal particle)
तत्that
तत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
वसोO bounteous one
वसो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun / epithet used as Vocative
Rootवसु- (good, wealth; also epithet ‘bounteous one’)
स्तुषेI praise
स्तुषे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (to praise)
पज्रायto the strong one / to Pajra
पज्राय:
सम्प्रदान (to/for)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपज्र- (strong, firm; also a clan/epithet)
साम्नेfor the sāman-chant
साम्ने:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (for the chant)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन्- (Sāman, chant/melodic hymn)
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