Rig Veda 4.3.7: Mandala 4, Sukta 3, Mantra 7

Sukta 4.3

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Agni (as mediator; named powers include Pūṣan, Rudra, Viṣṇu, Bṛhat)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कथा महे पुष्टिम्भराय पूष्णे कद्रुद्राय सुमखाय हविर्दे । कद्विष्णव उरुगायाय रेतो ब्रवः कदग्ने शरवे बृहत्यै ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.3.7

Transliteration

kathā́ mahé puṣṭim-bharā́ya pūṣṇé kád rudrā́ya su-mákhāya havir-dé | kád víṣṇava urú-gāyāya réto brávaḥ kád agne śárave bṛhatyái ||

Translation

Pushan bhagwan ko kaise pukaroge? Woh jo sabko khush rakhta hai. Rudra ko kaise bulayoge? Woh jo havi deta hai aur bali achhi leta hai. Vishnu ko kaunsa shabd doge? Woh jo aasman mein bade-bade kadam rakhta hai. Agni, tum seer ke liye kya kahoge? Woh jo door tak jaata hai, aur us badi shakti ke liye kya bologe?

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Word by Word

• कथा: how? in what way?
• कथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• महे: to the great (one)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• पुष्टिम्भराय: to the nourishment-bringing (one)
• पुष्टिम्भराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Epithet
• Root: पुष्टिम्भर (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्टिं + भर)

• पूष्णे: to Pūṣan
• पूष्णे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: पूषन्

• कद्: when? how? (interrogative particle)
• कद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कद् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• रुद्राय: to Rudra
• रुद्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: रुद्र

• सुमखाय: to the good-at-sacrifice / of good worship
• सुमखाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Epithet
• Root: सुमख (सु- + मख)

• हविर्दे: O oblation-giver
• हविर्दे: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective/Epithet
• Root: हविर्द (हविस् + द; ‘giver of oblation’)

• कद्: when? how?
• कद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कद् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• विष्णवे: to Viṣṇu
• विष्णवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: विष्णु

• उरुगायाय: to the wide-striding / far-famed (one)
• उरुगायाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Epithet
• Root: उरुगाय (उरु- + गाय)

• रेतः: seed; semen; generative power
• रेतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस्

• ब्रवः: you speak / speak forth
• ब्रवः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू

• कद्: when? how?
• कद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कद् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: अग्नि

• शरवे: to/for the arrow (missile)
• शरवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘arrow/shaft’ or ‘missile’)

• बृहत्यै: to/for the Bṛhatī (great one; also the Bṛhatī metre)
• बृहत्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (metre/name) / Adjective (f.)
• Root: बृहती