Rig Veda 4.3.2 — Mandala 4, Sukta 3, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.3

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयं योनिश्चकृमा यं वयं ते जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासाः । अर्वाचीनः परिवीतो नि षीदेमा उ ते स्वपाक प्रतीचीः ॥

Transliteration

ayáṃ yóniś cakṛmá yaṃ vayáṃ te jāyéva pátya uśatī́ su-vā́sāḥ | arvācīnáḥ pári-vīto ní ṣīdemā́ u te su-apāka pratīcī́ḥ ||

Translation

This is the womb-seat we have made for you; as a wife for her lord, longing and well-robed, we prepare it. Turn hither, clothed all around, and sit down; these offerings of ours come back to you, O well-cooking one, as responsive powers.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योनिः: womb; source; resting-place
• योनिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चक्रिम: I have made
• चक्रिम: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• जायाऽइव: like a wife
• जायाऽइव: Kartā
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable
• Root: जाया- (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (निपात)

• पतये: to (her) husband
• पतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उशती: desiring; eager
• उशती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: उशत्- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वश्/उश् ‘इच्छ्/कामय्’)

• सुवासाः: well-clad; beautifully dressed
• सुवासाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + वासस्- (प्रातिपदिक) / सुवासस्-

• अर्वाचीनः: turned hither; facing towards (us)
• अर्वाचीनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाचीन- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिवीतः: encompassed; wrapped around
• परिवीतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: परि- + √वी (वे/वय्) ‘आवरणे’ → परिवीत- (कृदन्त) अथवा परि- + √वे ‘to cover’

• नि: down; in
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सीद: sit down
• सीद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed; and
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

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

• स्वपाक: O good-cooker / O well-ripening one (epithet)
• स्वपाक: —
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु- + पाक- (प्रातिपदिक) / स्वपाक-

• प्रतीचीः: turned towards (you/us); facing hither
• प्रतीचीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीची- (प्रातिपदिक)