Rig Veda 4.35.3: Mandala 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 3

Sukta 4.35

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Ṛbhus / Vājas (as powers of plenitude entering godhead)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

व्यकृणोत चमसं चतुर्धा सखे वि शिक्षेत्यब्रवीत । अथैत वाजा अमृतस्य पन्थां गणं देवानामृभवः सुहस्ताः ॥

Transliteration

vyàkṛṇota camásaṃ catúrdhā sákhé ví śíkṣéty abravīt | áthai ta vājā́ amṛ́tasya pánthāṃ gaṇáṃ devā́nām ṛbhavaḥ suhástāḥ ||

Translation

Mereka membentuk piala (camasá) menjadi empat bahagian; dan seorang berkata, “Sahabat, pelajarilah kemahiran itu.” Lalu para Vāja ini menemukan jalan keabadian; para Ṛbhu, bertangan mulia, memasuki perhimpunan para dewa.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (upasarga)

• अकृणोत: he made, fashioned
• अकृणोत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कर॑णे)

• चमसम्: cup, beaker
• चमसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमस (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चतुर्धा: into four parts; fourfold
• चतुर्धा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + धा

• सखे: O friend
• सखे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (upasarga)

• शिक्षेत्: he should learn; let him be trained
• शिक्षेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिक्ष् (शिक्षायाम्/अध्ययने)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• अब्रवीत्: he said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (वचने)

• अथ: then, thereafter
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (निपात)

• एत: this (thing)
• एत: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजाः: prizes; strengths; (also) steeds/energies
• वाजाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality; of the immortal (nectar/state)
• अमृतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पन्थाम्: path, way
• पन्थाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्था (प्रातिपदिक)

• गणम्: troop, company, host
• गणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋभवः: the Rbhus (divine artisans)
• ऋभवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋभु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहस्ताः: having good hands; skillful-handed
• सुहस्ताः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)