Rig Veda 3.21.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 4

Sukta 3.21

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; longer pādas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तुभ्यं श्चोतन्त्यध्रिगो शचीवः स्तोकासो अग्ने मेदसो घृतस्य । कविशस्तो बृहता भानुनागा हव्या जुषस्व मेधिर ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.21.4

Transliteration

túbhyaṃ ścotanty adhrigo śacīvaḥ stokā́so agne médaso ghṛtásya | kavíśasto bṛhatā́ bhānúnāgā havyā́ juṣasva medhira ||

Translation

Para ti, ó Inabalável, ó poderoso (śacīvan), gotejam as gotas da essência — tutano e manteiga clarificada. Louvado pelo vidente (kavi), vem com vasto fulgor; aceita as oblações (havyā), ó sábio ordenador (medhira).

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Word by Word

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्चोतन्ति: they drip / trickle
• श्चोतन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्चुत् (श्चोतति) ‘to drip, trickle’

• अध्रिगो: the ‘adhri’-cows (streams/cows as milk-givers)
• अध्रिगो: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound) / Adjective
• Root: अध्रि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ladle/stream?’, RV usage) + गो- (गव्) ‘cow’

• शचीवः: O powerful one
• शचीवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शचीवत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mighty/possessing power (śacī)’

• स्तोकासः: drops
• स्तोकासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोक (प्रातिपदिक) ‘drop, small stream’

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मेदसः: of fat/richness
• मेदसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘fat, marrow, richness’

• घृतस्य: of ghee
• घृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ghee’

• कविशस्तः: praised by sages
• कविशस्तः: कर्तृ (as predicate epithet)
• Type: Adjective / Kṛdanta (past passive participle)
• Root: कवि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer/poet’ + √शंस्/√शस् (शस्त) ‘praised’

• बृहता: with great (might)
• बृहता: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘great’

• भानुना: with radiance
• भानुना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘light, radiance’

• अगा: has come / came
• अगा: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति) — वेदिक छान्दस रूप ‘अगा’

• हव्या: oblations
• हव्या: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘oblation, that which is to be offered’

• जुषस्व: accept / enjoy
• जुषस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (जुषते) ‘to enjoy, accept favorably’

• मेधिर: O wise one
• मेधिर: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: मेधिर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wise, intelligent, skillful in rite’