Rig Veda 4.33.1 - Mandala 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 1

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Rig Veda 4.33.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.33

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (attributed for Mandala 4; hymn to the Rbhus)

Devata: Rbhus (R̥bhus: Ṛbhu, Vibhvā, Vāja) as powers of divine craftsmanship and perfection

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.33; verse-level confirmation may vary by recension)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ऋभुभ्यो दूतमिव वाचमिष्य उपस्तिरे श्वैतरीं धेनुमीळे । ये वातजूतास्तरणिभिरेवैः परि द्यां सद्यो अपसो बभूवुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.33.1

Transliteration

prá ṛbhúbhyo dūtám iva vā́cam iṣye upastíre śvaitarī́m dhénum īḷe | yé vā́tajūtās taraṇíbhir évaiḥ párि dyā́m sadyó ápaso babhūvúḥ ||

Translation

Aos Rbhus envio minha palavra como um mensageiro; eu venero a Dhenu, a Vaca da abundância, de brilho alvo, estendida como leito (para o buscador). Eles, impelidos pelo Vento, com corcéis velozes, tornaram-se de pronto os obreiros de ação eficaz que circundam o céu — potências de realização efetiva.

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

ऋभुभ्यःto the Ṛbhus

दूतम्messenger

इवlike, as

वाचम्speech, hymn

इष्येI send/dispatch; I set in motion

उपस्तिरेhas spread out, has laid down

श्वैतरीम्bright/white (one)

धेनुम्milch-cow

ईळेI praise, I invoke

येwho (those who)

वातजूताःwind-sped, driven by the wind

तरणिभिःwith swift ones/with racers (swift powers)

एवैःwith these very (ones)

परिaround

द्याम्the heaven, sky

सद्यःimmediately, at once

अपसःworks, deeds

बभूवुःthey became, they came to be

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