Rig Veda 4.36.3: Mandala 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 3

Sukta 4.36

Rishi: Rbhus cycle poet

Devata: Rbhus (including Vibhu) and Vāja

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तद्वो वाजा ऋभवः सुप्रवाचनं देवेषु विभ्वो अभवन्महित्वनम् । जिव्री यत्सन्ता पितरा सनाजुरा पुनर्युवाना चरथाय तक्षथ ॥

Transliteration

tád vo vājā ṛbhavaḥ su-pravācanáṃ devéṣu vi-bhvo abhavan mahitvanám | jivrī́ yát sántā pitarā́ sanā́jurā púnar yúvānā caráthāya tákṣatha ||

Translation

Esta é a vossa grandeza, ó Vāja e Rbhus, bem digna de ser proclamada entre os deuses, ó Vibhu — a vossa majestade: que, embora vossos pais fossem velhos, vós os talhastes de novo como jovens, aptos ao movimento e à jornada.

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (deed/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वाजाः: prizes; strengths
• वाजाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सुप्रवाचनम्: well-to-be-spoken; excellent utterance/praise
• सुप्रवाचनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सु-प्र-वाच् (प्रातिपदिक: सुप्रवाचन)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• विभ्वो: O Vibhu (all-pervading one)
• विभ्वो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: विभ्वन्/विभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवन्: they became
• अभवन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• महित्वनम्: greatness; mighty power
• महित्वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महित्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिव्री: the (aged) woman Jivrī (name/epithet)
• जिव्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिव्री (प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशेष)

• यत्: which (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• सन्ता: being; existing (two)
• सन्ता: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: सत् (कृदन्त: √अस्)

• पितरा: the two parents
• पितरा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनाजुरा: very old; long-aged (two)
• सनाजुरा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनाजुर (प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशेष)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• युवाना: young (two)
• युवाना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरथाय: for going/moving; for the course (of life)
• चरथाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तक्षथ: you fashioned; you made
• तक्षथ: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तक्ष् (धातु)