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 ॥
Transliteration
prá ṛbhúbhyo dūtám iva vā́cam iṣye upastíre śvaitarī́m dhénum īḷe | yé vā́tajūtās taraṇíbhir évaiḥ párि dyā́m sadyó ápaso babhūvúḥ ||
Translation
प्र ऋभुभ्यो दूतमिव वाचं प्रेषयामि; उपस्तीर्य श्वैतरीं समृद्धिधेनुमीळे। ये वातजूतास्तरणिभिरेवैः सद्यः परि द्यां व्याप्य कर्मणः शक्तयः बभूवुः।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
ऋभुभ्यःto the Ṛbhus
ऋभुभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootऋभु (प्रातिपदिक)
दूतम्messenger
दूतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वाचम्speech, hymn
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक; f.)
इष्येI send/dispatch; I set in motion
इष्ये:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
उपस्तिरेhas spread out, has laid down
उपस्तिरे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootउप-स्तॄ
श्वैतरीम्bright/white (one)
श्वैतरीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वैतरी (प्रातिपदिक)
धेनुम्milch-cow
धेनुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
ईळेI praise, I invoke
ईळे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootईळ्/ईड्
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootय (प्रातिपदिक; relative pronoun)
वातजूताःwind-sped, driven by the wind
वातजूताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवात-जूत (कृदन्त/समास; from √जु/जव् ‘to speed’)
तरणिभिःwith swift ones/with racers (swift powers)
तरणिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतरणि (प्रातिपदिक)
एवैःwith these very (ones)
एवैः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootएव (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga)
द्याम्the heaven, sky
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/द्याम् (प्रातिपदिक)
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः
अपसःworks, deeds
अपसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअपस् (प्रातिपदिक; n.)
बभूवुःthey became, they came to be
बभूवुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभू
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