Rig Veda 4.23.11: Mandala 4, Sukta 23, Mantra 11

Sukta 4.23

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.23)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verse-level verification needed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषं जरित्रे नद्यो न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.23.11

Transliteration

nū́ ṣṭutá índra nū́ gṛṇānó íṣaṃ jaritré nádyō na pīpeḥ | ákāri te hari-vo bráhma návyaṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyàḥ sadā́sāḥ ||

Translation

ఇప్పుడు, హే ఇంద్రా, స్తుతింపబడినవాడా, ఇప్పుడు గానముచేయబడినవాడా—జరిత్రునికి ఇషం (ఉత్సాహ-ప్రేరణ) నదులు తమ ప్రవాహాన్ని పెంచినట్లు నీవు పెంపొందించుము. హే హరివో (హరి-అశ్వాల అధిపతి), నీకోసం నవ్య బ్రహ్మం (మంత్ర-వాక్యం) నిర్మించబడింది; ధియా (దర్శన-చింతన) ద్వారా మేము సదా రథ్య—యాత్రకూ రణపథానికీ ఎల్లప్పుడూ సిద్ధంగా—ఉండుదుము గాక.

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• नू: now
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू (नूनम्) अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Kartā (of implied ‘is/has been praised’) / predicate to Indra
• Type: Verb-derived (Participle)
• Root: √स्तु (स्तुति)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नू: now
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू (नूनम्) अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक

• गृणानः: praising (singing)
• गृणानः: Kartā (speaker/poet)
• Type: Verb-derived (Participle)
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (गृणाति ‘to sing/praise’)

• इषम्: refreshment; vigor; nourishment
• इषम्: Karma (what is sought/obtained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरित्रे: to the singer (praiser)
• जरित्रे: Sampradāna (for/to the singer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer, praiser’)

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Kartā (subject of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• पीपेः: you have filled/satisfied (made to drink)
• पीपेः: Kartā (Indra as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति/पाययति; Vedic reduplicated perfect)

• अकारि: has been made; was fashioned
• अकारि: Karma (impersonal passive: ‘it was made’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna (for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्) सर्वनाम

• हरिवः: O Hariva (Indra, with tawny horses)
• हरिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हरिवत्/हरिवस् (इन्द्र-विशेषण; ‘having tawny steeds’)

• ब्रह्म: sacred hymn; prayer-formula
• ब्रह्म: Karma (thing composed) / subject in passive
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नव्यम्: new; fresh
• नव्यम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• धिया: with insight; by inspired thought
• धिया: Karaṇa (by/with inspired thought)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, insight’)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: Kartā (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भवति) — optative stem स्या-

• रथ्यः: chariot-worthy; skilled in chariotry
• रथ्यः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fit for chariot/pertaining to chariot’)

• सदासाः: attendants; companions (seated ones)
• सदासाः: Kartā (predicate nominative with ‘we’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदास्/सदास (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sitter/attendant’, RV epithet of priests/companions)