Rig Veda 1.17.4 — Mandala 1, Sukta 17, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.17

Rishi: Kakṣīvant Dairghatamasa (traditionally for RV 1.17)

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.17; verse-form consistent with the hymn)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

युवाकु हि शचीनां युवाकु सुमतीनाम् । भूयाम वाजदाव्नाम् ॥

Transliteration

yuvā́ku hi śacī́nāṃ yuvā́ku su-matī́nām | bhū́yāma vāja-dā́vnām ||

Translation

For you are the youthful power of the efficacies (śacī), you are the youthful power of the luminous right-mindedness (sumatī). May we become ever more of those who receive the plenitudes of force (vāja).

Word by Word

• युवाकुः: the youthful one (epithet)
• युवाकुः: Kartā (स्तुत्य-विशेषण रूपेण) / संबोधनार्थक-प्रयोग
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: युवाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘युवा/युवन्’ से) + -कु (वैदिक प्रत्यय)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• शचीनाम्: of the powers/energies (śacīs)
• शचीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची- (प्रातिपदिक)

• युवाकुः: the youthful one
• युवाकुः: Kartā (स्तुत्य-विशेषण रूपेण) / संबोधनार्थक-प्रयोग
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: युवाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘युवा/युवन्’ से) + -कु (वैदिक प्रत्यय)

• सुमतीनाम्: of good thoughts/favours
• सुमतीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति- (सु- + मति-)

• भूयाम: may we be / may we become
• भूयाम: Kartā (अस्मदर्थे ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• वाजदाव्नाम्: of the prize-givers / of those who bestow strength
• वाजदाव्नाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of…’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वाजदावन्- (प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘prize/strength’ + दावन् ‘giver’)