Rig Veda 4.17.21: Mandala 4, Sukta 17, Mantra 21

Sukta 4.17

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

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

Transliteration

nū́ ṣṭutá indra nū́ gṛṇāńa íṣaṃ jaritré nádyò ná pīpeḥ | ákāri te harivo bráhma návyaṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyàḥ sadā́sāḥ ||

Translation

Now praised, O Indra, now chanted to, do thou swell the impulse for the singer as rivers swell (their stream). A new word of power has been made for thee, O lord of the tawny steeds; by the vision-mind may we be fit for the chariot-work, ever-seated with thee.

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Word by Word

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: —
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवति)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• गृणानः: praising (singing)
• गृणानः: कर्तृ (of praising) अव्यक्त-कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (गृणाति ‘to sing/praise’)

• इषम्: refreshment; strength; nourishment
• इषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा

• जरित्रे: to the singer (praiser)
• जरित्रे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: कर्तृ (of ‘filling/flowing’ simile) / उपमान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पीपेः: you have filled; you have satisfied
• पीपेः: कर्तृ (addressed to Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति) / caus.-intensive ‘to make drink, to fill, to satisfy’

• अकारि: has been made; was fashioned
• अकारि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• हरिवः: O Hariva (Indra, with tawny horses)
• हरिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हरिवत् (epithet of Indra: ‘having tawny steeds’)

• ब्रह्म: hymn; sacred formulation
• ब्रह्म: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• नव्यम्: new; fresh
• नव्यम्: विशेषण (of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव्य

• धिया: with thought; by inspired insight
• धिया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: कर्तृ (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• रथ्यः: chariot-worthy; charioteers
• रथ्यः: प्रेडिकेट-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: रथ्य

• सदासाः: ever-present; constant companions/attendants
• सदासाः: प्रेडिकेट-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सदास् (Vedic: ‘sitting/abiding; constant attendants’)