Rig Veda 4.21.11: Mandala 4, Sukta 21, Mantra 11
Sukta 4.21
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
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 índra nū́ gṛṇānā́ íṣaṃ jaritré nádyò ná pīpeḥ | ákāri te hari-vo bráhma návyaṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyáḥ sadā́sāḥ ||
Translation
如今你已受赞颂，因陀罗啊；如今你已被歌咏，你为歌者鼓胀那冲力之流，如江河涨溢。赐马之主（Harivo）啊，为你已造作一篇崭新的梵言（brahman）；愿我们以灵感之思（dhī）得堪行于战车之道，恒为同伴。
Word by Word
नूnow, indeed
नू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनू
ष्टुतःpraised
ष्टुतः:
Kartā (as predicate of Indra)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (स्तवने)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नूnow
नू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनू
गृणानःpraising (being sung)
गृणानः:
Kartā (as predicate of Indra)
TypeVerb
Root√गॄ/गृ (स्तुतौ/गायने)
इषम्refreshment, strength
इषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक: इष् ‘refreshment, strength’)
जरित्रेto the singer/praiser
जरित्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Kartā (of comparison) / उपमान
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पीपेःyou have filled/satisfied
पीपेः:
Kartā (addressed ‘you’ = Indra)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पाने) / √पि (पूरणे) — Vedic reduplicated perfect
अकारिwas made, has been fashioned
अकारि:
Karma (impersonal passive: ‘it’ = brahma) / कर्मणि
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
तेfor you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हरिवःO Hariva (you of the tawny steeds)
हरिवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootहरिवत्/हरिवस् (इन्द्र-विशेषण प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मhymn, sacred formulation
ब्रह्म:
Kartā (in passive construction) / कर्मणि-कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
नव्यम्new, fresh
नव्यम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootनव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
धियाwith thought/insight
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
Kartā (we)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू)
रथ्यःchariot-worthy, able in chariot-fight
रथ्यः:
Kartā (predicate adjective of ‘we’)
TypeAdjective
Rootरथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सदासाःsteadfast attendants/companions
सदासाः:
Kartā (predicate noun/adj of ‘we’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसदास् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sitting/attending’, ‘steadfast’)
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