Rig Veda 1.38.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 38, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.38
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Uncertain; requires metrical verification
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्व वः सुम्ना नव्यांसि मरुतः क्व सुविता । क्वो विश्वानि सौभगा ॥
Transliteration
kvá vaḥ sumnā́ navyā́ṃsi marútaḥ kvá suvitā́ | kvó viśvā́ni saúbhagā ||
Translation
أين نِعَمُكم الأحدث، يا ماروت (Marut)—أين هداياتُكم السديدة ومساعيكم السعيدة؟ أين جميعُ رخائكم، وجوهُ الحظِّ كلُّها التي تأتون بها للنفسِ المتقدّمة؟
Word by Word
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नार्थक: ‘कुत्र/कस्मिन्’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सुम्नाfavors, benevolences
सुम्ना:
Karma (यत् अन्विष्यते/प्रश्न्यते)
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
नव्यांसिnewer, fresh
नव्यांसि:
Karma (विशेष्य ‘सुम्ना’ सह)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नार्थक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
सुविताgood leadings, good guidance/prosperities
सुविता:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुवित (प्रातिपदिक)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नार्थक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
उindeed, then
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
विश्वानिall
विश्वानि:
Karma (विशेष्य सह)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
सौभगानिgood fortunes, prosperities
सौभगानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसौभग (प्रातिपदिक; सौ- + भग)
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