Rig Veda 1.38.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 38, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.38
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Uncertain; requires metrical verification
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्व नूनं कद्वो अर्थं गन्ता दिवो न पृथिव्याः । क्व वो गावो न रण्यन्ति ॥
Transliteration
kvá nū́naṃ kád vo árthaṃ gántā divó ná pṛthivyā́ḥ | kvá vo gā́vo ná raṇyanti ||
Translation
Where now, for what purpose, will you go—whether from heaven or from earth? Where are your luminous ‘cows’ that delight and resound: where is that herd of rays by which you gladden the seeker?
Word by Word
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
नूनम्now; indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
कद्what?
कद्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकद् (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
वःof you; your
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अर्थम्purpose; aim
अर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
गन्ता(who) will go/come?; goer
गन्ता:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
दिवःfrom heaven; of the sky
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
पृथिव्याःfrom the earth
पृथिव्याः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
वःyour; of you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
गावःcows
गावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
रण्यन्तिrejoice; resound
रण्यन्ति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootरण्/रण्य् (धातु; वैदिक ‘to rejoice/sound’)
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