Rig Veda 4.5.12: Mandala 4, Sukta 5, Mantra 12
Sukta 4.5
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
किं नो अस्य द्रविणं कद्ध रत्नं वि नो वोचो जातवेदश्चिकित्वान् । गुहाध्वनः परमं यन्नो अस्य रेकु पदं न निदाना अगन्म ॥
Transliteration
kíṃ no asyá dráviṇaṃ kád dha rátnam ví no voco jātavedas cikitvā́n | guhā́dhvanaḥ paramáṃ yán no asyá réku padáṃ ná nidānā́ áganma ||
Translation
彼のまことの富は我らにとって何か。彼の宝は実に何か。ジャータヴェーダスよ、識り抜く者よ、我らに明らかに告げよ。我らは道の洞に隠された最高の歩みに来た——ただ論争する者としてではなく、求道の者として；それは彼の輝ける座である。
Word by Word
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्नसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अस्यof this (one), of him
अस्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
द्रविणम्wealth, possession
द्रविणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
कद्धwhere/when indeed? (Vedic interrogative particle)
कद्ध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकद्ध (निपात; वैदिक)
रत्नम्treasure, precious gift
रत्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, forth (intensifier with verb)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वोचःspeak! tell!
वोचः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni), knower of births
जातवेदः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative title)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)
चिकित्वान्knowing, discerning
चिकित्वान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootचित् (धातु) → चिकित्वस्/चिकित्वान् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
गुहाin the hiding-place, in the cave
गुहा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वनःof the path, of the journey
अध्वनः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
परमम्highest, farthest
परमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अस्यof this (one), of him
अस्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
रेकुfar, remote (Vedic)
रेकु:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic form) / Adjective (indeclinable use)
Rootरेकु (वैदिक; प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोगः)
पदम्step, place, station
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
निदानाःplacing down, laying (down); establishing
निदानाः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootनि + दा (धातु) → निदान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अगन्मwe went, we reached
अगन्म:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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