Rig Veda 5.61.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 61, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.61
Rishi: Śyāvāśva Ātreya (traditional)
Devata: Maruts (probable; interrogatives about their chariot/steeds are common in Marut hymns)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्व वोऽश्वाः क्वाभीशवः कथं शेक कथा यय । पृष्ठे सदो नसोर्यमः ॥
Transliteration
kva vo’śvāḥ kvābhīśavaḥ kathaṃ śeka kathā yaya | pṛṣṭhe sado nasor yamaḥ ||
Translation
汝らの馬はどこに、手綱はどこにあるのか。いかにして成し、いかにして進むのか——背の上の座はどう定まり、行路の軛度（はかり）は何であるのか。
Word by Word
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
वःof you (your)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अश्वाःhorses
अश्वाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व-
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
आभीशवःreins (bridle-straps)
आभीशवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआ-भीशु-
कथम्how?
कथम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)
शेकwas able / could
शेक:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
कथाhow?
कथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
ययwent
यय:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootया
पृष्ठेon the back / on the ridge
पृष्ठे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृष्ठ-
सदःseat; sitting-place; assembly
सदः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसदस्-
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
असोर्यमःYama, the Asurya (mysterious/otherworldly)
असोर्यमः:
Kartā
TypeCompound (Adj+Noun)
Rootअसुर्य- (विशेषण) + यम-
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