Rig Veda 5.74.2 — Mandala 5, Sukta 74, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.74
Rishi: Atri
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कुह त्या कुह नु श्रुता दिवि देवा नासत्या । कस्मिन्ना यतथो जने को वां नदीनां सचा ॥
Transliteration
kúha tyā́ kúha nú śrutā́ diví devā́ nā́satyā | kásminn ā́ yatatho jáne kó vāṃ nadī́nāṃ sácā ||
Translation
Di manakah kamu berdua, di manakah kini kamu didengari, wahai Nāsatya yang ilahi, di langit? Kepada kaum yang manakah kamu menuju? Siapakah yang bersama kamu sepanjang arus-arus yang mengalir (kehidupan dan kesedaran)?
Word by Word
कुहwhere?
कुह:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुह (प्रश्नाव्यय)
त्याthose two (she/they two)
त्या:
Kartā (with implied verb ‘are/stand’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कुहwhere?
कुह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुह (प्रश्नाव्यय)
नुnow/indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
श्रुताheard of / famed (the two)
श्रुता:
Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (qualifying the dual pair)
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Kṛdanta
Rootश्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
दिविin heaven
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/दिव्)
देवाthe gods
देवा:
Kartā (of ‘heard/know’ implied)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (Proper/Epithet)
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of the Aśvins)
कस्मिन्नाin what (place/condition), then?
कस्मिन्ना:
Adhikaraṇa (in/at what?)
TypePronoun + particle
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम) + न (निपात/एन्क्लिटिक)
यतथोwhere/when then (indeed)
यतथो:
— (discourse connector introducing the clause)
TypePronoun + particle
Rootयत् (सर्वनाम) + अथो (निपात)
जनेamong people / in mankind
जने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
कोwho?
को:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम)
वाम्you two / of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/Śeṣa (context: ‘for you two’ or ‘of you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
नदीनाम्of the rivers
नदीनाम्:
Śeṣa (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
सचाtogether with / in company with
सचा:
Karaṇa (association/companionship)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसच्/सच (अव्यय; ‘with, together’)
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