Rig Veda 10.22.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 22, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.22
Rishi: Unknown from provided excerpt
Devata: Indra (invoked through inquiry/absence motif)
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (single verse; requires syllable count confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कुह श्रुत इन्द्रः कस्मिन्नद्य जने मित्रो न श्रूयते । ऋषीणां वा यः क्षये गुहा वा चर्कृषे गिरा ॥
Transliteration
kúha śrutá índraḥ kásminn adyá jáne mitró na śrūyate | ṛ́ṣīṇāṃ vā yáḥ kṣáye gúhā vā cárkṛṣe girā́ ||
Translation
Onde se ouve Indra — entre que povo hoje se o ouve, como a um amigo? Está ele na morada dos ṛṣi, ou oculto no segredo, para que pela palavra, a gírā, seja incitado ao agir?
Word by Word
कुहwhere?
कुह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुह (प्रश्नाव्यय)
श्रुतःheard of / renowned
श्रुतः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे) → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कस्मिन्न्in which?
कस्मिन्न्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
जनेamong the people / in the community
जने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
श्रूयतेis heard
श्रूयते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे)
ऋषीणाम्of the seers
ऋषीणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्षयेin the dwelling / abode
क्षये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
गुहाsecretly / in hiding
गुहा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगुहा (अव्यय/निपात; ‘in secret’)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
चर्कृषेyou have uttered/intoned (repeatedly)
चर्कृषे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृष्/√कृश् (वेद. ‘to cry out/utter’; intensive/reduplicated stem चर्कृष-)
गिराwith a song / by speech
गिरा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
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