Rig Veda 1.22.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.22
Devata: Aśvins (dual)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नहि वामस्ति दूरके यत्रा रथेन गच्छथः । अश्विना सोमिनो गृहम् ॥
Transliteration
náhi vā́m ásti dūraké yátrā ráthena gácchathaḥ | aśvinā somíno gṛhám ||
Translation
वां न हि किञ्चिद् दूरकं; यत्र यत्र रथेन गच्छथः, हे अश्विनौ, तत्र तत्र सोमिनो गृहं प्राप्नुथः—आकाङ्क्षायाः सुसंस्कृतं अन्तर्निवासम्।
Word by Word
नहिsurely not / indeed not
नहि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनहि (न + हि) अव्यय
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (द्विवचन देवता-युगल के प्रति) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (युवाम्-प्रयोग) सर्वनाम
अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (असँ) धातु
दूरकेin the distance / far away
दूरके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (locative adverbial) / Adjective used substantively
Rootदूरक (दूर + -क) प्रातिपदिक
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र अव्यय (यद्-प्रत्यय)
रथेनwith (your) chariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ प्रातिपदिक
गच्छथःyou two go / you two travel
गच्छथः:
Kartā (युवाम्) / गमनक्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (गच्छँ) धातु
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (अश्वि-न) प्रातिपदिक
सोमिनःof the soma-offerer / of the one possessing soma
सोमिनः:
सम्बन्ध (गृहस्य) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसोमिन् (सोम + -इन्) प्रातिपदिक
गृहम्house / home
गृहम्:
Karma (गच्छथः) / गन्तव्य
TypeNoun
Rootगृह प्रातिपदिक
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