Rig Veda 1.75.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 75, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.75
Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional; verify)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; confirm metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कस्ते जामिर्जनानामग्ने को दाश्वध्वरः । को ह कस्मिन्नसि श्रितः ॥
Transliteration
kás te jāmír jánānām agne kó dāśv ádhvaraḥ | kó ha kásmin asi śritáḥ ||
Translation
हे अग्ने, जनानां कस्ते जामिः? कः दाश्वान् अध्वरः? कः खलु त्वम्, कस्मिन्नसि श्रितः?
Word by Word
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
तेof you; your
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्-प्रातिपदिक (युष्मद्) सर्वनाम
जामिःkinsman; near relation
जामिः:
Kartā (of implied ‘is’) / Predicate nominative
TypeNoun
Rootजामि-प्रातिपदिक
जनानाम्of men; of peoples
जनानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजन-प्रातिपदिक
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि-प्रातिपदिक
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
दाश्वत्worshipping; giving; serving
दाश्वत्:
Kartā (of implied ‘is’) / qualifier
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√दाश् (दाशति/दाश्नोति) ‘to worship, give, serve’
अध्वरःsacrifice; ritual
अध्वरः:
Kartā (of implied ‘is’) / Predicate nominative
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर-प्रातिपदिक
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
हindeed; surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात) अव्यय
कस्मिन्in whom? in what?
कस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
असिyou are
असि:
— (copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् ‘to be’
श्रितःresting on; resorted to; supported
श्रितः:
Predicate (with ‘असि’)
TypePast passive participle
Root√श्रि ‘to lean on, resort to’
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