Rig Veda 10.39.11: Mandala 10, Sukta 39, Mantra 11
Sukta 10.39
Devata: Aśvinau (with Aditi invoked; Rudra referenced)
Chandas: Jagati (probable for many Aśvin hymns; exact metrical confirmation needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न तं राजानावदिते कुतश्चन नांहो अश्नोति दुरितं नकिर्भयम् । यमश्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी पुरोरथं कृणुथः पत्न्या सह ॥
Transliteration
ná taṃ rājānāv adite kútaś caná nā́ṃho aśnoti duritáṃ nákir bhayám | yám aśvinā suhavā rudravartanī puroratháṃ kṛṇutháḥ pátnyā sahá ||
Translation
न तं राजानावदितेः कुतश्चन नांहोऽश्नोति, न दुरितं न किञ्चिद्भयम्। यमश्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी पत्न्या सह पुरोरथं कृणुथः।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
राजानौthe two kings (Aśvins)
राजानौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
अदितेO Aditi
अदिते:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअदिति
कुतश्चनfrom anywhere at all
कुतश्चन:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतस् + चन
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अंहःdistress, sin, trouble
अंहः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस्
अश्नोतिreaches, attains
अश्नोति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (अश्नुते)
दुरितम्misfortune, evil
दुरितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित
नकिःno one
नकिः:
Kartā
TypeIndeclinable/Pronoun-like
Rootनकिस्
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभय
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअश्विन्
सुहवाeasy to invoke
सुहवा:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसु-हव (सुहव)
रुद्रवर्तनीwhose course/track is Rudra’s (or: moving in Rudra’s path)
रुद्रवर्तनी:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootरुद्र-वर्तनी
पुरोरथम्the chariot in front; the fore-chariot
पुरोरथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound)
Rootपुरो-रथ
कृणुथःyou two make, fashion
कृणुथः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति)
पत्न्याwith (your) wife
पत्न्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
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