Rig Veda 1.38.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 38, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.38
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like? (uncertain; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कद्ध नूनं कधप्रियः पिता पुत्रं न हस्तयोः । दधिध्वे वृक्तबर्हिषः ॥
Transliteration
kád dha nū́naṃ kadha-priyáḥ pitā́ putráṃ ná hástayoh | dadhidhvé vṛktá-barhiṣaḥ ||
Translation
บัดนี้ความยินดีของท่านอยู่ที่ใด โอผู้รักคำว่า “kádha” ดุจบิดาอุ้มบุตรไว้ในสองมือ—ฉันใด ท่านทั้งหลายจงรับยกและแบกหามเครื่องบูชาของเรา ฉันนั้น; ที่นั่งแห่งพิธี (บรรหิษ) ได้ตัดแต่งและชำระให้พร้อมแล้ว
Word by Word
कद्धwhen indeed?/how then?
कद्ध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकद् (प्रश्नार्थ-अव्यय) + ध (निपात/एन्क्लिटिक) → कद्ध
नूनम्now; indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
कधप्रियःthe one dear to whom?/how dear (one)
कधप्रियः:
Kartā (वाक्य-कर्ता/विषय)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootकध-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक); प्रिय < √प्री (to please) (कृदन्त-आधार)
पिताa father
पिता:
Kartā (उपमान/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रम्a son
पुत्रम्:
Karma (उपमेय/गृह्य-वस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
हस्तयोःin (his) two hands
हस्तयोः:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/आधार: ‘in/at the hands’)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
दधिध्वेplace/put (you all)!
दधिध्वे:
क्रिया (आज्ञा: ‘place/put!’)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधि-; धारणे/स्थापने)
वृक्तबर्हिषः(you) whose sacrificial grass is trimmed; with trimmed barhis
वृक्तबर्हिषः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/विषय: ‘you who have trimmed the barhis’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास); वृक्त < √वृज्/√वृक् ‘to cut/trim’ (कृदन्त) + बर्हिस् ‘sacrificial grass’
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