Rig Veda 10.135.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 135, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.135
Devata: Riddle inquiry; implicitly the hidden Maker/Ordainer behind Kumāra and the ratha
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कः कुमारमजनयद्रथं को निरवर्तयत् । कः स्वित्तदद्य नो ब्रूयादनुदेयी यथाभवत् ॥
Transliteration
káḥ kumā́ram ajanayad ráthaṃ kó nír avartayat | káḥ svit tád adyá no brūyād anu-déyī yáthā́bhavat ||
Translation
ใครเล่ากำเนิดผู้เยาว์นี้? ใครเล่าทำให้รถศึกออกเดิน? ใครในวันนี้จะบอกเราได้ถึงความลับนั้น—ว่า “อนุเทยี” (anu-deyī) คือการให้ตามสืบต่อ เกิดขึ้นอย่างไร: กฎที่ทำให้การถ่ายทอดอันแท้จริงสำเร็จได้?
Word by Word
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (प्रश्नकर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कुमारम्the boy / young man
कुमारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
अजनयत्begot / produced
अजनयत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनने)
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (प्रश्नकर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निःout, forth, away
निः:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootनिः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अवर्तयत्set in motion / turned / made roll
अवर्तयत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृत्/√वर्त् (वर्तने) → caus. √वर्तय्
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (प्रश्नकर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वित्indeed? / I wonder
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात/अव्यय)
तत्that (matter/thing)
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
अधिकरण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
नःto us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (यस्य/यस्मै)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रूयात्should tell / may say
ब्रूयात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (वचने)
अनुदेयीto be given/assigned in due course; following (as a due allotment)
अनुदेयी:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध (ब्रूयात्-कर्तृस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (verbal derivative)
Rootअनु-√दा (दाने) → देय (कृत्प्रत्यय) + अनु-; स्त्री. देयी
यथाas / according as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
अभवत्was / came to be
अभवत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवने)
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