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Rig Veda 10.40.14: Mandala 10, Sukta 40, Mantra 14

Sukta 10.40

Devata: Aśvinau

क्व स्विदद्य कतमास्वश्विना विक्षु दस्रा मादयेते शुभस्पती । क ईं नि येमे कतमस्य जग्मतुर्विप्रस्य वा यजमानस्य वा गृहम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.40.14

kvà svíd adyá katamā́sv aśvinā vikṣú dasrā́ mādayete śúbhaspatī | ká īṃ ní yeme katamáasya jagmátur víprasya vā yájamānasya vā gṛhám ||

Where indeed today, and among which peoples, do you two mighty ones take delight, O lords of beauty? Who has held you down here—whose house have you gone to, the seer’s or the sacrificer’s?

क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
स्वित्indeed? / pray
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
कतमासुin which (ones)?
कतमासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootकतम (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (देव-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)
विक्षुamong the clans/peoples
विक्षु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक: विक्षु < विश्)
दस्राO wondrous/skillful ones
दस्रा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootदस्र (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
मादयेते(you two) rejoice / are exhilarated
मादयेते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु) / मादय (णिजन्त-प्रयोग)
शुभस्पतीO lords of splendor/beauty
शुभस्पती:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootशुभस् + पति (समास-प्रातिपदिक: शुभस्पति)
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम)
ईम्indeed / just
ईम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (निपात/अव्यय)
निdown/into (prefix)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
येमेhas guided/led
येमे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु)
कतमस्यof which (one)?
कतमस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootकतम (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जग्मतुःthe two have gone
जग्मतुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
विप्रस्यof the inspired poet/seer
विप्रस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
यजमानस्यof the sacrificer
यजमानस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (प्रातिपदिक; यज् धातोः वर्तमान-कृदन्ताधारित)
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
गृहम्house/home
गृहम्:
Karma (गमनस्य लक्ष्यं)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)

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