Rig Veda 10.86.12: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 12
Sukta 10.86
Rishi: Indrāṇī (traditional; speaker may be Indra/Vṛṣākapi within the dialogue)
Devata: Indra (refrain) with Vṛṣākapi as significant figure
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (approx.)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नाहमिन्द्राणि रारण सख्युर्वृषाकपेॠते । यस्येदमप्यं हविः प्रियं देवेषु गच्छति विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration
nā́ham indrāṇi rāraṇa sákhyur vṛṣā́kape ṛté | yásyedám ápyaṁ havíḥ priyáṁ devéṣu gácchati víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ ||
Translation
لا أفرحُ، يا إندراني، بصحبةٍ سوى صُحبةِ ڤṛṣākapi؛ فإن قربانه—المولود من مياه الحياة—يمضي محبوبًا بين الآلهة. غير أنّ إندرا أسمى من الجميع.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
इन्द्राणिO Indrāṇī
इन्द्राणि:
Sampradāna (addressed)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootइन्द्राणी
रारणI have pleased / I please
रारण:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरार् (रारयति) / √रार्
सख्युःof (my/our) friend
सख्युः:
Adhikaraṇa (relation/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि
वृषाकपेO Vṛṣākapi
वृषाकपे:
Sampradāna (addressed)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootवृषाकपि
ऋतेwithout / except
ऋते:
Apādāna (separation/exception)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Adhikaraṇa (relation/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (with implied verb ‘is/exists’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
अप्यम्watery / consisting of water
अप्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्य
हविःoblation
हविः:
Kartā (of गच्छति) / or Karma depending on construal
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
प्रियम्dear, pleasing
प्रियम्:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
गच्छतिgoes, reaches
गच्छति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम्
विश्वस्मात्from all / than all
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna (comparison: ‘than all’)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (of implied ‘is’)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootइन्द्र
उत्तरःhigher, superior
उत्तरः:
Kartā-complement (predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर
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