Mantra 4

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमिमं त्वं वृषाकपिं प्रियमिन्द्राभिरक्षसि । श्वा न्वस्य जम्भिषदपि कर्णे वराहयुर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

yám imáṁ tváṁ vṛṣā́kapiṁ priyám índrābhí rákṣasi | śvā́ nv asyá jambhiṣád ápi kárṇe varāhayúr víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom—this dear Vṛṣākapi—thou, O Indra, dost guard on every side: now hath the dog seized him with the jaws, even at the ear; boar-impelled—yet Indra is superior unto all.

Word by Word

यम्whom

इमम्this

त्वम्you

वृषाकपिम्Vṛṣākapi (a name/epithet)

प्रियम्dear, beloved

इन्द्रO Indra

अभिरक्षसिyou protect

श्वाa dog

नुnow/indeed

अस्यof him/its

जम्भिषत्bit / snapped (with the jaws)

अपिalso; even; onto

कर्णेin/on the ear

वराहयुःVarāhayu (boar-associated epithet)

विश्वस्मात्from everyone/everything

इन्द्रO Indra

उत्तरःhigher; superior; protecting/prevailing

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally linked to Indraic/Ṛgvedic material in AV Book 20 (borrowed strata); specific r̥ṣi for 20.126.4 requires the AV 20 anukramaṇī.

Devata: Indra (with Vṛṣākapi as associated figure)

Chandas: Predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence typical of AV 20 borrowings; exact meter for this verse requires pada-count verification.

Mantra Rasa

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