Mantra 5

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रिया तष्टानि मे कपिर्व्यक्ता व्यऽदूदुषत्। शिरो न्वऽस्य राविषं न सुगं दुष्कृते भुवं विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

priyā́ taṣṭā́ni me kapír vyàktā ví adūdūṣat | śíro nv asyá rāv́iṣaṁ ná sugáṁ duṣkṛ́te bhúvaṁ víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Dear things, well-fashioned for me, the Ape—made manifest—hath scattered forth. Now have I made his head to cry aloud: no easy passage be there for the evil-doer; Indra is superior unto all.

Word by Word

• प्रियाणि: dear, pleasing (things)
• प्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• तष्टानि: fashioned, carved
• तष्टानि: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: तक्ष् (धातु) → तष्ट (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/कर्मणि क्त)

• मे: for me / of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कपिः: the ape/monkey (name/epithet)
• कपिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यक्ताः: manifest, clearly seen
• व्यक्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अञ्ज्/अक्त्? (व्यक्त प्रातिपदिक ‘manifest, distinct’)

• वि: apart, forth (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अदूदुषत्: spoiled, defiled
• अदूदुषत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूष् (धातु) [दूषयति]

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात/अव्यय)

• अस्य: of this / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राविषम्: a roar/cry (or: a hurting/afflicting sound)
• राविषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (uncertain) / possible verbal noun
• Root: रु/राव्? (धातु) → रावि (कृदन्त/नाम) / or राविष (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• सुगम्: easy to go/attain; good path
• सुगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + गम् (सुग प्रातिपदिक ‘easy to go/attain’)

• दुष्कृते: for evil-doing / for a misdeed
• दुष्कृते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष् + कृत (प्रातिपदिक) → दुष्कृत (n.)

• भुवम्: existence; becoming; state
• भुवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: भू (धातु) → भव/भुव (कृदन्त/नाम, ‘being, becoming’)

• विश्वस्मात्: from all, from everything
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरः: higher, superior; further
• उत्तरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 20 Indraic/RV-derived; specific attribution requires anukramaṇī.

Devata: Indra (with Kapi/Vṛṣākapi motif)

Chandas: RV-like meter; exact identification requires metrical scan.

Mantra Rasa

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