Rig Veda 10.86.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 13
Sukta 10.86
Rishi: Traditionally associated with the Vṛṣākapi dialogue cycle (RV 10.86); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī traditions; commonly linked to Indra/Vṛṣākapi narrative voices
Devata: Indra (with Vṛṣākapi as a prominent figure in the hymn’s dramatic setting)
Chandas: Jagatī (dialogic/late style tendencies in RV 10)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वृषाकपायि रेवति सुपुत्र आदु सुस्नुषे । घसत्त इन्द्र उक्षणः प्रियं काचित्करं हविर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration
vṛṣākapāyi revati suputra ādu susnuṣe | ghasat te indra ukṣaṇaḥ priyam kācit-karam havir viśvasmād indra uttarāḥ ||
Translation
रेवती, तुम्हारे अच्छे बेटे हैं, तुम अच्छी बहू हो। इंद्र बलवान है, तुम्हारे लिए अच्छी हवन करेगा। वो सबसे बड़ा है, हम में भी उसकी ताकत आए।
Word by Word
वृषाकपायिO Vṛṣākapi
वृषाकपायि:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper name/vocative)
Rootवृषाकपि- (प्रातिपदिक; वृषा+कपि, नाम)
रेवतिO Revatī
रेवति:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper name/vocative)
Rootरेवत्/रेवती- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धन/समृद्धि-युक्त’)
सुपुत्रO good son / well-born one
सुपुत्र:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसु+पुत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
आnow; then (emphatic particle)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अदुindeed; then/now
अदु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअदु (निपात; वैदिक)
सुस्नुषेto/for the good daughter-in-law
सुस्नुषे:
सम्प्रदान (to/for)
TypeNoun
Rootसु+स्नुषा- (प्रातिपदिक ‘daughter-in-law’)
घसत्let (him) eat; may (he) devour
घसत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootघस् (धातु; ‘भक्ष्/खाद्’)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (agent)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्षणःthe bull/ox
उक्षणः:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्षन्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘बैल/वृषभ’)
प्रियंa dear (thing); the beloved
प्रियं:
कर्म (object/apposition)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)
काचित्some (woman)
काचित्:
कर्तृ (agent)
TypeIndefinite pronoun
Rootका- (किम्-प्रश्न/अनिश्चित सर्वनाम) + चित् (निपात)
करम्hand
करम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootकर- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हस्त’/‘कर’)
हविःoblation; offering
हविः:
कर्म (object; offering) / (contextually object of implied action)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्मात्from all; from everything
विश्वस्मात्:
अपादान (from)
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरःhigher; superior; later/upper
उत्तरः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण / विधेय (predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)
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