Rig Veda 10.28.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 28, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.28
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इदं सु मे जरितरा चिकिद्धि प्रतीपं शापं नद्यो वहन्ति । लोपाशः सिंहं प्रत्यञ्चमत्साः क्रोष्टा वराहं निरतक्त कक्षात् ॥
Transliteration
idáṃ sú me jaritarā́ cikiddhi pratī́paṃ śā́paṃ nádyò vahanti | lopāśáḥ síṃhaṃ pratyañcám atsā́ri kroṣṭā́ varāháṃ nír atakta kákṣāt ||
Translation
詠い手よ、わたしからこのことを確かに知れ。河々は、呪う者に向けてその呪詛を逆に運び返す。ローパ―シャ（山犬・ジャッカル）は獅子を後へ退かせ、クロ―シュター（ハイエナ）は藪の隠れ処から猪を引きずり出す――真理に背いて秩序が反転するとき、かくも転倒が起こる。
Word by Word
इदम्this (thing/speech)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुwell; indeed
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (निपात)
मेto/for me; of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जरितरO singer/praiser
जरितर:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गॄ/गिर् ‘to sing, praise’ से)
चिकिद्धिperceive/understand!
चिकिद्धि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चिद्/चित् (Vedic: ‘to notice, perceive, understand’)
प्रतीपम्turned back; adverse
प्रतीपम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीप (प्रातिपदिक)
शापम्curse
शापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशाप (प्रातिपदिक)
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
वहन्तिcarry; bear along
वहन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (to carry, convey)
लोपाशःthe lopāśa-s (a kind of animal/creature; name of a group)
लोपाशः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootलोपाश (प्रातिपदिक; जन/प्राणी-नाम)
सिंहम्lion
सिंहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रत्यञ्चम्turned toward/back; facing (one)
प्रत्यञ्चम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned toward/back’)
अत्साःthe atsá-s (a kind of creature; group-name)
अत्साः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअत्स (प्रातिपदिक; जन/प्राणी-नाम)
क्रोष्टाthe howler (jackal)
क्रोष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘howler’, from √क्रुश्/क्रोश्)
वराहम्boar
वराहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवराह (प्रातिपदिक)
निरतक्तdrove out; expelled
निरतक्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√तञ्च्/तङ्क् (Vedic: ‘to drive out, thrust, expel’; with निस्-)
कक्षात्from the thicket/brushwood; from the enclosure
कक्षात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootकक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
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