Rig Veda 10.86.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.86

Rishi: Indrāṇī (traditional attribution for RV 10.86; dialogue hymn involving Indra, Indrāṇī, and Vṛṣākapi)

Devata: Indra (with Indrāṇī/Vṛṣākapi as dialogic figures)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (approx.; 10.86 predominantly Tr̥ṣṭubh in the Anukramaṇī tradition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

किमयं त्वां वृषाकपिश्चकार हरितो मृगः । यस्मा इरस्यसीदु न्वर्यो वा पुष्टिमद्वसु विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.86.3

Transliteration

kím ayaṁ tvāṁ vṛṣā́kapiś cakā́ra hárīto mṛgáḥ | yásmā irasyásīd u nv àryó vā puṣṭímad vásu víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ ||

Translation

What has this Vṛṣākapi, this tawny force of the life-nature, done to you? For whom do you burn with jealousy? Is it for the noble who bears the wealth of increase? Yet Indra—the master of luminous power—stands higher than all that is.

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Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रश्नसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषाकपिः: Vṛṣākapi
• वृषाकपिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/common)
• Root: वृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)

• चकार: has done / did
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• हरितः: the tawny/greenish one
• हरितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृगः: wild animal; deer
• मृगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्मै: to whom
• यस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इरस्यसि: you are jealous / you envy
• इरस्यसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्ष्य्/इरस्य् (धातु; ‘to be jealous/envy’)

• इदु: indeed, just
• इदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदु (निपात)

• नु: now; then; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• अर्यः: the noble/Ārya
• अर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• पुष्टिमत्: possessing prosperity/nourishment
• पुष्टिमत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्टिमत् (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• वसु: wealth, good
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्मात्: from everyone/everything
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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