Atharva Veda 20.126.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 126, Mantra 3

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

किम॒यं त्वां वृ॒षाक॑पिश्च॒कार॒ हरि॑तो मृ॒गः । यस्मा॑ इर॒स्यसीदु॒ न्व॑१र्यो वा॑ पुष्टि॒मद् वसु॒ विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.126.3

IAST Transliteration

kím ayáṁ tvāṁ vṛṣā́kapiś cakā́ra háríto mṛgáḥ | yásmai irasyásīd u nú aryó vā púṣṭimat vásu víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What hath this Vṛṣākapi done to thee—this tawny beast—at whom thou art jealous, even now? (Is it) the noble one, or the thriving treasure? Indra is higher than all.

Translation

Cóż ci uczynił ten Wryszakapi, ta płowa bestia, której zazdrościsz, nawet teraz? Czy to szlachetny, czy kwitnący skarb? Indra jest wyższy niż wszyscy.

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Word by Word

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

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

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

• वृषाकपिः: Vṛṣākapi (a name/epithet)
• वृषाकपिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: वृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक; समास-नाम)

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

• हरितः: yellow/green (ones)
• हरितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• ईरस्यसि: you are jealous / you envy
• ईरस्यसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईरस्य (धातु; ईर्ष्या/ईरस्या-भाव)

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

• नु: now / then (emphatic)
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

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

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

• पुष्टिमत्: possessing nourishment/prosperity
• पुष्टिमत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्टिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source attribution for Vṛṣākapi material (to be confirmed).

Devata: Indra (narratively with Vṛṣākapi)

Chandas: Requires metrical verification.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta