Rig Veda 10.86.21: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 21
Sukta 10.86
Rishi: RV 10.86 dialogue cycle attribution (variable)
Devata: Indra (refrain); Vṛṣākapi addressed as returning force
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुनरेहि वृषाकपे सुविता कल्पयावहै । य एष स्वप्ननंशनोऽस्तमेषि पथा पुनर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration
punar ehi vṛṣākape suvitā kalpayāvahai | ya eṣa svapna-naṃśano ’stam eṣi pathā punar viśvasmād indra uttarāḥ ||
Translation
Volta de novo, ó Vṛṣākapi; ponhamos em ordem o bom ir, o caminho propício. Pois este é o trilho que desfaz o engano do sonho; por ele tu tornas a ir para casa: assim Indra se ergue acima de tudo.
Word by Word
पुनःagain
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *pen-/*pun- ‘again’
एहिcome/go!
एहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) ‘to go’
वृषाकपेO Vṛṣākapi
वृषाकपे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootवृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य नाम)
सुविताgood guidance / good course
सुविता:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसु-विता (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good guidance/impulse, good course’)
कल्पयावहैlet us two arrange/prepare
कल्पयावहै:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्/कल्प् (धातु) ‘to arrange, make fit, prepare’
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā (यः…एषः = ‘this one who…’)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्ननंशन्reaching sleep / going into sleep
स्वप्ननंशन्:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘यः एषः…’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootनश् (धातु) ‘to reach, attain’ (वेद.); उपसर्गः: स्वप्न- (समासपूर्वपद) ‘sleep/dream’
अस्तम्to home; to rest; down (to setting)
अस्तम्:
Adhikaraṇa (गत्यधिकरण/लक्ष्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस्तम् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘home, down, to setting’)
एषिyou go
एषि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) ‘to go’
पथाby the path
पथा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपथ्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘path’
पुनःagain
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्मात्from everything / from all
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) ‘all’
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; देवता)
उत्तरःhigher; superior; further (beyond)
उत्तरः:
Kartā / विधेयविशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘higher, further, later, superior’
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