Rig Veda 10.86.22: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 22
Sukta 10.86
Rishi: RV 10.86 dialogue cycle attribution (variable)
Devata: Indra (refrain), with Vṛṣākapi in narrative
Chandas: Jagatī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदुदञ्चो वृषाकपे गृहमिन्द्राजगन्तन । क्व स्य पुल्वघो मृगः कमगञ्जनयोपनो विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration
yad udañco vṛṣākape gṛham indrājagantana | kva sya pulvagho mṛgaḥ kam agan jana-yopanaḥ viśvasmād indra uttarāḥ ||
Translation
यदुदञ्चौ वृषाकपे इन्द्रस्य गृहमाजगन्तम्, तदा स पुल्वघो मृगः जनोपनः क्व? कं जगाम?—एवं विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरो भवति।
Word by Word
यद्when/if; that which
यद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (यद्-प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
उदञ्चः(they) facing upward/northward
उदञ्चः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-अञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक: उदञ्च् ‘उत्तर/ऊर्ध्वमुख’)
वृषाकपेO Vṛṣākapi
वृषाकपे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootवृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य उपाधि/सम्बोधन)
गृहम्to the house/home
गृहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आजगन्तनyou (pl.) have come / came
आजगन्तन:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
स्यthis/he (here)
स्य:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootस्य (एषः/सः-प्रातिपदिकस्य एनक्लिटिक रूप; वैदिक)
पुल्वघःthe shaggy/hairy one
पुल्वघः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपुल्वघ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुल्व’+‘घ’—विशेषण)
मृगःthe wild animal/beast
मृगः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
कम्whom?/what?
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
अगञ्जनthey went
अगञ्जन:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) ; अ-गम् (अगच्छन्) वैदिक रूप
जनयःthe women/wives
जनयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजनय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्त्रीजन/जननी’ अर्थे—वैदिक)
उपनोnear/attendant
उपनो:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउपन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उपस्थ/निकटस्थ’)
विश्वस्मात्from all (sides)/from everything
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रIndra
इन्द्र:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरःhigher/superior; further (northward)
उत्तरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
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