Rig Veda 10.86.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.86
Rishi: Indrāṇī (traditional)
Devata: Indra (refrain; with Vṛṣākapi as subsidiary figure)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (approx.)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रिया तष्टानि मे कपिर्व्यक्ता व्यदूदुषत् । शिरो न्वस्य राविषं न सुगं दुष्कृते भुवं विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration
priyā́ táṣṭāni me kapír vyàktā́ vy àdūduṣat | śíro nv asya rāviṣaṁ ná sugáṁ duṣkṛ́te bhuvaṁ víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ ||
Translation
प्रियाणि तष्टानि मे शक्तयः—कपिरूपा—व्यक्ता अभवन्, बद्धं च व्यदूदुषन्। तथापि तस्य शिरो मया राविषम्; दुष्कृते न सुगमो मार्गः। इन्द्रः विश्वस्माद् उत्तरोऽस्ति।
Word by Word
प्रियाdear, beloved
प्रिया:
Kartā (विषय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)
तष्टानिfashioned, carved
तष्टानि:
Karma (मे—सम्बद्धानि वस्तूनि)
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootतक्ष् (धातु) → तष्ट (कृदन्त) / तष्ट- (प्रातिपदिक)
मेof me, my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘my’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
कपिःthe monkey (Kapi)
कपिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकपि- (प्रातिपदिक)
व्यक्ताmanifest, clearly seen
व्यक्ता:
Kartā (कपिः—सह/विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootव्यञ्ज्/व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक; PPP ‘manifest’)
व्यदूदुषत्he defiled, he spoiled
व्यदूदुषत्:
Kriyā (कपिः कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootदूष् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
नुindeed, now
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
अस्यof him/this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम) → अस्य
राविषम्I made (it) cry/roar; I caused to sound
राविषम्:
Kriyā (अहं कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootरु/रव् (धातु) → रावि- (नामधातु/कृदन्ताधार) / √रु (धातु) (वेदिक रूप)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
सुगम्easy, pleasant, readily passable
सुगम्:
Karma/Predicative (भुवम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-गम् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘easy-going/easy’)
दुष्कृतेfor wrongdoing / for the evil-doer
दुष्कृते:
Sampradāna (दुष्कृतये ‘for evil-doing/for the wrong-doer’)
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक) → दुष्कृति-
भुवम्I became; I was
भुवम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
विश्वस्मात्from all (others)
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna (ablative: ‘from all’)
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरःhigher, superior
उत्तरः:
Kartā/Predicative (इन्द्रः—विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)
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