Rig Veda 10.28.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 28, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.28

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इदं सु मे जरितरा चिकिद्धि प्रतीपं शापं नद्यो वहन्ति । लोपाशः सिंहं प्रत्यञ्चमत्साः क्रोष्टा वराहं निरतक्त कक्षात् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.28.4

Transliteration

idáṃ sú me jaritarā́ cikiddhi pratī́paṃ śā́paṃ nádyò vahanti | lopāśáḥ síṃhaṃ pratyañcám atsā́ri kroṣṭā́ varāháṃ nír atakta kákṣāt ||

Translation

Understand this from me, O singers: the rivers carry back the curse upon the curser. The jackals drive the lion back; the hyena has dragged the boar out from the thicket—so reversals come when the order is turned against truth.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• इदम्: this (thing/speech)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सु: well; indeed
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (निपात)

• मे: to/for me; of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जरितर: O singer/praiser
• जरितर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गॄ/गिर् ‘to sing, praise’ से)

• चिकिद्धि: perceive/understand!
• चिकिद्धि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिद्/चित् (Vedic: ‘to notice, perceive, understand’)

• प्रतीपम्: turned back; adverse
• प्रतीपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीप (प्रातिपदिक)

• शापम्: curse
• शापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्ति: carry; bear along
• वहन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (to carry, convey)

• लोपाशः: the lopāśa-s (a kind of animal/creature; name of a group)
• लोपाशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोपाश (प्रातिपदिक; जन/प्राणी-नाम)

• सिंहम्: lion
• सिंहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned toward/back; facing (one)
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned toward/back’)

• अत्साः: the atsá-s (a kind of creature; group-name)
• अत्साः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्स (प्रातिपदिक; जन/प्राणी-नाम)

• क्रोष्टा: the howler (jackal)
• क्रोष्टा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘howler’, from √क्रुश्/क्रोश्)

• वराहम्: boar
• वराहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरतक्त: drove out; expelled
• निरतक्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तञ्च्/तङ्क् (Vedic: ‘to drive out, thrust, expel’; with निस्-)

• कक्षात्: from the thicket/brushwood; from the enclosure
• कक्षात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)