{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Chapter", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z", "language": "en", "book": "rig-veda-book-10", "chapter": 86 }, "data": { "n": 86, "bookSlug": "rig-veda-book-10", "bookCode": "RV10", "refId": "", "title": "", "translation": null, "segments": [], "lines": [], "paragraphs": [{ "n": 1, "refId": "RV10-86:1", "text": "translated by" },{ "n": 2, "refId": "RV10-86:2", "text": "1. MEN have abstained from pouring juice they count not Indra as a God." },{ "n": 3, "refId": "RV10-86:3", "text": "Where at the votary's store my friend Vrsakapi hath drunk his fill. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 4, "refId": "RV10-86:4", "text": "2. Thou, Indra, heedless passest by the ill Vrsakapi hath wrought;" },{ "n": 5, "refId": "RV10-86:5", "text": "Yet nowhere else thou findest place wherein to drink the Soma juice. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 6, "refId": "RV10-86:6", "text": "3. What hath he done to injure thee, this tawny beast Vrsakapi," },{ "n": 7, "refId": "RV10-86:7", "text": "With whom thou art so angry now? What is the votary's foodful store? Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "RV10-86:8", "text": "4. Soon may the hound who hunts the boar seize him and bite him in the car," },{ "n": 9, "refId": "RV10-86:9", "text": "O Indra, that Vrsakapi whom thou protectest as a friend, Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 10, "refId": "RV10-86:10", "text": "5. Kapi hath marred the beauteous things, all deftly wrought, that were my joy." },{ "n": 11, "refId": "RV10-86:11", "text": "In pieces will I rend his head; the sinner's portion shall be woe. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "RV10-86:12", "text": "6. No Dame hath ampler charms than 1, or greater wealth of love's delights." },{ "n": 13, "refId": "RV10-86:13", "text": "None with more ardour offers all her beauty to her lord's embrace. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 14, "refId": "RV10-86:14", "text": "7. Mother whose love is quickly won, I say what verily will be." },{ "n": 15, "refId": "RV10-86:15", "text": "My breast, O Mother, and my head and both my hips seem quivering. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 16, "refId": "RV10-86:16", "text": "8. Dame with the lovely hands and arms, with broad hair-plaits add ample hips," },{ "n": 17, "refId": "RV10-86:17", "text": "Why, O thou Hero's wife, art thou angry with our Vrsakapi? Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 18, "refId": "RV10-86:18", "text": "9. This noxious creature looks on me as one bereft of hero's love," },{ "n": 19, "refId": "RV10-86:19", "text": "Yet Heroes for my sons have I, the Maruts' Friend and Indra's Queen. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 20, "refId": "RV10-86:20", "text": "10. From olden time the matron goes to feast and general sacrifice." },{ "n": 21, "refId": "RV10-86:21", "text": "Mother of Heroes, Indra's Queen, the rite's ordainer is extolled. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 22, "refId": "RV10-86:22", "text": "11. So have I heard Indrani called most fortunate among these Dames," },{ "n": 23, "refId": "RV10-86:23", "text": "For never shall her Consort die in future time through length of days. Supreme is Indra overall." },{ "n": 24, "refId": "RV10-86:24", "text": "12. Never, Indralni, have I joyed without my friend Vrsakapi," },{ "n": 25, "refId": "RV10-86:25", "text": "Whose welcome offering here, made pure with water, goeth to the Gods. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 26, "refId": "RV10-86:26", "text": "13. Wealthy Vrsakapayi, blest with sons and consorts of thy sons," },{ "n": 27, "refId": "RV10-86:27", "text": "14. The planets and satellites whose motion is seen to be destroyed in the sky are thirty-five." },{ "n": 28, "refId": "RV10-86:28", "text": "In the beginning, all the planets and satellites were dependent on the last part of Revati Tara, they started moving according to the divine law, separated from Revati Tara." },{ "n": 29, "refId": "RV10-86:29", "text": "15. Like as a bull with pointed horn, loud bellowing amid the herds," },{ "n": 30, "refId": "RV10-86:30", "text": "Sweet to thine heart, O Indra, is the brew which she who tends thee pours. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 31, "refId": "RV10-86:31", "text": "18. O Indra this Vrsakapi hath found a slain wild animal," },{ "n": 32, "refId": "RV10-86:32", "text": "Dresser, and new-made pan, and knife, and wagon with a load of wood. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 33, "refId": "RV10-86:33", "text": "19. Distinguishing the Dasa and the Arya, viewing all, I go." },{ "n": 34, "refId": "RV10-86:34", "text": "I look upon the wise, and drink the simple votary's Soma juice. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 35, "refId": "RV10-86:35", "text": "20. The desert plains and steep descents, how many leagues in length they spread!" },{ "n": 36, "refId": "RV10-86:36", "text": "Go to the nearest houses, go unto thine home, Vrsakapi. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 37, "refId": "RV10-86:37", "text": "21. Turn thee again Vrsakapi: we twain will bring thee happiness." },{ "n": 38, "refId": "RV10-86:38", "text": "Thou goest homeward on thy way along this path which leads to sleep. Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 39, "refId": "RV10-86:39", "text": "22. When, Indra and Vrsakapi, ye travelled upward to your home," },{ "n": 40, "refId": "RV10-86:40", "text": "Where was that noisome beast, to whom went it, the beast that troubles man? Supreme is Indra over all." },{ "n": 41, "refId": "RV10-86:41", "text": "23. Daughter of Manu, Parsu bare a score of children at a birth." },{ "n": 42, "refId": "RV10-86:42", "text": "Her portion verily was bliss although her burthen caused her grief." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/rig-veda-book-10/chapters/86", "book": "/v1/library/books/rig-veda-book-10/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/rig-veda-book-10/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }