Rig Veda 8.81.2 — Mandala 8, Sukta 81, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.81

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विद्मा हि त्वा तुविकूर्मिं तुविदेष्णं तुवीमघम् । तुविमात्रमवोभिः ॥

Transliteration

vidmá hí tvā tuvi-kūrmíṃ tuví-deṣṇaṃ tuvī́-mágham | tuvi-mātrám ávo-bhiḥ ||

Translation

فإنّا نعرفك: واسعَ الجَوَلان في حركاتك، عظيمَ العطاء، شديدَ البذل—غيرَ مُقاسٍ في مقاديرك—بحماياتك الكثيرة التي تسندنا.

Word by Word

• विद्मा: we two know
• विद्मा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ‘जानने’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्) सर्वनाम

• तुविकूर्मिम्: you, the ‘much-/mighty-’ kūrmí (strong/abundant in kūrmí)
• तुविकूर्मिम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + कूर्मि (प्रातिपदिक: ‘कूर्मि’ ‘tortoise/slow-moving; (epithet)’)

• तुविदेष्णम्: you, the mighty bestower/dispeller
• तुविदेष्णम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + देष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; from √दिश्/√दश्? Vedic ‘bestowing/dispensing’; epithet)

• तुवीमघम्: you, very bountiful
• तुवीमघम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवी- + मघ (प्रातिपदिक ‘gift, bounty’; ‘bountiful’)

• तुविमात्रम्: you, of great measure/might
• तुविमात्रम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक ‘measure, magnitude’)

• अवोभिः: with helps/protections
• अवोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘help, protection, favor’)