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
কাৰণ আমি তোমাক জানো—বিস্তৃত গতিৰে বিচৰণকাৰী, দানত মহান, বদান্যত প্ৰবল; মাপত অমেয়—তোমাৰ বহু অৱো (ৰক্ষা)-ৰে আমাক ধৰি ৰাখা।
Word by Word
विद्माwe two know
विद्मा:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विद् ‘जानने’)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (त्वद्) सर्वनाम
तुविकूर्मिम्you, the ‘much-/mighty-’ kūrmí (strong/abundant in kūrmí)
तुविकूर्मिम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वा)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootतुवि- + कूर्मि (प्रातिपदिक: ‘कूर्मि’ ‘tortoise/slow-moving; (epithet)’)
तुविदेष्णम्you, the mighty bestower/dispeller
तुविदेष्णम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वा)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootतुवि- + देष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; from √दिश्/√दश्? Vedic ‘bestowing/dispensing’; epithet)
तुवीमघम्you, very bountiful
तुवीमघम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वा)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootतुवी- + मघ (प्रातिपदिक ‘gift, bounty’; ‘bountiful’)
तुविमात्रम्you, of great measure/might
तुविमात्रम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वा)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootतुवि- + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक ‘measure, magnitude’)
अवोभिःwith helps/protections
अवोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘help, protection, favor’)
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