Rig Veda 8.102.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 102, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.102
Devata: Agni (with explicit allusion to Tvaṣṭṛ as formative power)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं यथा न आभुवत्त्वष्टा रूपेव तक्ष्या । अस्य क्रत्वा यशस्वतः ॥
Transliteration
ayáṁ yáthā na ā́bhuvat tváṣṭā rūpéva tákṣyā | asyá krátvā yáśasvataḥ ||
Translation
Möge diese Kraft uns werden wie Tvaṣṭṛ — gestaltend, wie ein Meister ein Bild herausarbeitet — durch seinen wirksamen Willen und sein leuchtendes Können, Trägerin wahrer Herrlichkeit.
Word by Word
अयम्this (one), he
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) < यद्-प्रातिपदिक
नःof us, our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आभुवत्became for (us), came to be (for us)
आभुवत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
त्वष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
रूपाforms, shapes
रूपा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as if
इव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
तक्ष्याfashioning, shaping (as a carpenter)
तक्ष्या:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootतक्ष् (धातु) → तक्ष्य (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक, यत्) अथवा तक्ष्य (विशेषण)
अस्यof him/this (one)
अस्य:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्रत्वाby (his) resolve/power of will, by wisdom
क्रत्वा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
यशस्वतःof the glorious one
यशस्वतः:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootयशस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) < यशस् + वत्
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