Rig Veda 8.12.29: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 29
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra (with Maruts as allied host)
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदा ते मारुतीर्विशस्तुभ्यमिन्द्र नियेमिरे । आदित्ते विश्वा भुवनानि येमिरे ॥
Transliteration
yadā́ te mārutī́r víśas túbhyam indra ní-yemire | ā́d ít te víśvā bhúvanāni yemire ||
Translation
Wenn sich die Marut-Scharen, die Völker der sturmhaften Kraft, dir anschirren, o Indra, dann werden wahrlich alle Welten durch dich gehalten und in Harmonie gefügt.
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय) < PIE *yod-/*yo- (relative)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मारुतीःthe Marut(-hosts) / Marutian (troops)
मारुतीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootमारुती- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of/pertaining to the Maruts’)
विशःclans; peoples; hosts
विशः:
Kartā (apposition to मारुतीः) / collective subject
TypeNoun
Rootविश्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘clan, people, settlement’)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र- (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नियेमिरेhave ranged/arrayed themselves; have taken their stations (for you)
नियेमिरे:
(क्रिया) — subject = मारुतीः/विशः
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु; ‘to hold, restrain, yoke, set in order’) + नि-
आदित्then; straightway; indeed
आदित्:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ + इत् (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic/then)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Kartā (with भुवनानि) / qualifier
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all’)
भुवनानिworlds; beings; realms
भुवनानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘being, world, creature, realm’)
येमिरेhave been held in order; have taken their proper place
येमिरे:
(क्रिया) — subject = विश्वा भुवनानि
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु; ‘to hold, restrain, yoke, set in order’)
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