Rig Veda 8.84.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 84, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.84
Devata: Agni (implied across RV 8.84; explicit in 8.84.4 and 8.84.9)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कविमिव प्रचेतसं यं देवासो अध द्विता । नि मर्त्येष्वादधुः ॥
Transliteration
kavím iva prácetasaṃ yáṃ devā́so ádha dvitā́ | ní mártyeṣv ā́dadhuḥ ||
Translation
Wie ein ṛṣi, der Schauende, weitbewusst und erkennend, den haben die Götter immer wieder unter den Sterblichen eingesetzt—damit das göttliche Sehen im menschlichen Gefäß seinen Sitz finde.
Word by Word
कविम्the seer/poet
कविम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *kʷeh₁-? (poet/seer; traditional Vedic lexeme)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
प्रचेतसम्the wise/foreknowing
प्रचेतसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘foreknowing, wise’)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अधthen
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात; Vedic adha)
द्विताa second time; again
द्विता:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्विता (अव्यय; ‘द्विधा/द्वितीयवारम्’)
निdown, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मर्त्येषुamong mortals
मर्त्येषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
आदधुःthey placed/established
आदधुः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=देवासः, कर्म=यम्)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धा धारणे/स्थापने) with आ- (and with preceding नि- in sense: नि-आ-√धा)
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