Rig Veda 8.12.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

येना दशग्वमध्रिगुं वेपयन्तं स्वर्णरम् । येना समुद्रमाविथा तमीमहे ॥

Transliteration

yéna daśá-gvam adhrí-guṃ vepáyantaṃ svàrṇaram | yéna samudrám ā́vithā tám īmahe ||

Translation

That power by which you stirred into trembling the Daśagva, the firm-held one who brings the light, and that power by which you helped across the oceanic foundation—this very might of yours we seek.

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Word by Word

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• दशग्वम्: Daśagva (a seer/companion; the Daśagva)
• दशग्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: दशग्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दश-गु/ग्व’ = ten-cowed/ten-going; epithet)

• अध्रिगुम्: Adhrigu (a seer/companion)
• अध्रिगुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: अध्रिगु (प्रातिपदिक; epithet)

• वेपयन्तम्: causing to tremble / shaking
• वेपयन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Verb-participle
• Root: √वेप् (वेपते ‘to tremble’) → causative √वेपय्

• स्वर्णरम्: Svarṇara (name/epithet; ‘golden/bright one’)
• स्वर्णरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: स्वर्णर (प्रातिपदिक; epithet)

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• समुद्रम्: the ocean / sea
• समुद्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आविथ: you helped / you protected
• आविथ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (रक्षणे ‘to protect, help’) with preverb आ-

• तम्: that (one) / him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek / we implore
• ईमहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम्/√इ (याचने/गत्यर्थे; Vedic: ‘to seek, ask, implore’) → ईमहे