Rig Veda 8.88.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 88, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.88

Devata: Indra (context of 8.88)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द्युक्षं सुदानुं तविषीभिरावृतं गिरिं न पुरुभोजसम् । क्षुमन्तं वाजं शतिनं सहस्रिणं मक्षू गोमन्तमीमहे ॥

Transliteration

dyukṣaṃ su-dānuṃ taviṣībhir āvṛtaṃ giriṃ na puru-bhojasam | kṣumantaṃ vājam śatinaṃ sahasriṇaṃ makṣu gomantam īmahe ||

Translation

We seek him, the shining one of good giving, wrapped in powers like a mountain rich in many enjoyments; the forceful plenitude, hundred-fold and thousand-fold, swiftly bringing the luminous riches (rays/cows).

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Word by Word

• द्युक्षम्: shining, radiant (one)
• द्युक्षम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; द्युत्/द्यु ‘दीप्तौ’ से व्युत्पन्न विशेषण)

• सुदानुम्: bountiful, of good gifts
• सुदानुम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दानु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-giving/with good gifts’)

• तविषीभिः: with powers, with mights
• तविषीभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तविषी (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवृतम्: covered, encompassed
• आवृतम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे/वृ ‘to cover, surround’)

• गिरिम्: a mountain
• गिरिम्: उपमान (न-उपमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• पुरुभोजसम्: richly beneficent, of abundant bounty
• पुरुभोजसम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-भोजस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-enjoying/abounding in enjoyment/benefit’)

• क्षुमन्तम्: vigorous, abounding
• क्षुमन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing क्षुम/क्षुमः’ = vigor/abundance)

• वाजम्: prize, strength, (victory-)booty
• वाजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतिनम्: hundredfold, consisting of hundreds
• शतिनम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having hundreds’)

• सहस्रिणम्: thousandfold, consisting of thousands
• सहस्रिणम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having thousands’)

• मक्षु: quickly, soon
• मक्षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मक्षु (अव्यय)

• गोमन्तम्: rich in cows, cattle-possessing
• गोमन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek, we request
• ईमहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यमँ उपरमे/याचने; वेदिक ‘ईमहे’ = ‘we seek/ask’)