Rig Veda 8.81.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 81, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.81

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विद्मा हि त्वा तुविकूर्मिं तुविदेष्णं तुवीमघम् । तुविमात्रमवोभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.81.2

Transliteration

vidmá hí tvā tuvi-kūrmíṃ tuví-deṣṇaṃ tuvī́-mágham | tuvi-mātrám ávo-bhiḥ ||

Translation

Hum jaante hain tum kaise ho. Tum har taraf kaam karte ho, bahut dete ho, bada dhan wale ho. Tumhari hifazat humein sambhalti hai, tum naap se bahut bade ho.

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• विद्मा: we two know
• विद्मा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ‘जानने’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्) सर्वनाम

• तुविकूर्मिम्: you, the ‘much-/mighty-’ kūrmí (strong/abundant in kūrmí)
• तुविकूर्मिम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + कूर्मि (प्रातिपदिक: ‘कूर्मि’ ‘tortoise/slow-moving; (epithet)’)

• तुविदेष्णम्: you, the mighty bestower/dispeller
• तुविदेष्णम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + देष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; from √दिश्/√दश्? Vedic ‘bestowing/dispensing’; epithet)

• तुवीमघम्: you, very bountiful
• तुवीमघम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवी- + मघ (प्रातिपदिक ‘gift, bounty’; ‘bountiful’)

• तुविमात्रम्: you, of great measure/might
• तुविमात्रम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक ‘measure, magnitude’)

• अवोभिः: with helps/protections
• अवोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘help, protection, favor’)