Rig Veda 8.94.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 94, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.94
Devata: Great gods (contextually Maruts and allied deities)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कद्वो अद्य महानां देवानामवो वृणे । त्मना च दस्मवर्चसाम् ॥
Transliteration
kád vo adyá mahā́nāṃ devā́nām ávo vṛṇe | tmánā ca dasmá-varcasām ||
Translation
ഹേ ദസ്മവർചസ (അദ്ഭുത തേജസ്സുള്ള) ദേവന്മാരേ! ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ എപ്പോൾ മഹാദേവന്മാരായ നിങ്ങളുടെ അവ (സഹായം/രക്ഷ)യെ—എന്റെ സ്വന്തം ആത്മബലത്താലും—തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കും?
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कद्when?
कद्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + द् (निपात/कण) → कद्
वःof you (for you)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
महानाम्of the great
महानाम्:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp, favor
अवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection, favor’)
वृणेI choose/seek
वृणे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणुते ‘to choose, to seek’)
त्मनाby (my) own self, of myself
त्मना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self, one’s own person/power’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
दस्मवर्चसाम्of the wondrous-splendored (ones)
दस्मवर्चसाम्:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootदस्म-वर्चस् (समास: विशेषण ‘दस्म’ + ‘वर्चस्’ n. ‘splendor’)
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