Rig Veda 8.76.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.76
Devata: Indra (as source of inspired Word); Vāc as secondary power
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वाचमष्टापदीमहं नवस्रक्तिमृतस्पृशम् । इन्द्रात्परि तन्वं ममे ॥
Transliteration
vā́cam aṣṭā́padīm aháṃ náva-sraktim r̥ta-spṛ́śam | índrāt pári tanvàṃ mame ||
Translation
A Palavra de oito passos eu a moldo em mim — ornada com nove grinaldas, tocando o Ṛta; de Indra eu abarco e edifico o meu próprio ser.
Word by Word
वाचम्speech, utterance
वाचम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) < √वच् ‘वदने’
अष्टापदीम्eight-footed (having eight steps/feet)
अष्टापदीम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टापदिन्/अष्टापदी (प्रातिपदिक: अष्ट + पाद ‘foot/step’)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नवस्रक्तिम्nine-garlanded / having nine wreaths
नवस्रक्तिम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootनवस्रक्ति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक: नव + स्रक्ति ‘garland/chain; wreath’)
ऋतस्पृशम्touching/attaining ṛta (truth, right order)
ऋतस्पृशम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतस्पृश् (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत ‘cosmic order, truth’ + स्पृश् ‘touching’)
इन्द्रात्from Indra
इन्द्रात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
तन्वम्body, person
तन्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतनू/तन्व् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘body, person’)
ममेI measured/formed (for myself)
ममे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मिमीत इति; ‘to measure, form’) — परस्मैपद
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