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
यया शक्त्या त्वं दशग्वम् अध्रिगुं स्वर्णरं वेपयांसं चकार, यया च समुद्रम् आविथ—तामेव ते शक्तिम् वयं याचामहे।
Word by Word
येनby which / with which
येन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
दशग्वम्Daśagva (a seer/companion; the Daśagva)
दशग्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootदशग्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दश-गु/ग्व’ = ten-cowed/ten-going; epithet)
अध्रिगुम्Adhrigu (a seer/companion)
अध्रिगुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootअध्रिगु (प्रातिपदिक; epithet)
वेपयन्तम्causing to tremble / shaking
वेपयन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeVerb-participle
Root√वेप् (वेपते ‘to tremble’) → causative √वेपय्
स्वर्णरम्Svarṇara (name/epithet; ‘golden/bright one’)
स्वर्णरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootस्वर्णर (प्रातिपदिक; epithet)
येनby which / with which
येन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
समुद्रम्the ocean / sea
समुद्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आविथyou helped / you protected
आविथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अव् (रक्षणे ‘to protect, help’) with preverb आ-
तम्that (one) / him
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईमहेwe seek / we implore
ईमहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यम्/√इ (याचने/गत्यर्थे; Vedic: ‘to seek, ask, implore’) → ईमहे
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