Rig Veda 8.12.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमं जुषस्व गिर्वणः समुद्र इव पिन्वते । इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिर्ववक्षिथ ॥
Transliteration
imáṃ juṣasva girvaṇaḥ samudrá iva pinvate | índra viśvā́bhir ūtíbhir vavákṣitha ||
Translation
Take delight in this (hymn), O Indra, lover of the word; like an ocean that swells, may you grow full—Indra—by all your powers of help and protection.
Word by Word
इमम्this (hymn/one)
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वenjoy/accept (you)!
जुषस्व:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ)
गिर्वणःO praised-by-songs (Indra)
गिर्वणः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootगिर् + √वन् (वन्-प्रत्ययः) → गिर्वण् (प्रातिपदिक)
समुद्रःthe ocean
समुद्रः:
उपमान (तुलना-प्रयोगे) / कर्ता (इव-उपमेयस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
(उपमा-सूचक) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात/अव्यय)
पिन्वतेswells, becomes full
पिन्वते:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√पिव्/√पिन् (पिन्व्) (वर्धने/पूरणे)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाभिःwith all
विश्वाभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (सर्व/समस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःhelps, protections
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
ववक्षिथyou have carried / you have borne (us)
ववक्षिथ:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहने) (ववक्ष् इति वेदिक-परस्मैपद-परिपाठः/पर्यायः)
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