Rig Veda 8.29.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 29, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.29

Devata: The One power as shaper/worker within the gods (craft-aspect; could resonate with Tvaṣṭṛ/Agni/Indra functions; uncertain)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वाशीमेको बिभर्ति हस्त आयसीमन्तर्देवेषु निध्रुविः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.29.3

Transliteration

vāśī́m éko bibharti hásta āyasī́m antár devéṣu nídhruviḥ ||

Translation

The One bears in his hand the iron adze; within the gods he stands firm—an immovable establisher of the work.

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Word by Word

• वाशीम्: an axe/adze (cutting tool)
• वाशीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाशी- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वाशी’ = कुलिश/कुठार/छेदन-उपकरण, ‘axe/adze’)

• एकः: one (single person/being)
• एकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: एक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• बिभर्ति: bears/carries/supports
• बिभर्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे ‘to bear/carry/support’)

• हस्ते: in (his) hand
• हस्ते: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयसीम्: made of iron/metal
• आयसीम्: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of iron/metal’)

• अन्तः: within/inside
• अन्तः: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• निध्रुविः: steadfast/firmly set (one)
• निध्रुविः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: निध्रुवि- (प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशिष्ट, ‘firmly fixed/steadfast; one who is set/placed’)