Rig Veda 8.46.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वां हि सत्यमद्रिवो विद्म दातारमिषाम् । विद्म दातारं रयीणाम् ॥
Transliteration
tvā́ṃ hí satyám adrivo vidmá dātā́ram iṣā́m | vidmá dātā́raṃ rayīṇā́m ||
Translation
You indeed are the True, O wielder of the thunderstone; we know you as the giver of inner impulsion and nourishment, we know you as the giver of the riches of being.
Word by Word
त्वाम्you (as object)
त्वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
सत्यम्truly, in truth
सत्यम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक; < सत् + य)
अद्रिवःO stone-bearing/pressing-stone-possessing one (Indra)
अद्रिवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअद्रि-वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘stone/pressing-stone’ + -वस् ‘possessing’)
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
दातारम्giver
दातारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootदातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा ‘to give’ + तृ)
इषाम्of refreshments/nourishments
इषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength’)
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
दातारम्giver
दातारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootदातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा + तृ)
रयीणाम्of riches/wealth
रयीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth, riches’)
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