Rig Veda 8.83.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 83, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.83
Devata: Devas / Ādityas (collective divine powers; opening of a hymn that soon names Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
देवानामिदवो महत्तदा वृणीमहे वयम् । वृष्णामस्मभ्यमूतये ॥
Transliteration
devānām íd ávo mahát tád ā́ vṛṇīmahe vayám | vṛ́ṣṇām asmábhyam ūtáye ||
Translation
We choose for ourselves that vast Help indeed of the Gods, so that the powers of strength may come to our aid within us.
Word by Word
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed / just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात; emphatic particle)
अवःhelp, protection
अवः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative with महत्)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great
महत्:
विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (वृणीमहे इति)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृणीमहेwe choose / we seek
वृणीमहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to choose, to select’
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्णाम्of the mighty (bull-like ones)
वृष्णाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation: ‘of the strong ones’)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull/strong one’, often of Indra/Maruts) अथवा वृष्णि- (वृष्णि) परम्परागत वैदिक रूप
अस्मभ्यम्to us / for us
अस्मभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतयेfor help, for succour
ऊतये:
प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (दत्त्यर्थः: ‘for aid’)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
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