Rig Veda 8.2.31 — Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 31

Sukta 8.2

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī family; requires verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवेदेष तुविकूर्मिर्वाजाँ एको वज्रहस्तः । सनादमृक्तो दयते ॥

Transliteration

evéd eṣá tuvi-kūrmír vājā́m̐ éko vájra-hastaḥ | sanā́d amṛ́kto dayate ||

Translation

诚然，此乃那位奔势远及者；唯独执金刚（vajra）之手者，倾注诸般力之丰盈；自古以来不受伤损，他施与其赐。

Word by Word

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• इद्: surely, indeed (emphatic particle)
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• एष: this (one), he
• एष: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तुविकूर्मिः: of mighty/abundant waves; strong-surging
• तुविकूर्मिः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / समनाधिकरणम्
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि- + कूर्मि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• वाजान्: prizes, strengths, spoils
• वाजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / समनाधिकरणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रहस्तः: having the thunderbolt in hand
• वज्रहस्तः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / समनाधिकरणम्
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वज्र-हस्त (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• सनात्: from of old, since ancient times
• सनात्: Adhikaraṇa (कालः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनात् (अव्यय; कालवाचक)

• अमृक्तः: uninjured, unhurt; unblemished
• अमृक्तः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / समनाधिकरणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मृक्त (कृदन्त/विशेषण; √मृज्/मृक्ष् ‘to wipe/clean’ से नकारार्थक)

• दयते: he gives/apportions; he shows favor
• दयते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा/दय् (Vedic) ‘to apportion, give; show favor’