8.72.12
गाव॒ उपा॑वताव॒तं म॒ही य॒ज्ञस्य॑ र॒प्सुदा॑
उ॒भा कर्णा॑ हिर॒ण्यया॑
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gā́va úpāvatāvatám
mahī́ yajñásya rapsúdā
ubhā́ kárṇā hiraṇyáyā
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gāvaḥfrom úpa
from √avⁱ-
from máh-
from yajñá-
from kárṇa-
from hiraṇyáya-
8.72.12
Ye cows, protect the fount: the two Mighty Ones bless the sacrifice. The handles twain are wrought of gold.
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| 8.72.12 | gā́vaḥ | gáv- ~ gó- | nominal stemPLFNOM |
| 8.72.12 | úpa upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten) upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well) upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions) upa : near to, at, on, upon upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains) upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.; upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.] 🔎 úpa | úpa upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten) upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well) upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions) upa : near to, at, on, upon upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains) upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.; upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.] 🔎 úpa | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 8.72.12 | avata avata : avatá m. a well, cistern, [RV.] (cf. avatká.) avata : avatá See above s.v. avaṭá. 🔎 avata | √avⁱ- av : cl. 1. P. ávati (Imper. 2. sg. avatāt, [RV. viii, 2, 3], p. ávat; impf. ā́vat, 2. sg. 1. ā́vaḥ [for 2. ā́vaḥ See √ vṛ]; perf. 3. sg. āva, 2. pl. āvá, [RV. viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. ā́vitha; aor. ávīt, 2. sg. ávīs, avīs and aviṣas, Imper. aviṣṭu, 2. sg. aviḍḍhí [once, [RV. ii, 17, 8]] or aviḍḍhi [six times in [RV.]], 2. du. aviṣṭam, 3. du. aviṣṭām, 2. pl. aviṣṭánā, [RV. vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. avyās, Inf. ávitave, [RV. vii, 33, 1]; Ved. ind.p. āvyā, [RV. i, 166, 13]) to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [RV.]; Ved. to promote, favour, (chiefly Ved.) to satisfy, refresh; to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [RV. iv, 44, 6]; to lead or bring to (dat.: ūtáye, vā́ja-sātaye, kṣatrā́ya, svastáye), [RV.]; (said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [RV.], (chiefly said of kings or princes) to guard, defend, protect, govern, [BhP.]; [Ragh. ix, 1]; [VarBṛS.] &c.: Caus. (only impf. āvayat, 2. sg. āvayas) to consume, devour, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] av : [cf. Gk. ἀίω; Lat. aveo ?]. 🔎 √avⁱ- | rootPLPRSACT2IMP |
| 8.72.12 | avatám | avatá- avata : avatá m. a well, cistern, [RV.] (cf. avatká.) avata : avatá See above s.v. avaṭá. 🔎 avatá- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 8.72.12 | mahī́ mahī : mahī́ (ī́), f. See mahī́, p. 803, col. 2. mahī : mahī́ f. (cf. 2. máh), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), [RV.] &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country) mahī : earth (as a substance), [Mn. vii, 70] mahī : the base of a triangle or other plane figure, [Col.] mahī : space, [RV. iii, 56, 2]; [v, 44, 6] &c. mahī : a host, army, [ib.] [iii, 1, 12]; [vii, 93, 5] &c. mahī : a cow, [RV.]; [VS.] ([Naigh. ii, 11]) mahī : du. heaven and earth, [RV. i, 80, 11]; [159, 1] &c. ([Naigh. iii, 30]) mahī : pl. waters, streams, [RV. ii, 11, 2]; [v, 45, 3] &c. mahī : Hingtsha Repens, [L.] mahī : a kind of metre, [Col.] mahī : N. of a divine being (associated with Iḍā and Sarasvatī, [RV. i, 13, 9]; [Sāy.]; cf. [Naigh. i, 11]) mahī : of a river, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] mahī : of the number ‘one’, [Gaṇit.] mahī : in comp. for maha. mahī : mahī-kampa &c. See p. 803, col. 2. 🔎 mahī́ | máh- mah : (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 81]; [xxxv, 15]) mahati, maháyati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, °háyate; p. mahát, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahé; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, [RV.]; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p. mahitvā, [MBh.]; inf. mahe, and maháye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Kauś.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), [RV. iii, 52, 6]; [vi, 15, 2]; to give, bestow, [ib.] [i, 94, 6]; [117, 17]; [v, 27, 1] &c. mah : [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.] mah : máh mf(I/ or = m.)n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, [RV.]; [VS.] mah : (with pitṛ or mātṛ) old, aged, [RV. i, 71, 5]; [v, 41, 15] &c. 🔎 máh- | nominal stemDUFNOM |
| 8.72.12 | yajñásya | yajñá- yajña : yajñá m. worship, devotion, prayer, praise yajña : act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature; cf. mahā-y°), [RV.] &c. &c. yajña : a worshipper, sacrificer, [RV. iii, 30, 15]; [32, 12] yajña : fire, [L.] yajña : = ātman, [L.] yajña : Sacrifice personified, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] yajña : (with prājāpatya) N. of the reputed author of [RV. x, 130], [Anukr.] yajña : N. of a form of Viṣṇu, [Pur.] yajña : of Indra under Manu Svāyambhuva, [ib.] yajña : of a son of Ruci and Ākūti, [ib.] 🔎 yajñá- | nominal stemSGMGEN |
| 8.72.12 | rapsúdā | rapsúd- | nominal stemDUFNOM |
| 8.72.12 | ubhā́ | ubhá- ubha : ubhá au, (Ved. ā), e, e mfn. du. (g. sarvādi, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 27]) both, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.; ubha : [cf. Zd. uba; Gk. ἄμϕω; Lat. ambo; Goth. bai; Old High Germ. beidê; Slav. oba; Lith. abhù.] 🔎 ubhá- | pronounDUMNOM |
| 8.72.12 | kárṇā | kárṇa- karṇa : kárṇa m. (√ kṛt, [Nir.]; √ 1. kṝ, [Uṇ. iii, 10]), the ear, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [Suśr.] (ápi kárṇe, behind the ear or back, from behind, [RV.] [cf. apikarṇá]; karṇe, [in dram.] into the ear, in a low voice, aside, [Mṛcch.]; [Mālav.]; karṇaṃ √ dā, to give ear to, listen to, [Śak.]; [Mṛcch.]; karṇam ā-√ gam, to come to one's ear, become known to, [Ragh. i, 9]) karṇa : the handle or ear of a vessel, [RV. viii, 72, 12]; [ŚBr. ix]; [KātyŚr.] &c. karṇa : the helm or rudder of a ship, [R.] karṇa : (in geom.) the hypothenuse of a triangle or the diagonal of a tetragon, [Hcat.] &c. karṇa : the diameter of a circle, [Sūryas.] karṇa : (in prosody) a spondee karṇa : Cassia Fistula, [L.] karṇa : Calotropis Gigantea, [L.] karṇa : N. of a king of Aṅga (and elder brother by the mother's side of the Pāṇḍu princes, being the son of the god Sūrya by Pṛthā or Kuntī, before her marriage with Pāṇḍu; afraid of the censure of her relatives, Kuntī deserted the child and exposed it in the river, where it was found by a charioteer named Adhi-ratha and nurtured by his wife Rādhā ; hence Karṇa is sometimes called Sūta-putra or Sūta-ja, sometimes Rādheya, though named by his foster-parents Vasu-ṣeṇa), [MBh.]; [BhP.] &c. karṇa : N. of several other men karṇa : karṇá (mfn. karṇá), eared, furnished with ears or long ears, [AV. v, 13, 9]; [VS.]; [TS.] karṇa : furnished with chaff (as grain), [TS. i, 8, 9, 3.] karṇa : (accord. to some also, karṇá, ‘cropped or defective on the ears’) in comp. 🔎 kárṇa- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.72.12 | hiraṇyáyā | hiraṇyáya- hiraṇyaya : hiraṇyáya mf(I)n. golden, abounding in gold (hiraṇyayā́, instr. f., [RV. viii, 1, 32]), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] 🔎 hiraṇyáya- | nominal stemDUMNOM |