वै [ vai ] [ vaí ]2 ind. a particle of emphasis and affirmation , generally placed (after) a word and laying stress on it (it is usually translatable by " indeed " , " truly " , " certainly " , " verily " , " just " ; it is very rare in the Lit. RV. ; more frequent in the Lit. AV. , and very common in the Brāhmaṇas and in works that imitate their style ; in the Sūtras it is less frequent and almost restricted to the combination [ yady u vai ] ; in Manu Lit. MBh. and the Kāvyas it mostly appears at the end of a line , and as a mere expletive. In Lit. RV. it is frequently followed by [ u ] in the combination [ vā́ u ] ( both particles are separated Lit. v , 18 , 3 ) ; it is also preceded by [ u ] and various other particles e.g. by [ í d ] , [ áha ] , [ utá ] ; in the Brāhmaṇas it often follows [ ha ] , [ ha sma ] , [ eva ] ; in later language [ api ] and [ tu ] . Accord. to some it is also a vocative particle) . ( 1019,3 )