इद् [ id ] [ í d ] ind. Ved. (probably the neut. form of the pronom. base [ i ] see 3. [ i ] ; a particle of affirmation) even , just , only

indeed , assuredly (especially , in strengthening an antithesis , e.g. [ yáthā váśanti devā́s táthéd asat ] , as the gods wish it , thus indeed it will be Lit. RV. viii , 28 , 4 ; [ dí psanta í d ripávo nā́ha debhuḥ ] , the enemies wishing indeed to hurt were in nowise able to hurt Lit. RV. i , 147 , 3) . [ id ] is often added to words expressing excess or exclusion (e.g. [ viśva it ] , every one indeed ; [ śaśvad it ] , constantly indeed ; [ eka it ] , one only) . At the beginning of sentences it often adds emphasis to pronouns , prepositions , particles (e.g. [ tvam it ] , thou indeed ; [ yadi it ] , if indeed , ) [ id ] occurs often in the Ṛig-veda and Atharva-veda , seldom in the Brāhmaṇas , and its place is taken in classical Sanskṛit by [ eva ] and other particles.