ऋग्वेद १.१६१.१
Ṛgveda 1.161.1
kimu̱ śreṣṭha̱ḥ kiṃ yavi̍ṣṭho na̱ āja̍ga̱nkimī̍yate dū̱tya1̱̍ṃ kadyadū̍ci̱ma |na ni̍ndima cama̱saṃ yo ma̍hāku̱lo'gne̍ bhrāta̱rdruṇa̱ idbhū̱timū̍dima ||
Transliteration IAST
kimu̱ śreṣṭha̱ḥ kiṃ yavi̍ṣṭho na̱ āja̍ga̱nkimī̍yate dū̱tya1̱̍ṃ kadyadū̍ci̱ma | na ni̍ndima cama̱saṃ yo ma̍hāku̱lo'gne̍ bhrāta̱rdruṇa̱ idbhū̱timū̍dima ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
किम् | ऊआम् इति | श्रेष्ठः | किम् | यविष्ठः | नः | आ | अजगन् | किम् | ईयते | दूत्यम् | कत् | यत् | ऊच् इम | न | निन्दिम | चमसम् | यः | महाकुलः | अग्ने | भ्रातः | द्रुणः | इत् | भूतिम् | ऊदिम
kim | ūām iti | śreṣṭhaḥ | kim | yaviṣṭhaḥ | naḥ | ā | ajagan | kim | īyate | dūtyam | kat | yat | ūc ima | na | nindima | camasam | yaḥ | mahākulaḥ | agne | bhrātaḥ | druṇaḥ | it | bhūtim | ūdima
Translations signed
WHY hath the Best, why hath the Youngest come to us? Upon what embassy comes he? What have we said? We have not blamed the chalice of illustrious birth. We, Brother Agni, praised the goodness of the wood.
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- English WHY hath the Best, why hath the Youngest come to us? Upon what embassy comes he? What have we said? We have not blamed the chalice of illustrious birth. We, Brother Agni, praised the goodness of the wood. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.1.161.1- Agreement
- Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
- text.deva
- ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.iast
- ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.pada_deva
- ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.pada_iast
- ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- meta
- ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0