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ऋग्वेद १.१६१.४

Ṛgveda 1.161.4

ṛṣi
दीर्घतमा औचथ्यः
devatā
ऋभवः
chandas
जगती, १४ त्रिष्टुप्

ca̱kṛ̱vāṃsa̍ ṛbhava̱stada̍pṛcchata̱ kveda̍bhū̱dyaḥ sya dū̱to na̱ āja̍gan |ya̱dāvākhya̍ccama̱sāñca̱tura̍ḥ kṛ̱tānādittvaṣṭā̱ gnāsva̱ntarnyā̍naje ||

Transliteration IAST

ca̱kṛ̱vāṃsa̍ ṛbhava̱stada̍pṛcchata̱ kveda̍bhū̱dyaḥ sya dū̱to na̱ āja̍gan | ya̱dāvākhya̍ccama̱sāñca̱tura̍ḥ kṛ̱tānādittvaṣṭā̱ gnāsva̱ntarnyā̍naje ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

चकृ-वांसः | ऋभवः | तत् | अपृच्छत | क्व | इत् | अभूत् | यः | स्यः | दूतः | नः | आ | अजगन् | यदा | अव-अख्यत् | चमसान् | चतुरः | कृतान् | आत् | इत् | त्वष्टा | ग्नासु | अन्तः | नि | आनजे

cakṛ-vāṃsaḥ | ṛbhavaḥ | tat | apṛcchata | kva | it | abhūt | yaḥ | syaḥ | dūtaḥ | naḥ | ā | ajagan | yadā | ava-akhyat | camasān | caturaḥ | kṛtān | āt | it | tvaṣṭā | gnāsu | antaḥ | ni | ānaje

Translations signed

When thus, O Rbhus, ye had done ye questioned thus, Whither went he who came to us a messenger? Then Tvastar, when he viewed the four wrought chalices, concealed himself among the Consorts of the Gods.

Ralph T.H. GriffithThe Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary, 1896 · public domain

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  1. English When thus, O Rbhus, ye had done ye questioned thus, Whither went he who came to us a messenger? Then Tvastar, when he viewed the four wrought chalices, concealed himself among the Consorts of the Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.1.161.4
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0