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Ṛgveda 1.164.6

ṛṣi
दीर्घतमा औचथ्यः
devatā
१-४१ विश्वे देवाः, ४२ आद्यर्धर्चस्य वाक्, द्वितीयस्य आपः, ४३ आद्यर्धर्चस्य शकधूमः, द्वितीयस्य सोमः, ४४ केशिनः( अग्निः सूर्यो वायुश्च), ४५ वाक्, ४६ - ४७ सूर्यः, ४८ संवत्सरकालचक्रम्, ४९ सरस्वती, ५० साध्याः, ५१ सूर्यः, पर्जन्याग्नयो वा, ५२ सरस्वान्, सूर्यो वा
chandas
त्रिष्टुप, १२, १५, २३, २९, ३६, ४१ जगती, ४२ प्रस्तारपंक्तिः, ५१ अनुष्टुप्

aci̍kitvāñciki̱tuṣa̍ści̱datra̍ ka̱vīnpṛ̍cchāmi vi̱dmane̱ na vi̱dvān |vi yasta̱stambha̱ ṣaḷi̱mā rajā̍ṃsya̱jasya̍ rū̱pe kimapi̍ svi̱deka̍m ||

Transliteration IAST

aci̍kitvāñciki̱tuṣa̍ści̱datra̍ ka̱vīnpṛ̍cchāmi vi̱dmane̱ na vi̱dvān | vi yasta̱stambha̱ ṣaḷi̱mā rajā̍ṃsya̱jasya̍ rū̱pe kimapi̍ svi̱deka̍m ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

अचिकित्वान् | चिकितुषः | चित् | अत्र | कवीन् | पृच्छामि | विद्मने | न | विद्वान् | वि | यः | तस्तम्भ | षट् | इमा | रजांसि | अजस्य | रूपे | किम् | अपि | स्वित् | एकम्

acikitvān | cikituṣaḥ | cit | atra | kavīn | pṛcchāmi | vidmane | na | vidvān | vi | yaḥ | tastambha | ṣaṭ | imā | rajāṃsi | ajasya | rūpe | kim | api | svit | ekam

Translations signed

I ask, unknowing, those who know, the sages, as one all ignorant for sake of knowledge, What was that ONE who in the Unborn's image hath stablished and fixed firm these worlds' six regions.

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

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  1. English I ask, unknowing, those who know, the sages, as one all ignorant for sake of knowledge, What was that ONE who in the Unborn's image hath stablished and fixed firm these worlds' six regions. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.1.164.6
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
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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