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ऋग्वेद १.१६७.३

Ṛgveda 1.167.3

ṛṣi
अगस्त्यो मैत्रावरुणिः
devatā
१ इन्द्रः, २-११ मरुतः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्, (१० पुरस्ताज्ज्योतिः)

mi̱myakṣa̱ yeṣu̱ sudhi̍tā ghṛ̱tācī̱ hira̍ṇyanirṇi̱gupa̍rā̱ na ṛ̱ṣṭiḥ |guhā̱ cara̍ntī̱ manu̍ṣo̱ na yoṣā̍ sa̱bhāva̍tī vida̱thye̍va̱ saṃ vāk ||

Transliteration IAST

mi̱myakṣa̱ yeṣu̱ sudhi̍tā ghṛ̱tācī̱ hira̍ṇyanirṇi̱gupa̍rā̱ na ṛ̱ṣṭiḥ | guhā̱ cara̍ntī̱ manu̍ṣo̱ na yoṣā̍ sa̱bhāva̍tī vida̱thye̍va̱ saṃ vāk ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

मिम्यक्ष | येषु | सु-धिता | घृताची | हिरण्य-निर्निक् | उपरा | न | ऋष्टिः | गुहा | चरन्ती | मनुषः | न | योषा | सभावती | विदथ्याइव | सम् | वाक्

mimyakṣa | yeṣu | su-dhitā | ghṛtācī | hiraṇya-nirnik | uparā | na | ṛṣṭiḥ | guhā | carantī | manuṣaḥ | na | yoṣā | sabhāvatī | vidathyāiva | sam | vāk

Translations signed

Close to them clings one moving in seclusion, like a man's wife, like a spear carried rearward, Well grasped, bright, decked with gold there is Vak also, like to a courtly, eloquent dame, among them.

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

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  1. English Close to them clings one moving in seclusion, like a man's wife, like a spear carried rearward, Well grasped, bright, decked with gold there is Vak also, like to a courtly, eloquent dame, among them. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.1.167.3
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
text.deva
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
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