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Ṛgveda 1.18.9

ṛṣi
मेधातिथिः काण्वः
devatā
ब्रह्मणस्पतिः, ४ इन्द्रो ब्रह्मणस्पतिः सोमश्च, ५ ब्रह्मणस्पतिः सोम इन्द्रो दक्षिणा च, ६-८ सदसस्पतिः, ९ सदसस्पतिर्नराशंसो वा
chandas
गायत्री

narā̱śaṃsa̍ṃ su̱dhṛṣṭa̍ma̱mapa̍śyaṃ sa̱pratha̍stamam |di̱vo na sadma̍makhasam ||

Transliteration IAST

narā̱śaṃsa̍ṃ su̱dhṛṣṭa̍ma̱mapa̍śyaṃ sa̱pratha̍stamam | di̱vo na sadma̍makhasam ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

नराशंसम् | सुधृष्टमम् | अपश्यम् | सप्रथः-तमम् | दिवः | न | सद्म-मखसम्

narāśaṃsam | sudhṛṣṭamam | apaśyam | saprathaḥ-tamam | divaḥ | na | sadma-makhasam

Translations signed

I have seen Narasamsa, him most resolute, most widely famed, As 'twere the Household Priest of heaven.

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

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  1. English I have seen Narasamsa, him most resolute, most widely famed, As 'twere the Household Priest of heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.1.18.9
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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0