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ऋग्वेद १.१८५.१

Ṛgveda 1.185.1

ṛṣi
अगस्त्यो मैत्रावरुणिः
devatā
द्यावापृथिव्यौ
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

ka̱ta̱rā pūrvā̍ kata̱rāpa̍rā̱yoḥ ka̱thā jā̱te ka̍vaya̱ḥ ko vi ve̍da |viśva̱ṃ tmanā̍ bibhṛto̱ yaddha̱ nāma̱ vi va̍rtete̱ aha̍nī ca̱kriye̍va ||

Transliteration IAST

ka̱ta̱rā pūrvā̍ kata̱rāpa̍rā̱yoḥ ka̱thā jā̱te ka̍vaya̱ḥ ko vi ve̍da | viśva̱ṃ tmanā̍ bibhṛto̱ yaddha̱ nāma̱ vi va̍rtete̱ aha̍nī ca̱kriye̍va ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

कतरा | पूर्वा | कतरा | अपरा | अयोः | कथा | जाते इति | कवयः | कः | वि | वेद | विश्वम् | त्मना | बिभृतः | यत् | ह | नाम | वि | वर्तेते | अहनी इति | चक्रियाइव

katarā | pūrvā | katarā | aparā | ayoḥ | kathā | jāte iti | kavayaḥ | kaḥ | vi | veda | viśvam | tmanā | bibhṛtaḥ | yat | ha | nāma | vi | vartete | ahanī iti | cakriyāiva

Translations signed

WHETHER of these is elder, whether later? How were they born? Who knoweth it, ye sages? These of themselves support all things existing: as on a car the Day and Night roll onward.

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

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  1. English WHETHER of these is elder, whether later? How were they born? Who knoweth it, ye sages? These of themselves support all things existing: as on a car the Day and Night roll onward. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.1.185.1
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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0