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Ṛgveda 1.40.4

ṛṣi
कण्वो घौरः
devatā
ब्रह्मणस्पतिः
chandas
प्रगाथः -- विषमा बृहत्यः, समाः सतोबृहत्यः

yo vā̱ghate̱ dadā̍ti sū̱nara̱ṃ vasu̱ sa dha̍tte̱ akṣi̍ti̱ śrava̍ḥ |tasmā̱ iḷā̍ṃ su̱vīrā̱mā ya̍jāmahe su̱pratū̍rtimane̱hasa̍m ||

Transliteration IAST

yo vā̱ghate̱ dadā̍ti sū̱nara̱ṃ vasu̱ sa dha̍tte̱ akṣi̍ti̱ śrava̍ḥ | tasmā̱ iḷā̍ṃ su̱vīrā̱mā ya̍jāmahe su̱pratū̍rtimane̱hasa̍m ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

यः | वाघते | ददाति | सूनरम् | वसु | सः | धत्ते | अक्षिति | श्रवः | तस्मै | इऌआम् | सु-वीराम् | आ | यजामहे | सु-प्रतूर्तिम् | अनेहसम्

yaḥ | vāghate | dadāti | sūnaram | vasu | saḥ | dhatte | akṣiti | śravaḥ | tasmai | iḷām | su-vīrām | ā | yajāmahe | su-pratūrtim | anehasam

Translations signed

He who bestows a noble guerdon on the priest wins fame that never shall decay. For him we offer sacred hero-giving food, peerless and conquering easily.

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

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  1. English He who bestows a noble guerdon on the priest wins fame that never shall decay. For him we offer sacred hero-giving food, peerless and conquering easily. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.1.40.4
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