ऋग्वेद १.४०.८
Ṛgveda 1.40.8
upa̍ kṣa̱traṃ pṛ̍ñcī̱ta hanti̱ rāja̍bhirbha̱ye ci̍tsukṣi̱tiṃ da̍dhe |nāsya̍ va̱rtā na ta̍ru̱tā ma̍hādha̱ne nārbhe̍ asti va̱jriṇa̍ḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
upa̍ kṣa̱traṃ pṛ̍ñcī̱ta hanti̱ rāja̍bhirbha̱ye ci̍tsukṣi̱tiṃ da̍dhe | nāsya̍ va̱rtā na ta̍ru̱tā ma̍hādha̱ne nārbhe̍ asti va̱jriṇa̍ḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
उप | क्षत्रम् | पृञ्चीत | हन्ति | राज-भिः | भये | चित् | सु-क्षितिम् | दधे | न | अस्य | वर्ता | न | तरुता | महाधने | न | अर्भे | अस्ति | वज्रिणः
upa | kṣatram | pṛñcīta | hanti | rāja-bhiḥ | bhaye | cit | su-kṣitim | dadhe | na | asya | vartā | na | tarutā | mahādhane | na | arbhe | asti | vajriṇaḥ
Translations signed
He amplifies his lordly might, with kings he slays: e'en mid alarms he dwells secure In great or lesser fight none checks him, none subdues,--the wielder of the thunderbolt.
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- English He amplifies his lordly might, with kings he slays: e'en mid alarms he dwells secure In great or lesser fight none checks him, none subdues,--the wielder of the thunderbolt. Ralph T.H. Griffith
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rv.1.40.8- 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
- meta
- ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0