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Ṛgveda 1.59.2

ṛṣi
नोधा गौतमः
devatā
अग्निर्वैश्वानरः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

mū̱rdhā di̱vo nābhi̍ra̱gniḥ pṛ̍thi̱vyā athā̍bhavadara̱tī roda̍syoḥ |taṃ tvā̍ de̱vāso̍'janayanta de̱vaṃ vaiśvā̍nara̱ jyoti̱ridāryā̍ya ||

Transliteration IAST

mū̱rdhā di̱vo nābhi̍ra̱gniḥ pṛ̍thi̱vyā athā̍bhavadara̱tī roda̍syoḥ | taṃ tvā̍ de̱vāso̍'janayanta de̱vaṃ vaiśvā̍nara̱ jyoti̱ridāryā̍ya ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

मूर्धा | दिवः | नाभिः | अग्निः | पृथिव्याः | अथ | अभवत् | अरतिः | रोदस्योः | तम् | त्वा | देवासः | अजनयन्त | देवम् | वैश्वानर | ज्योतिः | इत् | आर्याय

mūrdhā | divaḥ | nābhiḥ | agniḥ | pṛthivyāḥ | atha | abhavat | aratiḥ | rodasyoḥ | tam | tvā | devāsaḥ | ajanayanta | devam | vaiśvānara | jyotiḥ | it | āryāya

Translations signed

The forehead of the sky, earth's centre, Agni became the messenger of earth and heaven. Vaisvanara, the Deities produced thee, a God, to be a light unto the Arya.

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

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  1. English The forehead of the sky, earth's centre, Agni became the messenger of earth and heaven. Vaisvanara, the Deities produced thee, a God, to be a light unto the Arya. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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Address
rv.1.59.2
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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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
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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