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Ṛgveda 1.68.8

ṛṣi
पराशरः शाक्त्यः
devatā
अग्निः
chandas
द्विपदा विराट्

i̱cchanta̱ reto̍ mi̱thasta̱nūṣu̱ saṃ jā̍nata̱ svairdakṣai̱ramū̍rāḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

i̱cchanta̱ reto̍ mi̱thasta̱nūṣu̱ saṃ jā̍nata̱ svairdakṣai̱ramū̍rāḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

इच्छन्त | रेतः | मिथः | तनूषु | सम् | जानत | स्वैः | दक्षैः | अमूराः

icchanta | retaḥ | mithaḥ | tanūṣu | sam | jānata | svaiḥ | dakṣaiḥ | amūrāḥ

Translations signed

Men yearn for children to prolong their line, and are not disappointed in their hope.

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

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  1. English Men yearn for children to prolong their line, and are not disappointed in their hope. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.1.68.8
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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0