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Ṛgveda 1.85.9

ṛṣi
गोतमो राहूगणः
devatā
मरुतः
chandas
जगती, ५, १२ त्रिष्टुप्

tvaṣṭā̱ yadvajra̱ṃ sukṛ̍taṃ hira̱ṇyaya̍ṃ sa̱hasra̍bhṛṣṭi̱ṃ svapā̱ ava̍rtayat |dha̱tta indro̱ naryapā̍ṃsi̱ karta̱ve'ha̍nvṛ̱traṃ nira̱pāmau̍bjadarṇa̱vam ||

Transliteration IAST

tvaṣṭā̱ yadvajra̱ṃ sukṛ̍taṃ hira̱ṇyaya̍ṃ sa̱hasra̍bhṛṣṭi̱ṃ svapā̱ ava̍rtayat | dha̱tta indro̱ naryapā̍ṃsi̱ karta̱ve'ha̍nvṛ̱traṃ nira̱pāmau̍bjadarṇa̱vam ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

त्वष्टा | यत् | वज्रम् | सु-कृतम् | हिरण्ययम् | सहस्र-भृष्टिम् | सु-अपाः | अवर्तयत् | धत्ते | इन्द्रः | नरि | अपांसि | कर्तवे | अहन् | वृत्रम् | निः | अपाम् | औब्जत् | अर्णवम्

tvaṣṭā | yat | vajram | su-kṛtam | hiraṇyayam | sahasra-bhṛṣṭim | su-apāḥ | avartayat | dhatte | indraḥ | nari | apāṃsi | kartave | ahan | vṛtram | niḥ | apām | aubjat | arṇavam

Translations signed

When Tvastar deft of hand had turned the thunderbolt, golden, with thousand edges, fashioned more skilfully, Indra received it to perform heroic deeds. Vrtra he slew, and forced the flood of water forth.

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

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  1. English When Tvastar deft of hand had turned the thunderbolt, golden, with thousand edges, fashioned more skilfully, Indra received it to perform heroic deeds. Vrtra he slew, and forced the flood of water forth. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.1.85.9
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