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Ṛgveda 10.129.2

ṛṣi
प्रजापतिः परमेष्ठी
devatā
भाववृत्तम्
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

na mṛ̱tyurā̍sīda̱mṛta̱ṃ na tarhi̱ na rātryā̱ ahna̍ āsītprake̱taḥ |ānī̍davā̱taṃ sva̱dhayā̱ tadeka̱ṃ tasmā̍ddhā̱nyanna pa̱raḥ kiṃ ca̱nāsa̍ ||

Transliteration IAST

na mṛ̱tyurā̍sīda̱mṛta̱ṃ na tarhi̱ na rātryā̱ ahna̍ āsītprake̱taḥ | ānī̍davā̱taṃ sva̱dhayā̱ tadeka̱ṃ tasmā̍ddhā̱nyanna pa̱raḥ kiṃ ca̱nāsa̍ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

न | मृत्युः | आसीत् | अमृतम् | न | तर्हि | न | रात्र्याः | अह्नः | आसीत् | प्र-केतः | आनीत् | अवातम् | स्वधया | तत् | एकम् | तस्मात् | ह | अन्यत् | न | परः | किम् | चन | आस

na | mṛtyuḥ | āsīt | amṛtam | na | tarhi | na | rātryāḥ | ahnaḥ | āsīt | pra-ketaḥ | ānīt | avātam | svadhayā | tat | ekam | tasmāt | ha | anyat | na | paraḥ | kim | cana | āsa

Translations signed

Death was not then, nor was there aught immortal: no sign was there, the day's and night's divider. That One Thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature: apart from it was nothing whatsoever.

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

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  1. English Death was not then, nor was there aught immortal: no sign was there, the day's and night's divider. That One Thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature: apart from it was nothing whatsoever. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.10.129.2
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