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Ṛgveda 10.28.4

i̱daṃ su me̍ jarita̱rā ci̍kiddhi pratī̱paṃ śāpa̍ṃ na̱dyo̍ vahanti |lo̱pā̱śaḥ si̱ṃhaṃ pra̱tyañca̍matsāḥ kro̱ṣṭā va̍rā̱haṃ nira̍takta̱ kakṣā̍t ||

Transliteration IAST

i̱daṃ su me̍ jarita̱rā ci̍kiddhi pratī̱paṃ śāpa̍ṃ na̱dyo̍ vahanti | lo̱pā̱śaḥ si̱ṃhaṃ pra̱tyañca̍matsāḥ kro̱ṣṭā va̍rā̱haṃ nira̍takta̱ kakṣā̍t ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

इदम् | सु | मे | जरितः | आ | चिकिद्धि | प्रति-ईपम् | शापम् | नद्यः | वहन्ति | लोपाशः | सिंहम् | प्रत्यञ्चम् | अत्सारिति | क्रोष्टा | वराहम् | निः | अतक्त | कक्षात्

idam | su | me | jaritaḥ | ā | cikiddhi | prati-īpam | śāpam | nadyaḥ | vahanti | lopāśaḥ | siṃham | pratyañcam | atsāriti | kroṣṭā | varāham | niḥ | atakta | kakṣāt

Translations signed

Resolve for me, O singer, this my riddle: The rivers send their swelling water backward: The fox steals up to the approaching lion: the jackal drives the wild-boar from the brushwood.

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

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  1. English Resolve for me, O singer, this my riddle: The rivers send their swelling water backward: The fox steals up to the approaching lion: the jackal drives the wild-boar from the brushwood. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.10.28.4
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