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Ṛgveda 10.81.2

ṛṣi
विश्वकर्मा भौवनः

kiṃ svi̍dāsīdadhi̱ṣṭhāna̍mā̱rambha̍ṇaṃ kata̱matsvi̍tka̱thāsī̍t |yato̱ bhūmi̍ṃ ja̱naya̍nvi̱śvaka̍rmā̱ vi dyāmaurṇo̍nmahi̱nā vi̱śvaca̍kṣāḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

kiṃ svi̍dāsīdadhi̱ṣṭhāna̍mā̱rambha̍ṇaṃ kata̱matsvi̍tka̱thāsī̍t | yato̱ bhūmi̍ṃ ja̱naya̍nvi̱śvaka̍rmā̱ vi dyāmaurṇo̍nmahi̱nā vi̱śvaca̍kṣāḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

किम् | स्वित् | आसीत् | अधि-स्थानम् | आरम्भणम् | कतमत् | स्वित् | कथा | आसीत् | यतः | भूमिम् | जनयन् | विश्व-कर्मा | वि | द्याम् | और्णोत् | महिना | विश्व-चक्षाः

kim | svit | āsīt | adhi-sthānam | ārambhaṇam | katamat | svit | kathā | āsīt | yataḥ | bhūmim | janayan | viśva-karmā | vi | dyām | aurṇot | mahinā | viśva-cakṣāḥ

Translations signed

What was the place whereon he took his station? What was it that supported him? How was it? Whence Visvakarman, seeing all, producing the earth, with mighty power disclosed the heavens.

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

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  1. English What was the place whereon he took his station? What was it that supported him? How was it? Whence Visvakarman, seeing all, producing the earth, with mighty power disclosed the heavens. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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Address
rv.10.81.2
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