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Ṛgveda 10.88.18

ṛṣi
आङ्गिरसो मूर्धन्वान्, वामदेव्यो वा
devatā
सूर्य-वैश्वानरो अग्निः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

katya̱gnaya̱ḥ kati̱ sūryā̍sa̱ḥ katyu̱ṣāsa̱ḥ katyu̍ svi̱dāpa̍ḥ |nopa̱spija̍ṃ vaḥ pitaro vadāmi pṛ̱cchāmi̍ vaḥ kavayo vi̱dmane̱ kam ||

Transliteration IAST

katya̱gnaya̱ḥ kati̱ sūryā̍sa̱ḥ katyu̱ṣāsa̱ḥ katyu̍ svi̱dāpa̍ḥ | nopa̱spija̍ṃ vaḥ pitaro vadāmi pṛ̱cchāmi̍ vaḥ kavayo vi̱dmane̱ kam ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

कति | अग्नयः | कति | सूर्यासः | कति | उषसः | कति | ॐ इति | स्वित् | आपः | न | उप-स्पिजम् | वः | पितरः | वदामि | पृच्छामि | वः | कवयः | विद्मने | कम्

kati | agnayaḥ | kati | sūryāsaḥ | kati | uṣasaḥ | kati | oṃ iti | svit | āpaḥ | na | upa-spijam | vaḥ | pitaraḥ | vadāmi | pṛcchāmi | vaḥ | kavayaḥ | vidmane | kam

Translations signed

How many are the Fires and Suns in number? What is the number of the Dawns and Waters? Not jestingly I speak to you, O Fathers. Sages, I ask you this for information.

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

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  1. English How many are the Fires and Suns in number? What is the number of the Dawns and Waters? Not jestingly I speak to you, O Fathers. Sages, I ask you this for information. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.10.88.18
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