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Ṛgveda 10.90.12

ṛṣi
नारायणः
devatā
पुरुषः
chandas
अनुष्टुप्, १६ त्रिष्टुप्

brā̱hma̱ṇo̍'sya̱ mukha̍māsīdbā̱hū rā̍ja̱nya̍ḥ kṛ̱taḥ |ū̱rū tada̍sya̱ yadvaiśya̍ḥ pa̱dbhyāṃ śū̱dro a̍jāyata ||

Transliteration IAST

brā̱hma̱ṇo̍'sya̱ mukha̍māsīdbā̱hū rā̍ja̱nya̍ḥ kṛ̱taḥ | ū̱rū tada̍sya̱ yadvaiśya̍ḥ pa̱dbhyāṃ śū̱dro a̍jāyata ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

ब्राह्मणः | अस्य | मुखम् | आसीत् बाहू इति | राजन्यः | कृतः | ऊरू इति | तत् | अस्य | यत् | वैश्यः | पत्-भ्याम् | शूद्रः | अजायत

brāhmaṇaḥ | asya | mukham | āsīt bāhū iti | rājanyaḥ | kṛtaḥ | ūrū iti | tat | asya | yat | vaiśyaḥ | pat-bhyām | śūdraḥ | ajāyata

Translations signed

The Brahman was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rajanya made. His thighs became the Vaisya, from his feet the Sudra was produced.

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

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  1. English The Brahman was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rajanya made. His thighs became the Vaisya, from his feet the Sudra was produced. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.10.90.12
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
meta
ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0