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Ṛgveda 2.12.5

ṛṣi
गृत्समद (आङ्गिरसः शौनहोत्रः पश्चाद्) भार्गवः शौनकः
devatā
इन्द्रः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

yaṃ smā̍ pṛ̱cchanti̱ kuha̱ seti̍ gho̱ramu̱temā̍hu̱rnaiṣo a̱stītye̍nam |so a̱ryaḥ pu̱ṣṭīrvija̍ i̱vā mi̍nāti̱ śrada̍smai dhatta̱ sa ja̍nāsa̱ indra̍ḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

yaṃ smā̍ pṛ̱cchanti̱ kuha̱ seti̍ gho̱ramu̱temā̍hu̱rnaiṣo a̱stītye̍nam | so a̱ryaḥ pu̱ṣṭīrvija̍ i̱vā mi̍nāti̱ śrada̍smai dhatta̱ sa ja̍nāsa̱ indra̍ḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

यम् | स्म | पृच्छन्ति | कुह | सः | इति | घोरम् | उत | ईम् | आहुः | न | एषः | अस्ति | इति | एनम् | सः | अर्यः | पुष्टीः | विजः-इव | आ | मिनाति | श्रत् | अस्मै | धत्त | सः | जनासः | इन्द्रः

yam | sma | pṛcchanti | kuha | saḥ | iti | ghoram | uta | īm | āhuḥ | na | eṣaḥ | asti | iti | enam | saḥ | aryaḥ | puṣṭīḥ | vijaḥ-iva | ā | mināti | śrat | asmai | dhatta | saḥ | janāsaḥ | indraḥ

Translations signed

Of whom, the Terrible, they ask, Where is He? or verily they say of him, He is not. He sweeps away, like birds, the foe's possessions. Have faith in him, for He, O men, is Indra.

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

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  1. English Of whom, the Terrible, they ask, Where is He? or verily they say of him, He is not. He sweeps away, like birds, the foe's possessions. Have faith in him, for He, O men, is Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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Address
rv.2.12.5
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