ऋग्वेद २.२४.८
Ṛgveda 2.24.8
ṛ̱tajye̍na kṣi̱preṇa̱ brahma̍ṇa̱spati̱ryatra̱ vaṣṭi̱ pra tada̍śnoti̱ dhanva̍nā |tasya̍ sā̱dhvīriṣa̍vo̱ yābhi̱rasya̍ti nṛ̱cakṣa̍so dṛ̱śaye̱ karṇa̍yonayaḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
ṛ̱tajye̍na kṣi̱preṇa̱ brahma̍ṇa̱spati̱ryatra̱ vaṣṭi̱ pra tada̍śnoti̱ dhanva̍nā | tasya̍ sā̱dhvīriṣa̍vo̱ yābhi̱rasya̍ti nṛ̱cakṣa̍so dṛ̱śaye̱ karṇa̍yonayaḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
ऋत-ज्येन | क्षिप्रेण | ब्रह्मणः | पतिः | यत्र | वष्टि | प्र | तर् | अश्नोति | धन्वना | तस्य | साध्वीः | इषवः | याभिः | अस्यति | नृ-चक्षसः | दृशये | कर्ण-योनयः
ṛta-jyena | kṣipreṇa | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ | yatra | vaṣṭi | pra | tar | aśnoti | dhanvanā | tasya | sādhvīḥ | iṣavaḥ | yābhiḥ | asyati | nṛ-cakṣasaḥ | dṛśaye | karṇa-yonayaḥ
Translations signed
With his swift bow, strung truly, Brahmanaspati reaches the mark whate'er it be that he desires. Excellent are the arrows wherewithal he shoots, keen-eyed to look on men and springing from his ear.
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- English With his swift bow, strung truly, Brahmanaspati reaches the mark whate'er it be that he desires. Excellent are the arrows wherewithal he shoots, keen-eyed to look on men and springing from his ear. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.2.24.8- 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