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Ṛgveda 2.41.16

ṛṣi
गृत्समद (आङ्गिरसः शौनहोत्रः पश्चाद्) भार्गवः शौनकः
devatā
१-२ वायुः, ३ इन्द्रवायू, ४-६ मित्रावरुणौ, ७-९ अश्विनौ, १०-१२ इन्द्रः, १३-१५ विश्वे देवाः, १६-१८ सरस्वती, १९-२१ द्यावापृथिव्यौ हविर्धाने वा (१९ तृतीयपादस्य - अग्निर्वा)
chandas
गायत्री, १६-१७ अनुष्टुप्, १८ बृहती

ambi̍tame̱ nadī̍tame̱ devi̍tame̱ sara̍svati |a̱pra̱śa̱stā i̍va smasi̱ praśa̍stimamba naskṛdhi ||

Transliteration IAST

ambi̍tame̱ nadī̍tame̱ devi̍tame̱ sara̍svati | a̱pra̱śa̱stā i̍va smasi̱ praśa̍stimamba naskṛdhi ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

अम्बि-तमे | नदी-तमे | देवि-तमे | सरस्वति | अप्रशस्ताः-इव | स्मसि | प्र-शस्तिम् | अम्ब | नः | कृधि

ambi-tame | nadī-tame | devi-tame | sarasvati | apraśastāḥ-iva | smasi | pra-śastim | amba | naḥ | kṛdhi

Translations signed

Best Mother, best of Rivers, best of Goddesses, Sarasvati, We are, as 'twere, of no repute and dear Mother, give thou us renown.

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

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  1. English Best Mother, best of Rivers, best of Goddesses, Sarasvati, We are, as 'twere, of no repute and dear Mother, give thou us renown. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.2.41.16
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
text.deva
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
text.pada_deva
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