ऋग्वेद ३.२०.४
Ṛgveda 3.20.4
a̱gnirne̱tā bhaga̍ iva kṣitī̱nāṃ daivī̍nāṃ de̱va ṛ̍tu̱pā ṛ̱tāvā̍ |sa vṛ̍tra̱hā sa̱nayo̍ vi̱śvave̍dā̱ḥ parṣa̱dviśvāti̍ duri̱tā gṛ̱ṇanta̍m ||
Transliteration IAST
a̱gnirne̱tā bhaga̍ iva kṣitī̱nāṃ daivī̍nāṃ de̱va ṛ̍tu̱pā ṛ̱tāvā̍ | sa vṛ̍tra̱hā sa̱nayo̍ vi̱śvave̍dā̱ḥ parṣa̱dviśvāti̍ duri̱tā gṛ̱ṇanta̍m ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
अग्निः | नेता | भगः-इव | क्षितीनाम् | दैवीनाम् | देवः | ऋतु-पाः | ऋत-वा | सः | वृत्र-हा | सनयः | विश्व-वेदाः | पर्षत् | विश्वा | अति | दुः-इता | गृणन्तम्
agniḥ | netā | bhagaḥ-iva | kṣitīnām | daivīnām | devaḥ | ṛtu-pāḥ | ṛta-vā | saḥ | vṛtra-hā | sanayaḥ | viśva-vedāḥ | parṣat | viśvā | ati | duḥ-itā | gṛṇantam
Translations signed
Agni, like Bhaga, leads the godly people, he who is true to Law and guards the seasons. Ancient, all-knowing, he the Vrtra-slayer shall bear the singer safe through every trouble.
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- English Agni, like Bhaga, leads the godly people, he who is true to Law and guards the seasons. Ancient, all-knowing, he the Vrtra-slayer shall bear the singer safe through every trouble. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.3.20.4- 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