ऋग्वेद ३.५३.१८
Ṛgveda 3.53.18
bala̍ṃ dhehi ta̱nūṣu̍ no̱ bala̍mindrāna̱ḷutsu̍ naḥ |bala̍ṃ to̱kāya̱ tana̍yāya jī̱vase̱ tvaṃ hi ba̍la̱dā asi̍ ||
Transliteration IAST
bala̍ṃ dhehi ta̱nūṣu̍ no̱ bala̍mindrāna̱ḷutsu̍ naḥ | bala̍ṃ to̱kāya̱ tana̍yāya jī̱vase̱ tvaṃ hi ba̍la̱dā asi̍ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
बलम् | धेहि | तनूषु | नः | बलम् | इन्द्र | अनऌउत्-सु | नः | बलम् | तोकाय | तनयाय | जीवसे | त्वम् | हि | बल-दाः | असि
balam | dhehi | tanūṣu | naḥ | balam | indra | anaḷut-su | naḥ | balam | tokāya | tanayāya | jīvase | tvam | hi | bala-dāḥ | asi
Translations signed
O Indra, give our bodies strength, strength to the bulls who draw the wains, Strength to our seed and progeny that they may live, for thou art he who giveth strength.
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- English O Indra, give our bodies strength, strength to the bulls who draw the wains, Strength to our seed and progeny that they may live, for thou art he who giveth strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.3.53.18- 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