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Ṛgveda 3.55.11

ṛṣi
प्रजापतिर्वैश्वामित्रः, प्रजापतिर्वाच्यो वा
devatā
विश्वे देवाः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

nānā̍ cakrāte ya̱myā̱3̱̍ vapū̍ṃṣi̱ tayo̍ra̱nyadroca̍te kṛ̱ṣṇama̱nyat |śyāvī̍ ca̱ yadaru̍ṣī ca̱ svasā̍rau ma̱hadde̱vānā̍masura̱tvameka̍m ||

Transliteration IAST

nānā̍ cakrāte ya̱myā̱3̱̍ vapū̍ṃṣi̱ tayo̍ra̱nyadroca̍te kṛ̱ṣṇama̱nyat | śyāvī̍ ca̱ yadaru̍ṣī ca̱ svasā̍rau ma̱hadde̱vānā̍masura̱tvameka̍m ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

नाना | चक्रातेइति | यम्या | वपाऊंषि | तयोः | अन्यत् | रोचते | कृष्णम् | अन्यत् | श्यावी | च | यत् | अरुषी | च | स्वसारौ | महत् | देवानाम् | असुर-त्वम् | एकम्

nānā | cakrāteiti | yamyā | vapāūṃṣi | tayoḥ | anyat | rocate | kṛṣṇam | anyat | śyāvī | ca | yat | aruṣī | ca | svasārau | mahat | devānām | asura-tvam | ekam

Translations signed

Ye, variant Pair, have made yourselves twin beauties: one of the Twain is dark, bright shines the other; And yet these two, the dark, the red, are Sisters. Great is the Gods' supreme and sole dominion.

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

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  1. English Ye, variant Pair, have made yourselves twin beauties: one of the Twain is dark, bright shines the other; And yet these two, the dark, the red, are Sisters. Great is the Gods' supreme and sole dominion. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.3.55.11
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