ऋग्वेद ४.१.१६
Ṛgveda 4.1.16
te ma̍nvata pratha̱maṃ nāma̍ dhe̱nostriḥ sa̱pta mā̱tuḥ pa̍ra̱māṇi̍ vindan |tajjā̍na̱tīra̱bhya̍nūṣata̱ vrā ā̱virbhu̍vadaru̱ṇīrya̱śasā̱ goḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
te ma̍nvata pratha̱maṃ nāma̍ dhe̱nostriḥ sa̱pta mā̱tuḥ pa̍ra̱māṇi̍ vindan | tajjā̍na̱tīra̱bhya̍nūṣata̱ vrā ā̱virbhu̍vadaru̱ṇīrya̱śasā̱ goḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
ते | मन्वत | प्रथमम् | नाम | धेनोः | त्रिः | सप्त | मातुः | परमाणि | विन्दन् | तत् | जानतीः | अभि | अनूषत | व्राः | आविः | भुवत् | अरुणीः | यशसा | गोः
te | manvata | prathamam | nāma | dhenoḥ | triḥ | sapta | mātuḥ | paramāṇi | vindan | tat | jānatīḥ | abhi | anūṣata | vrāḥ | āviḥ | bhuvat | aruṇīḥ | yaśasā | goḥ
Translations signed
The Milch-cow's earliest name they comprehended: they found the Mother's thrice-seven noblest titles. This the bands knew, and sent forth acclamation: with the Bull's sheen the Red One was apparent.
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- English The Milch-cow's earliest name they comprehended: they found the Mother's thrice-seven noblest titles. This the bands knew, and sent forth acclamation: with the Bull's sheen the Red One was apparent. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.1.16- Agreement
- Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
- text.deva
- ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- 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