ऋग्वेद ४.१.६
Ṛgveda 4.1.6
a̱sya śreṣṭhā̍ su̱bhaga̍sya sa̱ṃdṛgde̱vasya̍ ci̱trata̍mā̱ martye̍ṣu |śuci̍ ghṛ̱taṃ na ta̱ptamaghnyā̍yāḥ spā̱rhā de̱vasya̍ ma̱ṃhane̍va dhe̱noḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
a̱sya śreṣṭhā̍ su̱bhaga̍sya sa̱ṃdṛgde̱vasya̍ ci̱trata̍mā̱ martye̍ṣu | śuci̍ ghṛ̱taṃ na ta̱ptamaghnyā̍yāḥ spā̱rhā de̱vasya̍ ma̱ṃhane̍va dhe̱noḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
अस्य | श्रेष्ठा | सु-भगस्य | सम्-दृक् | देवस्य | चित्र-तमा | मर्त्येषु | शुचि | घृतम् | न | तप्तम् | अघ्न्यायाः | स्पार्हा | देवस्य | मंहनाइव | धेनोः
asya | śreṣṭhā | su-bhagasya | sam-dṛk | devasya | citra-tamā | martyeṣu | śuci | ghṛtam | na | taptam | aghnyāyāḥ | spārhā | devasya | maṃhanāiva | dhenoḥ
Translations signed
Excellent is the glance, of brightest splendour, which the auspicious God bestows on mortals- The God's glance, longed-for even as the butter, pure, heated, of the cow, the milch-cow's bounty.
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- English Excellent is the glance, of brightest splendour, which the auspicious God bestows on mortals- The God's glance, longed-for even as the butter, pure, heated, of the cow, the milch-cow's bounty. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.1.6- 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