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Ṛgveda 4.14.5

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
अग्निः (लिङ्गोक्तदेवता इति एके)
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

anā̍yato̱ ani̍baddhaḥ ka̱thāyaṃ nya̍ṅṅuttā̱no'va̍ padyate̱ na |kayā̍ yāti sva̱dhayā̱ ko da̍darśa di̱vaḥ ska̱mbhaḥ samṛ̍taḥ pāti̱ nāka̍m ||

Transliteration IAST

anā̍yato̱ ani̍baddhaḥ ka̱thāyaṃ nya̍ṅṅuttā̱no'va̍ padyate̱ na | kayā̍ yāti sva̱dhayā̱ ko da̍darśa di̱vaḥ ska̱mbhaḥ samṛ̍taḥ pāti̱ nāka̍m ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

अनायतः | अनि-बद्धः | कथा | अयम् | न्यङ् | उत्तानः | अव | पद्यते | न | कया | याति | स्वधया | कः | ददर्श | दिवः | स्कम्भः | सम्-ऋतः | पाति | नाकम्

anāyataḥ | ani-baddhaḥ | kathā | ayam | nyaṅ | uttānaḥ | ava | padyate | na | kayā | yāti | svadhayā | kaḥ | dadarśa | divaḥ | skambhaḥ | sam-ṛtaḥ | pāti | nākam

Translations signed

How is it that, unbound and unsupported, he falleth not although directed downward? By what self-power moves he? Who hath seen it? He guards the vault of heaven, a close-set pillar?

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

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  1. English How is it that, unbound and unsupported, he falleth not although directed downward? By what self-power moves he? Who hath seen it? He guards the vault of heaven, a close-set pillar? Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.14.5
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