ऋग्वेद ४.१६.१७
Ṛgveda 4.16.17
ti̱gmā yada̱ntara̱śani̱ḥ patā̍ti̱ kasmi̍ñcicchūra muhu̱ke janā̍nām |gho̱rā yada̍rya̱ samṛ̍ti̱rbhavā̱tyadha̍ smā nasta̱nvo̍ bodhi go̱pāḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
ti̱gmā yada̱ntara̱śani̱ḥ patā̍ti̱ kasmi̍ñcicchūra muhu̱ke janā̍nām | gho̱rā yada̍rya̱ samṛ̍ti̱rbhavā̱tyadha̍ smā nasta̱nvo̍ bodhi go̱pāḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
तिग्मा | यत् | अन्तः | अशनिः | पताति | कस्मिन् | चित् | शूर | मुहुके | जनानाम् | घोरा | यत् | अर्य | सम्-ऋतिः | भवाति | अध | स्म | नः | तन्वः | बोधि | गोपाः
tigmā | yat | antaḥ | aśaniḥ | patāti | kasmin | cit | śūra | muhuke | janānām | ghorā | yat | arya | sam-ṛtiḥ | bhavāti | adha | sma | naḥ | tanvaḥ | bodhi | gopāḥ
Translations signed
When the sharp-pointed arrow, O thou Hero, flieth mid any conflict of the people, When, Faithful One, the dread encounter cometh, then be thou the Protector of our body.
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- English When the sharp-pointed arrow, O thou Hero, flieth mid any conflict of the people, When, Faithful One, the dread encounter cometh, then be thou the Protector of our body. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.16.17- 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