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ऋग्वेद ४.१६.१८

Ṛgveda 4.16.18

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
इन्द्रः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

bhuvo̍'vi̱tā vā̱made̍vasya dhī̱nāṃ bhuva̱ḥ sakhā̍vṛ̱ko vāja̍sātau |tvāmanu̱ prama̍ti̱mā ja̍ganmoru̱śaṃso̍ jari̱tre vi̱śvadha̍ syāḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

bhuvo̍'vi̱tā vā̱made̍vasya dhī̱nāṃ bhuva̱ḥ sakhā̍vṛ̱ko vāja̍sātau | tvāmanu̱ prama̍ti̱mā ja̍ganmoru̱śaṃso̍ jari̱tre vi̱śvadha̍ syāḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

भुवः | अविता | वाम-देवस्य | धीनाम् | भुवः | सखा | अवृकः | वाज-सातौ | त्वाम् | अनु | प्र-मतिम् | आ | जगन्म | उरु-शंसः | जरित्रे | विश्वध | स्याः

bhuvaḥ | avitā | vāma-devasya | dhīnām | bhuvaḥ | sakhā | avṛkaḥ | vāja-sātau | tvām | anu | pra-matim | ā | jaganma | uru-śaṃsaḥ | jaritre | viśvadha | syāḥ

Translations signed

Further the holy thoughts of Vamadeva be thou a guileless Friend in fight for booty. We come to thee whose providence protects us: wide be thy sway for ever for thy singer.

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

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  1. English Further the holy thoughts of Vamadeva be thou a guileless Friend in fight for booty. We come to thee whose providence protects us: wide be thy sway for ever for thy singer. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.16.18
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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0