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Ṛgveda 4.16.20

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
इन्द्रः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

e̱vedindrā̍ya vṛṣa̱bhāya̱ vṛṣṇe̱ brahmā̍karma̱ bhṛga̍vo̱ na ratha̍m |nū ci̱dyathā̍ naḥ sa̱khyā vi̱yoṣa̱dasa̍nna u̱gro̍'vi̱tā ta̍nū̱pāḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

e̱vedindrā̍ya vṛṣa̱bhāya̱ vṛṣṇe̱ brahmā̍karma̱ bhṛga̍vo̱ na ratha̍m | nū ci̱dyathā̍ naḥ sa̱khyā vi̱yoṣa̱dasa̍nna u̱gro̍'vi̱tā ta̍nū̱pāḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

एव | इत् | इन्द्राय | वृषभाय | वृष्णे | ब्रह्म | अकर्म | भृगवः | न | रथम् | नु | चित् | यथा | नः | सख्या | वि-योषत् | असत् | नः | उग्रः | अविता | तनू-पाः

eva | it | indrāya | vṛṣabhāya | vṛṣṇe | brahma | akarma | bhṛgavaḥ | na | ratham | nu | cit | yathā | naḥ | sakhyā | vi-yoṣat | asat | naḥ | ugraḥ | avitā | tanū-pāḥ

Translations signed

Now, as the Bhrgus wrought a car, for Indra the Strong, the Mighty, we our prayer have fashioned, That he may, ne'er withdraw from us his friendship, but be our bodies' guard and strong defender.

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

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  1. English Now, as the Bhrgus wrought a car, for Indra the Strong, the Mighty, we our prayer have fashioned, That he may, ne'er withdraw from us his friendship, but be our bodies' guard and strong defender. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.16.20
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
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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