ऋग्वेद ४.१६.४
Ṛgveda 4.16.4
sva1̱̍ryadvedi̍ su̱dṛśī̍kama̱rkairmahi̱ jyotī̍ rurucu̱ryaddha̱ vasto̍ḥ |a̱ndhā tamā̍ṃsi̱ dudhi̍tā vi̱cakṣe̱ nṛbhya̍ścakāra̱ nṛta̍mo a̱bhiṣṭau̍ ||
Transliteration IAST
sva1̱̍ryadvedi̍ su̱dṛśī̍kama̱rkairmahi̱ jyotī̍ rurucu̱ryaddha̱ vasto̍ḥ | a̱ndhā tamā̍ṃsi̱ dudhi̍tā vi̱cakṣe̱ nṛbhya̍ścakāra̱ nṛta̍mo a̱bhiṣṭau̍ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
स्वः | यत् | वेदि | सु-दृशीकम् | अर्कैः | महि | ज्योतिः | रुरुचुः | यत् | ह | वस्तोः | अन्धा | तमांसि | दुधिता | वि-चक्षे | नृ-भ्यः | चकार | नृ-तमः | अभिष्टौ
svaḥ | yat | vedi | su-dṛśīkam | arkaiḥ | mahi | jyotiḥ | rurucuḥ | yat | ha | vastoḥ | andhā | tamāṃsi | dudhitā | vi-cakṣe | nṛ-bhyaḥ | cakāra | nṛ-tamaḥ | abhiṣṭau
Translations signed
When heaven's fair light by hymns was made apparent (they made great splendour shine at break of morning), He with his succour, best of Heroes, scattered the blinding darkness so that men saw clearly.
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- English When heaven's fair light by hymns was made apparent (they made great splendour shine at break of morning), He with his succour, best of Heroes, scattered the blinding darkness so that men saw clearly. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.4.16.4- 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