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Ṛgveda 4.16.7

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
इन्द्रः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

a̱po vṛ̱traṃ va̍vri̱vāṃsa̱ṃ parā̍ha̱nprāva̍tte̱ vajra̍ṃ pṛthi̱vī sace̍tāḥ |prārṇā̍ṃsi samu̱driyā̍ṇyaino̱ḥ pati̱rbhava̱ñchava̍sā śūra dhṛṣṇo ||

Transliteration IAST

a̱po vṛ̱traṃ va̍vri̱vāṃsa̱ṃ parā̍ha̱nprāva̍tte̱ vajra̍ṃ pṛthi̱vī sace̍tāḥ | prārṇā̍ṃsi samu̱driyā̍ṇyaino̱ḥ pati̱rbhava̱ñchava̍sā śūra dhṛṣṇo ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

अपः | वृत्रम् | वव्रि-वांसम् | परा | अहन् | प्र | आवत् | ते | वज्रम् | पृथिवी | स-चेताः | प्र | अर्णासि | समुद्रियाणि | ऐनोः | पतिः | भवन् | शवसा | शूर | धृष्णो इति

apaḥ | vṛtram | vavri-vāṃsam | parā | ahan | pra | āvat | te | vajram | pṛthivī | sa-cetāḥ | pra | arṇāsi | samudriyāṇi | ainoḥ | patiḥ | bhavan | śavasā | śūra | dhṛṣṇo iti

Translations signed

He smote away the floods' obstructer, Vrtra; Earth, conscious, lent her aid to speed thy thunder. Thou sentest forth the waters of the ocean, as Lord through power and might, O daring Hero.

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

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  1. English He smote away the floods' obstructer, Vrtra; Earth, conscious, lent her aid to speed thy thunder. Thou sentest forth the waters of the ocean, as Lord through power and might, O daring Hero. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.16.7
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