ऋग्वेद ४.१७.१६
Ṛgveda 4.17.16
ga̱vyanta̱ indra̍ṃ sa̱khyāya̱ viprā̍ aśvā̱yanto̱ vṛṣa̍ṇaṃ vā̱jaya̍ntaḥ |ja̱nī̱yanto̍ jani̱dāmakṣi̍toti̱mā cyā̍vayāmo'va̱te na kośa̍m ||
Transliteration IAST
ga̱vyanta̱ indra̍ṃ sa̱khyāya̱ viprā̍ aśvā̱yanto̱ vṛṣa̍ṇaṃ vā̱jaya̍ntaḥ | ja̱nī̱yanto̍ jani̱dāmakṣi̍toti̱mā cyā̍vayāmo'va̱te na kośa̍m ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
गव्यन्तः | इन्द्रम् | सख्याय | विप्राः | अश्व-यन्तः | वृषणम् | वाजयन्तः | जनि-यन्तः | जनि-दाम् | अक्षित-ऊतिम् | आ | च्यवयामः | अवते | न कोशम्
gavyantaḥ | indram | sakhyāya | viprāḥ | aśva-yantaḥ | vṛṣaṇam | vājayantaḥ | jani-yantaḥ | jani-dām | akṣita-ūtim | ā | cyavayāmaḥ | avate | na kośam
Translations signed
Eager for booty, craving strength and horses, we-singers stir Indra, the strong, for friendship, Who gives the wives we seek, whose succour fails not, to hasten, like a pitcher to the fountain.
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- English Eager for booty, craving strength and horses, we-singers stir Indra, the strong, for friendship, Who gives the wives we seek, whose succour fails not, to hasten, like a pitcher to the fountain. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.17.16- 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