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ऋग्वेद ४.१८.१२

Ṛgveda 4.18.12

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः, १ इन्द्रः, ४(उत्तरार्धर्चस्य), ७ अदितिः
devatā
१ वामदेवः, २-४(पूर्वार्धर्चस्य), ८-१३ इन्द्रः, ४(उत्तरार्धर्चस्य), ७ वामदेवः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

kaste̍ mā̱tara̍ṃ vi̱dhavā̍macakraccha̱yuṃ kastvāma̍jighāṃsa̱ccara̍ntam |kaste̍ de̱vo adhi̍ mārḍī̱ka ā̍sī̱dyatprākṣi̍ṇāḥ pi̱tara̍ṃ pāda̱gṛhya̍ ||

Transliteration IAST

kaste̍ mā̱tara̍ṃ vi̱dhavā̍macakraccha̱yuṃ kastvāma̍jighāṃsa̱ccara̍ntam | kaste̍ de̱vo adhi̍ mārḍī̱ka ā̍sī̱dyatprākṣi̍ṇāḥ pi̱tara̍ṃ pāda̱gṛhya̍ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

कः | ते | मातरम् | विधवाम् | अचक्रत् | शयुम् | कः | त्वाम् | अजिघांसत् | चरन्तम् | कः | ते | देवः | अधि | मार्डीके | आसीत् | यत् | प्र | अक्षिणाः | पितरम् | पाद-गृह्य

kaḥ | te | mātaram | vidhavām | acakrat | śayum | kaḥ | tvām | ajighāṃsat | carantam | kaḥ | te | devaḥ | adhi | mārḍīke | āsīt | yat | pra | akṣiṇāḥ | pitaram | pāda-gṛhya

Translations signed

Who was he then who made thy Mother widow? Who sought to stay thee lying still or moving? What God, when by the foot thy Sire thou tookest and slewest, was at hand to give thee comfort?

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

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  1. English Who was he then who made thy Mother widow? Who sought to stay thee lying still or moving? What God, when by the foot thy Sire thou tookest and slewest, was at hand to give thee comfort? Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.18.12
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