ऋग्वेद ४.१८.२
Ṛgveda 4.18.2
nāhamato̱ nira̍yā du̱rgahai̱tatti̍ra̱ścatā̍ pā̱rśvānnirga̍māṇi |ba̱hūni̍ me̱ akṛ̍tā̱ kartvā̍ni̱ yudhyai̍ tvena̱ saṃ tve̍na pṛcchai ||
Transliteration IAST
nāhamato̱ nira̍yā du̱rgahai̱tatti̍ra̱ścatā̍ pā̱rśvānnirga̍māṇi | ba̱hūni̍ me̱ akṛ̍tā̱ kartvā̍ni̱ yudhyai̍ tvena̱ saṃ tve̍na pṛcchai ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
न | अहम् | अतः | निः | अय | दुः-गहा | एतत् | तिरश्चता | पार्श्वात् | निः | गमानि | बहूनि | मे | अकृता | कर्त्वानि | युध्यै | त्वेन | सम् | त्वेन | पृच्छै
na | aham | ataḥ | niḥ | aya | duḥ-gahā | etat | tiraścatā | pārśvāt | niḥ | gamāni | bahūni | me | akṛtā | kartvāni | yudhyai | tvena | sam | tvena | pṛcchai
Translations signed
Not this way go I forth: hard is the passage. Forth from the side obliquely will I issue. Much that is yet undone must I accomplish; one must I combat and the other question.
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- English Not this way go I forth: hard is the passage. Forth from the side obliquely will I issue. Much that is yet undone must I accomplish; one must I combat and the other question. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.4.18.2- 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