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ऋग्वेद ४.१८.२

Ṛgveda 4.18.2

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

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.

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

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  1. 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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0