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ऋग्वेद ४.१८.४

Ṛgveda 4.18.4

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

kiṃ sa ṛdha̍kkṛṇava̱dyaṃ sa̱hasra̍ṃ mā̱so ja̱bhāra̍ śa̱rada̍śca pū̱rvīḥ |na̱hī nva̍sya prati̱māna̱mastya̱ntarjā̱teṣū̱ta ye jani̍tvāḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

kiṃ sa ṛdha̍kkṛṇava̱dyaṃ sa̱hasra̍ṃ mā̱so ja̱bhāra̍ śa̱rada̍śca pū̱rvīḥ | na̱hī nva̍sya prati̱māna̱mastya̱ntarjā̱teṣū̱ta ye jani̍tvāḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

किम् | सः | ऋधक् | कृणवत् | यम् | सहस्रम् | मासः | जभार | शरदः | च | पूर्वीः | नही | नु | आस्य | प्रति-मानम् | अस्ति | अन्तः | जतेषु | उत | ये | जनि-त्वाः

kim | saḥ | ṛdhak | kṛṇavat | yam | sahasram | māsaḥ | jabhāra | śaradaḥ | ca | pūrvīḥ | nahī | nu | āsya | prati-mānam | asti | antaḥ | jateṣu | uta | ye | jani-tvāḥ

Translations signed

What strange act shall he do, he whom his Mother bore for a thousand months and many autumns? No peer hath he among those born already, nor among those who shall be born hereafter.

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

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  1. English What strange act shall he do, he whom his Mother bore for a thousand months and many autumns? No peer hath he among those born already, nor among those who shall be born hereafter. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.18.4
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