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ऋग्वेद ४.१८.७

Ṛgveda 4.18.7

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

kimu̍ ṣvidasmai ni̱vido̍ bhana̱ntendra̍syāva̱dyaṃ di̍dhiṣanta̱ āpa̍ḥ |mamai̱tānpu̱tro ma̍ha̱tā va̱dhena̍ vṛ̱traṃ ja̍gha̱nvām̐ a̍sṛja̱dvi sindhū̍n ||

Transliteration IAST

kimu̍ ṣvidasmai ni̱vido̍ bhana̱ntendra̍syāva̱dyaṃ di̍dhiṣanta̱ āpa̍ḥ | mamai̱tānpu̱tro ma̍ha̱tā va̱dhena̍ vṛ̱traṃ ja̍gha̱nvām̐ a̍sṛja̱dvi sindhū̍n ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

किम् | ॐ इति | स्वित् | अस्मै | नि-विदः | भनन्त | इन्द्रस्य | अवद्यम् | दिधिषन्ते | आपः | मम | एतान् | पुत्रः | महता | वधेन | वृत्रम् | जघन्वान् | असृजत् | वि | सिन्धून्

kim | oṃ iti | svit | asmai | ni-vidaḥ | bhananta | indrasya | avadyam | didhiṣante | āpaḥ | mama | etān | putraḥ | mahatā | vadhena | vṛtram | jaghanvān | asṛjat | vi | sindhūn

Translations signed

Are they addressing him with words of welcome? Will the floods take on them the shame of Indra? With his great thunderbolt my Son hath slaughtered Vrtra, and set these rivers free to wander.

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

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  1. English Are they addressing him with words of welcome? Will the floods take on them the shame of Indra? With his great thunderbolt my Son hath slaughtered Vrtra, and set these rivers free to wander. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.18.7
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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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