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Ṛgveda 4.2.12

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
अग्निः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

ka̱viṃ śa̍śāsuḥ ka̱vayo'da̍bdhā nidhā̱raya̍nto̱ duryā̍svā̱yoḥ |ata̱stvaṃ dṛśyā̍m̐ agna e̱tānpa̱ḍbhiḥ pa̍śye̱radbhu̍tām̐ a̱rya evai̍ḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

ka̱viṃ śa̍śāsuḥ ka̱vayo'da̍bdhā nidhā̱raya̍nto̱ duryā̍svā̱yoḥ | ata̱stvaṃ dṛśyā̍m̐ agna e̱tānpa̱ḍbhiḥ pa̍śye̱radbhu̍tām̐ a̱rya evai̍ḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

कविम् | शशासुः | कवयः | अदब्धाः | नि-धारयन्तः | दुर्यासु | आयोः | अतः | त्वम् | दृश्यान् | अग्ने | एतान् | पट्-भिः | पश्येः | अद्भुताम् | अर्यः | एवैः

kavim | śaśāsuḥ | kavayaḥ | adabdhāḥ | ni-dhārayantaḥ | duryāsu | āyoḥ | ataḥ | tvam | dṛśyān | agne | etān | paṭ-bhiḥ | paśyeḥ | adbhutām | aryaḥ | evaiḥ

Translations signed

This Sage the Sages, ne'er deceived, commanded, setting him down in dwellings of the living. Hence mayst thou, friendly God, with rapid footsteps behold the Gods, wonderful, fair to look on.

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

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  1. English This Sage the Sages, ne'er deceived, commanded, setting him down in dwellings of the living. Hence mayst thou, friendly God, with rapid footsteps behold the Gods, wonderful, fair to look on. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.2.12
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