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Ṛgveda 4.2.16

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
अग्निः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

adhā̱ yathā̍ naḥ pi̱tara̱ḥ parā̍saḥ pra̱tnāso̍ agna ṛ̱tamā̍śuṣā̱ṇāḥ |śucīda̍ya̱ndīdhi̍timuktha̱śāsa̱ḥ kṣāmā̍ bhi̱ndanto̍ aru̱ṇīrapa̍ vran ||

Transliteration IAST

adhā̱ yathā̍ naḥ pi̱tara̱ḥ parā̍saḥ pra̱tnāso̍ agna ṛ̱tamā̍śuṣā̱ṇāḥ | śucīda̍ya̱ndīdhi̍timuktha̱śāsa̱ḥ kṣāmā̍ bhi̱ndanto̍ aru̱ṇīrapa̍ vran ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

अध | यथा | नः | पितरः | परासः | प्रत्नासः | अग्ने | ऋतम् | आशुषाणाः | शुचि | इत् | अयन् | दीधितिम् | उक्थ-शासः | क्षामा | भिन्दन्तः | अरुणीः | अप | व्रन्

adha | yathā | naḥ | pitaraḥ | parāsaḥ | pratnāsaḥ | agne | ṛtam | āśuṣāṇāḥ | śuci | it | ayan | dīdhitim | uktha-śāsaḥ | kṣāmā | bhindantaḥ | aruṇīḥ | apa | vran

Translations signed

As in the days of old our ancient Fathers, speeding the work of holy worship, Agni, Sought pure light and devotion, singing praises; they cleft the ground and made red Dawns apparent.

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

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  1. English As in the days of old our ancient Fathers, speeding the work of holy worship, Agni, Sought pure light and devotion, singing praises; they cleft the ground and made red Dawns apparent. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.2.16
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
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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