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Ṛgveda 4.2.18

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
अग्निः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

ā yū̱theva̍ kṣu̱mati̍ pa̱śvo a̍khyadde̱vānā̱ṃ yajjani̱māntyu̍gra |martā̍nāṃ cidu̱rvaśī̍rakṛpranvṛ̱dhe ci̍da̱rya upa̍rasyā̱yoḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

ā yū̱theva̍ kṣu̱mati̍ pa̱śvo a̍khyadde̱vānā̱ṃ yajjani̱māntyu̍gra | martā̍nāṃ cidu̱rvaśī̍rakṛpranvṛ̱dhe ci̍da̱rya upa̍rasyā̱yoḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

आ | यूथाइव | क्षु-मति | पश्वः | अख्यत् | देवानाम् | यत् | जनिम | अन्ति | उग्र | मर्तानाम् | चित् | उर्वशीः | अकृप्रन् | वृधे | चित् | अर्यः | उपरस्य | आयोः

ā | yūthāiva | kṣu-mati | paśvaḥ | akhyat | devānām | yat | janima | anti | ugra | martānām | cit | urvaśīḥ | akṛpran | vṛdhe | cit | aryaḥ | uparasya | āyoḥ

Translations signed

Strong One! he marked them-and the Gods before them-like herds of cattle in a foodful pasture. There they moaned forth their strong desire for mortals, to aid the True, the nearest One, the Living.

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

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  1. English Strong One! he marked them-and the Gods before them-like herds of cattle in a foodful pasture. There they moaned forth their strong desire for mortals, to aid the True, the nearest One, the Living. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.2.18
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