ऋग्वेद ४.२.१८
Ṛgveda 4.2.18
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.
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- 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
- meta
- ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0