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Ṛgveda 4.21.8

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
इन्द्रः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

vi yadvarā̍ṃsi̱ parva̍tasya vṛ̱ṇve payo̍bhirji̱nve a̱pāṃ javā̍ṃsi |vi̱dadgau̱rasya̍ gava̱yasya̱ gohe̱ yadī̱ vājā̍ya su̱dhyo̱3̱̍ vaha̍nti ||

Transliteration IAST

vi yadvarā̍ṃsi̱ parva̍tasya vṛ̱ṇve payo̍bhirji̱nve a̱pāṃ javā̍ṃsi | vi̱dadgau̱rasya̍ gava̱yasya̱ gohe̱ yadī̱ vājā̍ya su̱dhyo̱3̱̍ vaha̍nti ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

वि | यत् | वरांसि | पर्वतस्य | वृण्वे | पयः-भिः | जिन्वे | अपाम् | जवांसि | विदत् | गौरस्य | गवयस्य | गोहे | यदि | वाजाय | सु-ध्यः | वहन्ति

vi | yat | varāṃsi | parvatasya | vṛṇve | payaḥ-bhiḥ | jinve | apām | javāṃsi | vidat | gaurasya | gavayasya | gohe | yadi | vājāya | su-dhyaḥ | vahanti

Translations signed

When he unbars the spaces of the mountains, and quickens with his floods the water-torrents, He finds in lair the buffalo and wild-ox when the wise lead him on to vigorous exploit.

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

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  1. English When he unbars the spaces of the mountains, and quickens with his floods the water-torrents, He finds in lair the buffalo and wild-ox when the wise lead him on to vigorous exploit. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.21.8
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