ऋग्वेद ४.२३.८
Ṛgveda 4.23.8
ṛ̱tasya̱ hi śu̱rudha̱ḥ santi̍ pū̱rvīrṛ̱tasya̍ dhī̱tirvṛ̍ji̱nāni̍ hanti |ṛ̱tasya̱ śloko̍ badhi̱rā ta̍tarda̱ karṇā̍ budhā̱naḥ śu̱camā̍na ā̱yoḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
ṛ̱tasya̱ hi śu̱rudha̱ḥ santi̍ pū̱rvīrṛ̱tasya̍ dhī̱tirvṛ̍ji̱nāni̍ hanti | ṛ̱tasya̱ śloko̍ badhi̱rā ta̍tarda̱ karṇā̍ budhā̱naḥ śu̱camā̍na ā̱yoḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
ऋतस्य | हि | शुरु-धः | सन्ति | पूर्वीः | ऋतस्य | धीतिः | वृजिनानि | हन्ति | ऋतस्य | श्लोकः | बधिरा | ततर्द | कर्णा | बुधानः | शुचमानः | आयोः
ṛtasya | hi | śuru-dhaḥ | santi | pūrvīḥ | ṛtasya | dhītiḥ | vṛjināni | hanti | ṛtasya | ślokaḥ | badhirā | tatarda | karṇā | budhānaḥ | śucamānaḥ | āyoḥ
Translations signed
Eternal Law hath varied food that strengthens; thought of eternal Law, removes transgressions. The praise-hymn of eternal Law, arousing, glowing, hath opened the deaf ears of the living.
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- English Eternal Law hath varied food that strengthens; thought of eternal Law, removes transgressions. The praise-hymn of eternal Law, arousing, glowing, hath opened the deaf ears of the living. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.23.8- 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