ऋग्वेद ४.२६.१
Ṛgveda 4.26.1
a̱haṃ manu̍rabhava̱ṃ sūrya̍ścā̱haṃ ka̱kṣīvā̱m̐ ṛṣi̍rasmi̱ vipra̍ḥ |a̱haṃ kutsa̍mārjune̱yaṃ nyṛ̍ñje̱'haṃ ka̱viru̱śanā̱ paśya̍tā mā ||
Transliteration IAST
a̱haṃ manu̍rabhava̱ṃ sūrya̍ścā̱haṃ ka̱kṣīvā̱m̐ ṛṣi̍rasmi̱ vipra̍ḥ | a̱haṃ kutsa̍mārjune̱yaṃ nyṛ̍ñje̱'haṃ ka̱viru̱śanā̱ paśya̍tā mā ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
अहम् | मनुः | अभवम् | सूर्यः | च | अहम् | कक्षीवान् | ऋषिः | अस्मि | विप्रः | अहम् | कुत्सम् | आर्जुनेयम् | नि | ऋञ्जे | अहम् | कविः | उशना | पश्यत | मा
aham | manuḥ | abhavam | sūryaḥ | ca | aham | kakṣīvān | ṛṣiḥ | asmi | vipraḥ | aham | kutsam | ārjuneyam | ni | ṛñje | aham | kaviḥ | uśanā | paśyata | mā
Translations signed
I WAS aforetime Manu, I was Surya: I am the sage Kaksivan, holy singer. Kutsa the son of Arjuni I master. I am the sapient Usana behold me.
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- English I WAS aforetime Manu, I was Surya: I am the sage Kaksivan, holy singer. Kutsa the son of Arjuni I master. I am the sapient Usana behold me. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.4.26.1- 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