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Ṛgveda 4.3.9

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
अग्निः, १ रुद्रः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

ṛ̱tena̍ ṛ̱taṃ niya̍tamīḷa̱ ā gorā̱mā sacā̱ madhu̍matpa̱kvama̍gne |kṛ̱ṣṇā sa̱tī ruśa̍tā dhā̱sinai̱ṣā jāma̍ryeṇa̱ paya̍sā pīpāya ||

Transliteration IAST

ṛ̱tena̍ ṛ̱taṃ niya̍tamīḷa̱ ā gorā̱mā sacā̱ madhu̍matpa̱kvama̍gne | kṛ̱ṣṇā sa̱tī ruśa̍tā dhā̱sinai̱ṣā jāma̍ryeṇa̱ paya̍sā pīpāya ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

ऋतेन | ऋतम् | नि-यतम् | ईऌए | आ | गोः | आमा | सचा | मधु-मत् | पक्वम् | अग्ने | कृष्णा | सती | रुशता | धासिना | एषा | जामर्येण | पयसा | प्प्य्

ṛtena | ṛtam | ni-yatam | īḷe | ā | goḥ | āmā | sacā | madhu-mat | pakvam | agne | kṛṣṇā | satī | ruśatā | dhāsinā | eṣā | jāmaryeṇa | payasā | ppy

Translations signed

I crave the cow's true gift arranged by Order: though raw, she hath the sweet ripe juice, O Agni. Though she is black of hue with milk she teemeth, nutritious, brightly shining, all-sustaining.

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

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  1. English I crave the cow's true gift arranged by Order: though raw, she hath the sweet ripe juice, O Agni. Though she is black of hue with milk she teemeth, nutritious, brightly shining, all-sustaining. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.3.9
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
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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