ऋग्वेद ४.४०.४
Ṛgveda 4.40.4
u̱ta sya vā̱jī kṣi̍pa̱ṇiṃ tu̍raṇyati grī̱vāyā̍ṃ ba̱ddho a̍pika̱kṣa ā̱sani̍ |kratu̍ṃ dadhi̱krā anu̍ sa̱ṃtavī̍tvatpa̱thāmaṅkā̱ṃsyanvā̱panī̍phaṇat ||
Transliteration IAST
u̱ta sya vā̱jī kṣi̍pa̱ṇiṃ tu̍raṇyati grī̱vāyā̍ṃ ba̱ddho a̍pika̱kṣa ā̱sani̍ | kratu̍ṃ dadhi̱krā anu̍ sa̱ṃtavī̍tvatpa̱thāmaṅkā̱ṃsyanvā̱panī̍phaṇat ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
उत | स्यः | वाजी | क्षिपणिम् | तुरण्यति | ग्रीवायाम् | बद्धः | आपि-कक्षे | आसनि | क्रतुम् | दधि-क्राः | अनु | सम्-तवीत्वत् | पथाम् | अङ्कांसि | अनु | आपनीफणत्
uta | syaḥ | vājī | kṣipaṇim | turaṇyati | grīvāyām | baddhaḥ | āpi-kakṣe | āsani | kratum | dadhi-krāḥ | anu | sam-tavītvat | pathām | aṅkāṃsi | anu | āpanīphaṇat
Translations signed
Bound by the neck and by the flanks and by the mouth, the vigorous Courser lends new swiftness to his speed. Drawing himself together, as his strength allows, Dadhikras springs along the windings of the paths.
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- English Bound by the neck and by the flanks and by the mouth, the vigorous Courser lends new swiftness to his speed. Drawing himself together, as his strength allows, Dadhikras springs along the windings of the paths. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.40.4- 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