ऋग्वेद ४.४२.१
Ṛgveda 4.42.1
mama̍ dvi̱tā rā̱ṣṭraṃ kṣa̱triya̍sya vi̱śvāyo̱rviśve̍ a̱mṛtā̱ yathā̍ naḥ |kratu̍ṃ sacante̱ varu̍ṇasya de̱vā rājā̍mi kṛ̱ṣṭeru̍pa̱masya̍ va̱vreḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
mama̍ dvi̱tā rā̱ṣṭraṃ kṣa̱triya̍sya vi̱śvāyo̱rviśve̍ a̱mṛtā̱ yathā̍ naḥ | kratu̍ṃ sacante̱ varu̍ṇasya de̱vā rājā̍mi kṛ̱ṣṭeru̍pa̱masya̍ va̱vreḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
मम | द्विता | राष्ट्रम् | क्षत्रियस्य | विश्व-आयोः | विश्वे | अमृताः | यथा | नः | क्रतुम् | सचन्ते | वरुणस्य | देवाः | राजामि | कृष्टेः | उपमस्य | वव्रेः
mama | dvitā | rāṣṭram | kṣatriyasya | viśva-āyoḥ | viśve | amṛtāḥ | yathā | naḥ | kratum | sacante | varuṇasya | devāḥ | rājāmi | kṛṣṭeḥ | upamasya | vavreḥ
Translations signed
I AM the royal Ruler, mine is empire, as mine who sway all life are all Immortals. Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover.
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- English I AM the royal Ruler, mine is empire, as mine who sway all life are all Immortals. Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.4.42.1- 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