ऋग्वेद ४.४२.८
Ṛgveda 4.42.8
a̱smāka̱matra̍ pi̱tara̱sta ā̍sansa̱pta ṛṣa̍yo daurga̱he ba̱dhyamā̍ne |ta āya̍janta tra̱sada̍syumasyā̱ indra̱ṃ na vṛ̍tra̱tura̍mardhade̱vam ||
Transliteration IAST
a̱smāka̱matra̍ pi̱tara̱sta ā̍sansa̱pta ṛṣa̍yo daurga̱he ba̱dhyamā̍ne | ta āya̍janta tra̱sada̍syumasyā̱ indra̱ṃ na vṛ̍tra̱tura̍mardhade̱vam ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
अस्माकम् | अत्र | पितरः | ते | आसन् | सप्त | ऋषयः | दौः-गहे | बध्यमाने | ते | आ | अयजन्त | त्रसदस्युम् | अस्याः | इन्द्रम् | न | वृत्र-तुरम् | अर्ध-देवम्
asmākam | atra | pitaraḥ | te | āsan | sapta | ṛṣayaḥ | dauḥ-gahe | badhyamāne | te | ā | ayajanta | trasadasyum | asyāḥ | indram | na | vṛtra-turam | ardha-devam
Translations signed
Our fathers then were these, the Seven his, what time the son of Durgaha was captive. For her they gained by sacrifice Trasadasyu, a demi-god, like Indra, conquering foemen.
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- English Our fathers then were these, the Seven his, what time the son of Durgaha was captive. For her they gained by sacrifice Trasadasyu, a demi-god, like Indra, conquering foemen. Ralph T.H. Griffith
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rv.4.42.8- 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