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Ṛgveda 4.5.8

ṛṣi
वामदेवो गौतमः
devatā
वैश्वानरोऽग्निः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

pra̱vācya̱ṃ vaca̍sa̱ḥ kiṃ me̍ a̱sya guhā̍ hi̱tamupa̍ ni̱ṇigva̍danti |yadu̱sriyā̍ṇā̱mapa̱ vāri̍va̱ vranpāti̍ pri̱yaṃ ru̱po agra̍ṃ pa̱daṃ veḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

pra̱vācya̱ṃ vaca̍sa̱ḥ kiṃ me̍ a̱sya guhā̍ hi̱tamupa̍ ni̱ṇigva̍danti | yadu̱sriyā̍ṇā̱mapa̱ vāri̍va̱ vranpāti̍ pri̱yaṃ ru̱po agra̍ṃ pa̱daṃ veḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

प्र-वाच्यम् | वचसः | किम् | मे | अस्य | गुहा | हितम् | उप | निणिक् | वदन्ति | यत् | उस्रियाणाम् | अप | वाः-इव | व्रन् | पाति | प्रियम् | रुपः | अग्रम् | पदम् | वेः

pra-vācyam | vacasaḥ | kim | me | asya | guhā | hitam | upa | niṇik | vadanti | yat | usriyāṇām | apa | vāḥ-iva | vran | pāti | priyam | rupaḥ | agram | padam | veḥ

Translations signed

Of this my speech what shall I utter further? They indicate the milk stored up in secret When they have thrown as 'twere the cows' stalls open. The Bird protects earths' best and well-loved station.

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

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  1. English Of this my speech what shall I utter further? They indicate the milk stored up in secret When they have thrown as 'twere the cows' stalls open. The Bird protects earths' best and well-loved station. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.4.5.8
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. 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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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