ऋग्वेद ४.५१.२
Ṛgveda 4.51.2
asthu̍ru ci̱trā u̱ṣasa̍ḥ pu̱rastā̍nmi̱tā i̍va̱ svara̍vo'dhva̱reṣu̍ |vyū̍ vra̱jasya̱ tama̍so̱ dvāro̱cchantī̍ravra̱ñchuca̍yaḥ pāva̱kāḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
asthu̍ru ci̱trā u̱ṣasa̍ḥ pu̱rastā̍nmi̱tā i̍va̱ svara̍vo'dhva̱reṣu̍ | vyū̍ vra̱jasya̱ tama̍so̱ dvāro̱cchantī̍ravra̱ñchuca̍yaḥ pāva̱kāḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
अस्थुः | ॐ इति | चित्राः | उषसः | पुरस्तात् | मिताः-इव | स्वरवः | अध्वरेषु | वि | ॐ इति | व्रजस्य | तमसः | द्वारा | उच्छन्तीः | अव्रन् | शुचयः | पावकाः
asthuḥ | oṃ iti | citrāḥ | uṣasaḥ | purastāt | mitāḥ-iva | svaravaḥ | adhvareṣu | vi | oṃ iti | vrajasya | tamasaḥ | dvārā | ucchantīḥ | avran | śucayaḥ | pāvakāḥ
Translations signed
The richly-coloured Dawns have mounted eastward, like pillars planted at our sacrifices, And, flushing far, splendid and purifying, unbarred the portals of the fold of darkness.
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- English The richly-coloured Dawns have mounted eastward, like pillars planted at our sacrifices, And, flushing far, splendid and purifying, unbarred the portals of the fold of darkness. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.4.51.2- 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