ऋग्वेद ५.४०.५
Ṛgveda 5.40.5
yattvā̍ sūrya̱ sva̍rbhānu̱stama̱sāvi̍dhyadāsu̱raḥ |akṣe̍travi̱dyathā̍ mu̱gdho bhuva̍nānyadīdhayuḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
yattvā̍ sūrya̱ sva̍rbhānu̱stama̱sāvi̍dhyadāsu̱raḥ | akṣe̍travi̱dyathā̍ mu̱gdho bhuva̍nānyadīdhayuḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
यत् | त्वा | सूर्य | स्वः-भानुः | तमसा | अविध्यत् | आसुरः | अक्षेत्र-वित् | यथा | मुग्धः | भुवनानि | अदीधयुः
yat | tvā | sūrya | svaḥ-bhānuḥ | tamasā | avidhyat | āsuraḥ | akṣetra-vit | yathā | mugdhaḥ | bhuvanāni | adīdhayuḥ
Translations signed
O Surya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.
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- English O Surya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing. Ralph T.H. Griffith
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rv.5.40.5- 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