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Ṛgveda 6.68.2

tā hi śreṣṭhā̍ de̱vatā̍tā tu̱jā śūrā̍ṇā̱ṃ śavi̍ṣṭhā̱ tā hi bhū̱tam |ma̱ghonā̱ṃ maṃhi̍ṣṭhā tuvi̱śuṣma̍ ṛ̱tena̍ vṛtra̱turā̱ sarva̍senā ||

Transliteration IAST

tā hi śreṣṭhā̍ de̱vatā̍tā tu̱jā śūrā̍ṇā̱ṃ śavi̍ṣṭhā̱ tā hi bhū̱tam | ma̱ghonā̱ṃ maṃhi̍ṣṭhā tuvi̱śuṣma̍ ṛ̱tena̍ vṛtra̱turā̱ sarva̍senā ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

ता | हि | श्रेष्ठा | देव-ताता | तुजा | शूराणाम् | शविष्ठा | ता | हि | भूतम् | मघोनाम् | मंहिष्ठा | तुवि-शुष्मा | ऋतेन | वृत्र-तुरा | सर्व-सेना

tā | hi | śreṣṭhā | deva-tātā | tujā | śūrāṇām | śaviṣṭhā | tā | hi | bhūtam | maghonām | maṃhiṣṭhā | tuvi-śuṣmā | ṛtena | vṛtra-turā | sarva-senā

Translations signed

For at Gods' worship they are best through vigour; they have become the strongest of the Heroes; With mighty strength, most liberal of the Princes, Chiefs of the host, by Law made Vrtra's slayers.

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

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  1. English For at Gods' worship they are best through vigour; they have become the strongest of the Heroes; With mighty strength, most liberal of the Princes, Chiefs of the host, by Law made Vrtra's slayers. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.6.68.2
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