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Ṛgveda 7.87.4

ṛṣi
मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः
devatā
वरुणः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

u̱vāca̍ me̱ varu̍ṇo̱ medhi̍rāya̱ triḥ sa̱pta nāmāghnyā̍ bibharti |vi̱dvānpa̱dasya̱ guhyā̱ na vo̍cadyu̱gāya̱ vipra̱ upa̍rāya̱ śikṣa̍n ||

Transliteration IAST

u̱vāca̍ me̱ varu̍ṇo̱ medhi̍rāya̱ triḥ sa̱pta nāmāghnyā̍ bibharti | vi̱dvānpa̱dasya̱ guhyā̱ na vo̍cadyu̱gāya̱ vipra̱ upa̍rāya̱ śikṣa̍n ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

उवाच | मे | वरुणः | मेधिराय | त्रिः | सप्त | नाम | अघ्न्या | बिभर्ति | विद्वान् | पदस्य | गुह्या | न | वोचत् | युगाय | विप्रः | उपराय | शिक्षन्

uvāca | me | varuṇaḥ | medhirāya | triḥ | sapta | nāma | aghnyā | bibharti | vidvān | padasya | guhyā | na | vocat | yugāya | vipraḥ | uparāya | śikṣan

Translations signed

To me who understand hath Varuna spoken, the names borne by the Cow are three times seven. The sapient God, knowing the place's secret, shall speak as 'twere to teach the race that cometh.

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

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  1. English To me who understand hath Varuna spoken, the names borne by the Cow are three times seven. The sapient God, knowing the place's secret, shall speak as 'twere to teach the race that cometh. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.7.87.4
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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0