ऋग्वेद ७.८७.४
Ṛgveda 7.87.4
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.
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- 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
- meta
- ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0