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Ṛgveda 7.87.6

ṛṣi
मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः
devatā
वरुणः
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

ava̱ sindhu̱ṃ varu̍ṇo̱ dyauri̍va sthāddra̱pso na śve̱to mṛ̱gastuvi̍ṣmān |ga̱mbhī̱raśa̍ṃso̱ raja̍so vi̱māna̍ḥ supā̱rakṣa̍traḥ sa̱to a̱sya rājā̍ ||

Transliteration IAST

ava̱ sindhu̱ṃ varu̍ṇo̱ dyauri̍va sthāddra̱pso na śve̱to mṛ̱gastuvi̍ṣmān | ga̱mbhī̱raśa̍ṃso̱ raja̍so vi̱māna̍ḥ supā̱rakṣa̍traḥ sa̱to a̱sya rājā̍ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

अव | सिन्धुम् | वरुणः | द्यौः-इव | स्थात् | द्रप्सः | न | श्वेतः | मृगः | तुविष्मान् | गम्भीर-संसः | रजसः | वि-मानः | सुपार-क्षत्रः | सतः | अस्य | राजा

ava | sindhum | varuṇaḥ | dyauḥ-iva | sthāt | drapsaḥ | na | śvetaḥ | mṛgaḥ | tuviṣmān | gambhīra-saṃsaḥ | rajasaḥ | vi-mānaḥ | supāra-kṣatraḥ | sataḥ | asya | rājā

Translations signed

Like Varuna from heaven he sinks in Sindhu, like a white-shining spark, a strong wild creature. Ruling in depths and meting out the region, great saving power hath he, this world's Controller.

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

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  1. English Like Varuna from heaven he sinks in Sindhu, like a white-shining spark, a strong wild creature. Ruling in depths and meting out the region, great saving power hath he, this world's Controller. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.7.87.6
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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