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Ṛgveda 8.18.22

ṛṣi
इरिम्बिठिः काण्वः
devatā
आदित्याः, ४, ६, ७ अदितिः, ८ अश्विनौ, ९ अग्निसूर्यानिलाः
chandas
उष्णिक्

ye ci̱ddhi mṛ̱tyuba̍ndhava̱ ādi̍tyā̱ mana̍va̱ḥ smasi̍ |pra sū na̱ āyu̍rjī̱vase̍ tiretana ||

Transliteration IAST

ye ci̱ddhi mṛ̱tyuba̍ndhava̱ ādi̍tyā̱ mana̍va̱ḥ smasi̍ | pra sū na̱ āyu̍rjī̱vase̍ tiretana ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

ये | चित् | हि | मृत्यु-बन्धवः | आदित्याः | मनवः | स्मसि | प्र | सु | नः | आयुः | जीवसे | तिरेतन

ye | cit | hi | mṛtyu-bandhavaḥ | ādityāḥ | manavaḥ | smasi | pra | su | naḥ | āyuḥ | jīvase | tiretana

Translations signed

And as we human beings, O Adityas, are akin to death, Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live.

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

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  1. English And as we human beings, O Adityas, are akin to death, Graciously lengthen ye our lives that we may live. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

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rv.8.18.22
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