ऋग्वेद ८.२१.१८
Ṛgveda 8.21.18
citra̱ idrājā̍ rāja̱kā ida̍nya̱ke ya̱ke sara̍svatī̱manu̍ |pa̱rjanya̍ iva ta̱tana̱ddhi vṛ̱ṣṭyā sa̱hasra̍ma̱yutā̱ dada̍t ||
Transliteration IAST
citra̱ idrājā̍ rāja̱kā ida̍nya̱ke ya̱ke sara̍svatī̱manu̍ | pa̱rjanya̍ iva ta̱tana̱ddhi vṛ̱ṣṭyā sa̱hasra̍ma̱yutā̱ dada̍t ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
चित्रः | इत् | राजा | राजकाः | इत् | अन्यके | यके | सरस्वतीम् | अनु | पर्जन्यः-इव | ततनत् | हि | वृष्ट्या | सहस्रम् | अयुता | ददत्
citraḥ | it | rājā | rājakāḥ | it | anyake | yake | sarasvatīm | anu | parjanyaḥ-iva | tatanat | hi | vṛṣṭyā | sahasram | ayutā | dadat
Translations signed
Citra is King, and only kinglings are the rest who dwell beside Sarasvati. He, like Parjanya with his rain, hath spread himself with thousand, yea, with myriad gifts.
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- English Citra is King, and only kinglings are the rest who dwell beside Sarasvati. He, like Parjanya with his rain, hath spread himself with thousand, yea, with myriad gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.8.21.18- 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