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Ṛgveda 8.23.18

ṛṣi
विश्वमना वैयश्वः
devatā
अग्निः
chandas
उष्णिक्

viśve̱ hi tvā̍ sa̱joṣa̍so de̱vāso̍ dū̱tamakra̍ta |śru̱ṣṭī de̍va pratha̱mo ya̱jñiyo̍ bhuvaḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

viśve̱ hi tvā̍ sa̱joṣa̍so de̱vāso̍ dū̱tamakra̍ta | śru̱ṣṭī de̍va pratha̱mo ya̱jñiyo̍ bhuvaḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

विश्वे | हि | त्वा | स-जोषसः | देवासः | दूतम् | अक्रत | श्रुष्टी | देव | प्रथमः | यज्ञियः | भुवः

viśve | hi | tvā | sa-joṣasaḥ | devāsaḥ | dūtam | akrata | śruṣṭī | deva | prathamaḥ | yajñiyaḥ | bhuvaḥ

Translations signed

All Deities of one accord appointed thee their messenger: Thou, God, through hearing, hadst first claim to sacrifice.

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

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  1. English All Deities of one accord appointed thee their messenger: Thou, God, through hearing, hadst first claim to sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.8.23.18
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
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ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0