ऋग्वेद ८.४.१८
Ṛgveda 8.4.18
parā̱ gāvo̱ yava̍sa̱ṃ kacci̍dāghṛṇe̱ nitya̱ṃ rekṇo̍ amartya |a̱smāka̍ṃ pūṣannavi̱tā śi̱vo bha̍va̱ maṃhi̍ṣṭho̱ vāja̍sātaye ||
Transliteration IAST
parā̱ gāvo̱ yava̍sa̱ṃ kacci̍dāghṛṇe̱ nitya̱ṃ rekṇo̍ amartya | a̱smāka̍ṃ pūṣannavi̱tā śi̱vo bha̍va̱ maṃhi̍ṣṭho̱ vāja̍sātaye ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
परा | गावः | यवसम् | कत् | चित् | आघृणे | नित्यम् | रेक्णः | अमर्त्य | अस्माकम् | पूषन् | अविता | शिवः | भव | मंहिष्ठः | वाज-सातये
parā | gāvaḥ | yavasam | kat | cit | āghṛṇe | nityam | rekṇaḥ | amartya | asmākam | pūṣan | avitā | śivaḥ | bhava | maṃhiṣṭhaḥ | vāja-sātaye
Translations signed
My kine, O Radiant God, seek pasture where they will, my during wealth, Immortal One. Be our protector, Pusan! be, most liberal Lord, propitious to our gathering strength.
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- English My kine, O Radiant God, seek pasture where they will, my during wealth, Immortal One. Be our protector, Pusan! be, most liberal Lord, propitious to our gathering strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.8.4.18- 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