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ऋग्वेद ८.५४.४

Ṛgveda 8.54.4

ṛṣi
मातरिश्वा काण्वः
devatā
इन्द्रः, ३-४ विश्वे देवाः
chandas
प्रगाथः - (विषमा बृहती, समा सतोबृहती)

pū̱ṣā viṣṇu̱rhava̍naṃ me̱ sara̍sva̱tyava̍ntu sa̱pta sindha̍vaḥ |āpo̱ vāta̱ḥ parva̍tāso̱ vana̱spati̍ḥ śṛ̱ṇotu̍ pṛthi̱vī hava̍m ||

Transliteration IAST

pū̱ṣā viṣṇu̱rhava̍naṃ me̱ sara̍sva̱tyava̍ntu sa̱pta sindha̍vaḥ | āpo̱ vāta̱ḥ parva̍tāso̱ vana̱spati̍ḥ śṛ̱ṇotu̍ pṛthi̱vī hava̍m ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

पूषा | विष्णुः | हवनम् | मे | सरस्वती | अवन्तु | सप्त | सिन्धवः | आपः | वातः | पर्वतासः | वनस्पतिः | शृणोतु | पृथिवी | हवम्

pūṣā | viṣṇuḥ | havanam | me | sarasvatī | avantu | sapta | sindhavaḥ | āpaḥ | vātaḥ | parvatāsaḥ | vanaspatiḥ | śṛṇotu | pṛthivī | havam

Translations signed

May Pusan, Visnu, and Sarasvati befriend, and the Seven Streams, this call of mine: May Waters, Wind, the Mountains, and the Forest-Lord, and Earth give ear unto my cry.

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

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  1. English May Pusan, Visnu, and Sarasvati befriend, and the Seven Streams, this call of mine: May Waters, Wind, the Mountains, and the Forest-Lord, and Earth give ear unto my cry. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

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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