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ऋग्वेद ८.५४.८

Ṛgveda 8.54.8

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

va̱yaṃ ta̍ indra̱ stome̍bhirvidhema̱ tvama̱smāka̍ṃ śatakrato |mahi̍ sthū̱raṃ śa̍śa̱yaṃ rādho̱ ahra̍ya̱ṃ praska̍ṇvāya̱ ni to̍śaya ||

Transliteration IAST

va̱yaṃ ta̍ indra̱ stome̍bhirvidhema̱ tvama̱smāka̍ṃ śatakrato | mahi̍ sthū̱raṃ śa̍śa̱yaṃ rādho̱ ahra̍ya̱ṃ praska̍ṇvāya̱ ni to̍śaya ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

वयम् | ते | इन्द्र | स्तोमेभिः | विधेम | त्वम् | अस्माकम् | शतक्रतो इतिशत-क्रतो | महि | स्थूरम् | शशयम् | राधः | अह्रयम् | प्रस्कण्वाय | नि | तोशय

vayam | te | indra | stomebhiḥ | vidhema | tvam | asmākam | śatakrato itiśata-krato | mahi | sthūram | śaśayam | rādhaḥ | ahrayam | praskaṇvāya | ni | tośaya

Translations signed

Thee would we worship, Indra, with our songs of praise: O Satakratu, be thou ours. Pour down upon Praskanva bounty vast and firm, exuberant, that shall never fail.

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

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  1. English Thee would we worship, Indra, with our songs of praise: O Satakratu, be thou ours. Pour down upon Praskanva bounty vast and firm, exuberant, that shall never fail. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.8.54.8
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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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
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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