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Ṛgveda 8.55.2

ṛṣi
कृशः काण्वः
devatā
इन्द्रः, प्रस्कण्वश्च, ५ अग्निसूर्यौ
chandas
गायत्री, ५ पङ्क्तिः

śa̱taṃ śve̱tāsa̍ u̱kṣaṇo̍ di̱vi tāro̱ na ro̍cante |ma̱hnā diva̱ṃ na ta̍stabhuḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

śa̱taṃ śve̱tāsa̍ u̱kṣaṇo̍ di̱vi tāro̱ na ro̍cante | ma̱hnā diva̱ṃ na ta̍stabhuḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

शतम् | श्वेतासः | उक्षणः | दिवि | तारः | न | रोचन्ते | मह्ना | दिवम् | न | तस्तभुः

śatam | śvetāsaḥ | ukṣaṇaḥ | divi | tāraḥ | na | rocante | mahnā | divam | na | tastabhuḥ

Translations signed

A hundred oxen white of hue are shining like the stars in heaven, So tall, they seem to prop the sky.

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

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  1. English A hundred oxen white of hue are shining like the stars in heaven, So tall, they seem to prop the sky. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.8.55.2
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
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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