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Ṛgveda 8.6.6

ṛṣi
वत्सः काण्वः
devatā
इन्द्रः, ४६-४८ तिरिन्दरः पार्शव्यः
chandas
गायत्री

vi ci̍dvṛ̱trasya̱ dodha̍to̱ vajre̍ṇa śa̱tapa̍rvaṇā |śiro̍ bibheda vṛ̱ṣṇinā̍ ||

Transliteration IAST

vi ci̍dvṛ̱trasya̱ dodha̍to̱ vajre̍ṇa śa̱tapa̍rvaṇā | śiro̍ bibheda vṛ̱ṣṇinā̍ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

वि | चित् | वृत्रस्य | दोधतः | वज्रेण | शत-पर्वणा | शिरः | बिभेद | वृष्णिना

vi | cit | vṛtrasya | dodhataḥ | vajreṇa | śata-parvaṇā | śiraḥ | bibheda | vṛṣṇinā

Translations signed

The fiercely-moving Vrtra's head he severed with his thunderbolt, His mighty hundred-knotted bolt.

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

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  1. English The fiercely-moving Vrtra's head he severed with his thunderbolt, His mighty hundred-knotted bolt. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.8.6.6
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