ऋग्वेद ८.६१.१५
Ṛgveda 8.61.15
indra̱ḥ spaḷu̱ta vṛ̍tra̱hā pa̍ra̱spā no̱ vare̍ṇyaḥ |sa no̍ rakṣiṣaccara̱maṃ sa ma̍dhya̱maṃ sa pa̱ścātpā̍tu naḥ pu̱raḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
indra̱ḥ spaḷu̱ta vṛ̍tra̱hā pa̍ra̱spā no̱ vare̍ṇyaḥ | sa no̍ rakṣiṣaccara̱maṃ sa ma̍dhya̱maṃ sa pa̱ścātpā̍tu naḥ pu̱raḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
इन्द्रः | स्पट् | उत | वृत्र-हा | परः-पाः | नः | वरेण्यः | सः | नः | रक्षिषत् | चरमम् | सः | मध्यमम् | सः | पश्चात् | पातु | नः | पुरः
indraḥ | spaṭ | uta | vṛtra-hā | paraḥ-pāḥ | naḥ | vareṇyaḥ | saḥ | naḥ | rakṣiṣat | caramam | saḥ | madhyamam | saḥ | paścāt | pātu | naḥ | puraḥ
Translations signed
Indra is Vrtra-slayer, guard, our best defender from the foe. May he preserve our last and middlemost, and keep watch from behind us and before.
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- English Indra is Vrtra-slayer, guard, our best defender from the foe. May he preserve our last and middlemost, and keep watch from behind us and before. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.8.61.15- 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