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ऋग्वेद ८.९६.२०

Ṛgveda 8.96.20

ṛṣi
तिरश्चीराङ्गिरसो, द्युतानो वा मारुतः
devatā
इन्द्रः, १४ इन्द्रामरुतः, १५ इन्द्राबृहस्पती
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्, ४ विराट्, २१ पुरस्ताज्ज्योतिः

sa vṛ̍tra̱hendra̍ścarṣaṇī̱dhṛttaṃ su̍ṣṭu̱tyā havya̍ṃ huvema |sa prā̍vi̱tā ma̱ghavā̍ no'dhiva̱ktā sa vāja̍sya śrava̱sya̍sya dā̱tā ||

Transliteration IAST

sa vṛ̍tra̱hendra̍ścarṣaṇī̱dhṛttaṃ su̍ṣṭu̱tyā havya̍ṃ huvema | sa prā̍vi̱tā ma̱ghavā̍ no'dhiva̱ktā sa vāja̍sya śrava̱sya̍sya dā̱tā ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

सः | वृत्र-हा | इन्द्रः | चर्षणि-धृत् | तम् | सु-स्तुत्या | हव्यम् | हुवेम | सः | प्र-अविता | मघ-वा | नः | अधि-वक्ता | सः | वाजस्य | श्रवस्यस्य | दाता

saḥ | vṛtra-hā | indraḥ | carṣaṇi-dhṛt | tam | su-stutyā | havyam | huvema | saḥ | pra-avitā | magha-vā | naḥ | adhi-vaktā | saḥ | vājasya | śravasyasya | dātā

Translations signed

Indra is Vrtra's slayer, man's sustainer: he must be called; with fair praise let us call him. Maghavan is our Helper, our Protector, giver of spoil and wealth to make us famous.

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

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  1. English Indra is Vrtra's slayer, man's sustainer: he must be called; with fair praise let us call him. Maghavan is our Helper, our Protector, giver of spoil and wealth to make us famous. Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.8.96.20
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
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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