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Ṛgveda 8.96.21

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

sa vṛ̍tra̱hendra̍ ṛbhu̱kṣāḥ sa̱dyo ja̍jñā̱no havyo̍ babhūva |kṛ̱ṇvannapā̍ṃsi̱ naryā̍ pu̱rūṇi̱ somo̱ na pī̱to havya̱ḥ sakhi̍bhyaḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

sa vṛ̍tra̱hendra̍ ṛbhu̱kṣāḥ sa̱dyo ja̍jñā̱no havyo̍ babhūva | kṛ̱ṇvannapā̍ṃsi̱ naryā̍ pu̱rūṇi̱ somo̱ na pī̱to havya̱ḥ sakhi̍bhyaḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

सः | वृत्र-हा | इन्द्रः | ऋभुक्षाः | सद्यः | जज्ञानः | हव्यः | बभूव | कृण्वन् | अपांसि | नर्या | पुरूणि | सोमः | न | पीतः | हव्यः | सखि-भ्यः

saḥ | vṛtra-hā | indraḥ | ṛbhukṣāḥ | sadyaḥ | jajñānaḥ | havyaḥ | babhūva | kṛṇvan | apāṃsi | naryā | purūṇi | somaḥ | na | pītaḥ | havyaḥ | sakhi-bhyaḥ

Translations signed

This Indra, Vrtra-slayer, this Rbhuksan, even at his birth, was meet for invocation. Doer of many deeds for man's advantage, like Soma quaffed, for friends we must invoke him.

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

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  1. English This Indra, Vrtra-slayer, this Rbhuksan, even at his birth, was meet for invocation. Doer of many deeds for man's advantage, like Soma quaffed, for friends we must invoke him. Ralph T.H. Griffith

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Address
rv.8.96.21
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