ऋग्वेद ८.९६.३
Ṛgveda 8.96.3
indra̍sya̱ vajra̍ āya̱so nimi̍śla̱ indra̍sya bā̱hvorbhūyi̍ṣṭha̱moja̍ḥ |śī̱rṣannindra̍sya̱ krata̍vo nire̱ka ā̱sanneṣa̍nta̱ śrutyā̍ upā̱ke ||
Transliteration IAST
indra̍sya̱ vajra̍ āya̱so nimi̍śla̱ indra̍sya bā̱hvorbhūyi̍ṣṭha̱moja̍ḥ | śī̱rṣannindra̍sya̱ krata̍vo nire̱ka ā̱sanneṣa̍nta̱ śrutyā̍ upā̱ke ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
इन्द्रस्य | वज्रः | आयसः | नि-मिश्लः | इन्द्रस्य | बाह्वोः | भूयिष्ठम् | ओजः | शीर्षन् | इन्द्रस्य | क्रतवः | निरेके | आसन् | आ | ईषन्त | श्रुत्यै | उपाके
indrasya | vajraḥ | āyasaḥ | ni-miślaḥ | indrasya | bāhvoḥ | bhūyiṣṭham | ojaḥ | śīrṣan | indrasya | kratavaḥ | nireke | āsan | ā | īṣanta | śrutyai | upāke
Translations signed
The mightiest force is Indra's bolt of iron when firmly grasped in both the arms of Indra. His head and mouth have powers that pass all others, and all his people hasten near to listen.
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- English The mightiest force is Indra's bolt of iron when firmly grasped in both the arms of Indra. His head and mouth have powers that pass all others, and all his people hasten near to listen. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
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rv.8.96.3- 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