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Ṛgveda 9.74.7

ṛṣi
कक्षीवान् दैर्घतमसः
devatā
पवमानः सोमः
chandas
जगती, ८ त्रिष्टुप्

śve̱taṃ rū̱paṃ kṛ̍ṇute̱ yatsiṣā̍sati̱ somo̍ mī̱ḍhvām̐ asu̍ro veda̱ bhūma̍naḥ |dhi̱yā śamī̍ sacate̱ sema̱bhi pra̱vaddi̱vaskava̍ndha̱mava̍ darṣadu̱driṇa̍m ||

Transliteration IAST

śve̱taṃ rū̱paṃ kṛ̍ṇute̱ yatsiṣā̍sati̱ somo̍ mī̱ḍhvām̐ asu̍ro veda̱ bhūma̍naḥ | dhi̱yā śamī̍ sacate̱ sema̱bhi pra̱vaddi̱vaskava̍ndha̱mava̍ darṣadu̱driṇa̍m ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

श्वेतम् | रूपम् | कृणुते | यत् | सिसासति | सोमः | मीढवान् | असुरः | वेद | भूमनः | धिया | शमी | सचते | सः | ईम् | अभि | प्र-वत् | दिवः | कवन्धम् | अव | दर्षत् | उद्रिणम्

śvetam | rūpam | kṛṇute | yat | sisāsati | somaḥ | mīḍhavān | asuraḥ | veda | bhūmanaḥ | dhiyā | śamī | sacate | saḥ | īm | abhi | pra-vat | divaḥ | kavandham | ava | darṣat | udriṇam

Translations signed

Soma assumes white colour when he strives to gain: the bounteous Asura knows full many a precious boon. Down the steep slope, through song, he comes to sacrifice, and he will burst the water-holding cask of heaven,

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

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  1. English Soma assumes white colour when he strives to gain: the bounteous Asura knows full many a precious boon. Down the steep slope, through song, he comes to sacrifice, and he will burst the water-holding cask of heaven, Ralph T.H. Griffith

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rv.9.74.7
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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