Rig Veda 4.40.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 40, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.40

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Dadhikrāvan (primary); associated powers: Uṣas, Apas, Agni, Sūrya, Bṛhaspati, Angirasa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दधिक्राव्ण इदु नु चर्किराम विश्वा इन्मामुषसः सूदयन्तु । अपामग्नेरुषसः सूर्यस्य बृहस्पतेराङ्गिरसस्य जिष्णोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.40.1

Transliteration

dadhikrā́vṇa íd u nú cārkirāma víśvā ín mām uṣásaḥ sūdayantu | apā́m agnér uṣásaḥ sū́ryasya bṛ́haspáter āṅgirasásya jiṣṇóḥ ||

Translation

Now indeed we would proclaim Dadhikrāvan; may all the Dawns urge me onward—Dawns of the Waters, of Agni, of the Sun, of Bṛhaspati, of the Angirasa, the victorious one.

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