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Rigveda 2.23.17

विश्वे॑भ्यो॒ हि त्वा॒ भुव॑नेभ्य॒स्परि॒ त्वष्टाज॑न॒त् साम्न॑:साम्नः क॒विः ।स ऋ॑ण॒चिदृ॑ण॒या ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑र्द्रु॒हो ह॒न्ता म॒ह ऋ॒तस्य॑ ध॒र्तरि॑॥

viśvebhyo hi tvā bhuvanebhyaspari tvaṣṭājanat sāmna:sāmnaḥ kaviḥ |sa ṛṇacidṛṇayā brahmaṇaspatirdruho hantā maha ṛtasya dhartari ||

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Edition: Shakala Samhita, mandala.sukta.rk, with svara marks. Each sukta opens with its rishi, devata and chandas.

Transliteration in IAST, generated from the Devanagari text.

Source: Contains information from DharmicData (github.com/bhavykhatri/DharmicData), made available under the ODbL v1.0; text from the Vedic Heritage Portal. Sanskrit text public domain; dataset ODbL v1.0.

Rigveda 2.23.17 · Vidya