SV 4.9.1.701 — Sāmaveda Saṃhitā (Kauthuma)

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SV 4.9.1.701

विधुं दद्राणं समने बहूनां युवानं सन्तं पलितो जगार । देवस्य पश्य काव्यं महित्वाद्या ममार स ह्यः समान ॥ १७८२

vidhuṃ dadrāṇaṃ samane bahūnāṃ yuvānaṃ santaṃ palito jagāra . devasya paśya kāvyaṃ mahitvādyā mamāra sa hyaḥ samāna .. 1782

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

The old hath waked the young Moon from his slumber who runs his circling course with many round him. Behold the Gods' high wisdom in its greatness: he who died yesterday to-day is living.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.55.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/samavedu.htm — Samaveda-Samhita, input by Anshuman Pandey (1998), complete; the file asks to be used for academic and scholarly purposes only. All 1,875 verses; verses are counted in order within each hymn (the file's line labels carry 16 typing slips) and the count is checked against the edition's 585 + 55 + 10 + 1,225; reference = part.prapāṭhaka.ardha.(daśati or hymn × 100 + verse), part 1 pūrvārcika, 2 āraṇyaka, 3 mahānāmnī, 4 uttarārcika.

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