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# Rigveda 1.3.12

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.3.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.3.12)

ma̱ho arṇa̱ḥ sara̍svatī̱ pra ce̍tayati ke̱tunā̍ |  
dhiyo̱ viśvā̱ vi rā̍jati ||

> Sarasvatî, the mighty flood,– she with be light illuminates, She brightens every pious thought.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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## Translations (5)

- [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.1.3.12) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- [Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-geldner.1.3.12) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.1.3.12) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.1.3.12) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- [Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-grassmann.1.3.12) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.1.3.12) — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin.4.12) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.1.3.12) — Sanskrit

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