Selected Performance
"Vikrti Recitation" (The Four Vedas; Folkways FE 4126, I:A:2). An example of Padapātha ("word by word recitation"). Two verses from the Rgveda (8.100.11) presented in the mālā, sikhā, rekhā, dhvaja, and rathavikrti recitations.
 
Samhitā
devíim váacam ajanayanta deváas táam
visváruupah pasávo vadanti |		 The gods gave birth to the goddess of speech,
spoken by animals in all forms.
sáa no mandrésam uurjam dúhaana dhenúr
vaag asmán úupa sústutáitu ||		 This cow, lowing pleasantly,
gives strengthening libation with her milk,
as speech when well spoken should come to us.
   
 
Padapātha
a b c d e
devíim váacam ajanayanta deváah táam
         
f g h
visváaruupaah pasavah vadanti |
       
i j k l m n o
sáa nah mandráa isam úurjam dúhaanaa dhenúh
             
p q r s t u
váak asmáan úpa sú-stutaa áa etu ||
             
mālā ab | ba | ab || bc | cb | bc || cd | dc | cd || . . .
sikhā abbaabc || bccbbcd || cddccde || deeddef || effeefg | . . .
rekhā ab | ba | ab || bcd | dcb | bc || cdef | fedc | cd ||
  defgh | hgfed | de || efghij | jihgfe | ef || . . .
dhvaja ab | yz | bc | xy | cd | wx | de | vw | ef | uv . . .
  uv | ef | vw | de | wx | cd | xy | bc | yz | ab
ratha ab | ef | ba | fe | ab | ef |
  bc | fg | cba | gfe | ab | ef | bc | fg |
  cd | gh | dcba | hgfe | ab | ef | bc | fg | cd | gh |
Vedas Outline Sāmaveda
 
29 January, 2013