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Psalms 8 गीतसंहिता 8

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Old Testament: unproofread OCR. The Sanskrit text was machine-read from scans of the 1848 Calcutta edition and has not been checked by hand, so it contains reading errors. Verses marked Unproofread OCR — may contain errors are the least reliable.

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1. 1

   परमेश्वरpa·ra·meś·va·ra नःnaḥ

   parameśvara naḥ

   To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2. 2

   स्वामिन्svā·min सर्व्वेचsarveca

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   svāmin sarvveca

   Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3. 3

   पृथिवीतलेpṛ·thi·vī·ta·le। कोटगादरणीयंkoṭagādaraṇīyaṃ हिhi त्वदीयंtva·dī·yaṃ नामnā·ma विद्यतेvid·ya·te। तवta·va प्रतापदानेनpratāpadānena शाभतेśābhate व्यामvyāma मण्डलmaṇḍala।। बालानांbā·lā·nāṃ स्तनपानाञ्चstanapānāñca वक्कात्vakkāt त्वंtvaṃ बद्धाbad·dhā बलंba·laṃ। त्वदीयद्ेषिणांtvadīyadeṣiṇāṃ हताःha·tāḥ चोco रेre दृुखdṛukha दान्तयेdāntaye।। यदाya·dā पश्यामितेpaśyāmite यामyā·ma त्वदीयाङ्गलिभिःtvadīyāṅgalibhiḥ कृतंkṛ·taṃ चन््रविम्बच्चcanravimbacca ताराश्चtā·rāś·ca तत्रtat·ra संस्थायितास्वयाsaṃsthāyitāsvayā।।

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   pṛthivītale| koṭagādaraṇīyaṃ hi tvadīyaṃ nāma vidyate| tava pratāpadānena śābhate vyāma maṇḍala|| bālānāṃ stanapānāñca vakkāt tvaṃ baddhā balaṃ| tvadīyadeṣiṇāṃ hatāḥ co re dṛukha dāntaye|| yadā paśyāmite yāma tvadīyāṅgalibhiḥ kṛtaṃ canravimbacca tārāśca tatra saṃsthāyitāsvayā||

   When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4. 4

   तदाta·dā वदामिva·dā·mi मन्यैःकाmanyaiḥkā यत्yat सsa मंस्यतेmaṃ·sya·te त्वयाtva·yā। कोko वाvā मानवसन्तानोmānavasantāno यत्yat त्वयाtva·yā सम्वेद्यतेsamvedyate।।

   tadā vadāmi manyaiḥkā yat sa maṃsyate tvayā| ko vā mānavasantāno yat tvayā samvedyate||

   What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5. 5

   दिव्यदरूतगणेभ्यःdivyadarūtagaṇebhyaḥ सsa किचिद्यनःkicidyanaḥ छतस्वयाchatasvayā। तेजारस्वरूपेणtejārasvarūpeṇa किरीटेनki·rī·ṭe·na चca श्रषितःśraṣitaḥ।।।

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   divyadarūtagaṇebhyaḥ sa kicidyanaḥ chatasvayā| tejārasvarūpeṇa kirīṭena ca śraṣitaḥ|||

   For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6. 6

   करयोास्तवkarayoāstava काय्थाणांkāythāṇāṃ प्रभुत्वेprabhutve सsa नियोजितःni·yo·ji·taḥ।

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   karayoāstava kāythāṇāṃ prabhutve sa niyojitaḥ|

   Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7. 7

   स्थापितञ्चsthā·pi·tañ·ca त्वयाtva·yā सर्व्वेsar·ve वस्तvasta तत्पादयोरधःtatpādayoradhaḥ।।

   sthāpitañca tvayā sarvve vasta tatpādayoradhaḥ||

   All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8. 8

   मेषाme·ṣā गोवgova सर्व्वंsar·vaṃ हिhi स्वंsvaṃ चारणजन्तवःcāraṇajantavaḥ।। खेचराःkhecarāḥ पच्तिणस्वापिpactiṇasvāpi मीनाखाणेववासिनःmīnākhāṇevavāsinaḥ। सामुजमागगामीनिsāmujamāgagāmīni सर्व्वाणिsar·vā·ṇi तदशानिtadaśāni चca।।

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   meṣā gova sarvvaṃ hi svaṃ cāraṇajantavaḥ|| khecarāḥ pactiṇasvāpi mīnākhāṇevavāsinaḥ| sāmujamāgagāmīni sarvvāṇi tadaśāni ca||

   The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9. 9

   परमेश्वरpa·ra·meś·va·ra नःnaḥ स्वामिन्svā·min सर्व्वंचsarvaṃca पृथिवीतलेpṛ·thi·vī·ta·le। कटगादरणीयंkaṭagādaraṇīyaṃ हिhi त्वदोयंtvadoyaṃ नामnā·ma विद्यतेvid·ya·te।।

   parameśvara naḥ svāmin sarvvaṃca pṛthivītale| kaṭagādaraṇīyaṃ hi tvadoyaṃ nāma vidyate||

   O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.