Rig Veda · 1.140.2
Rig Veda 1.140.2 — Agni
Verse 2 of 13 from Sukta 1.140 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.140.2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अभि दविजन्मा तरिव्र्दन्नं रज्यते संवत्सरे वाव्र्धे जग्धमी पुनः | अन्यस्यासा जिह्वय जेन्यो वर्षा नयन्येन वनिनोम्र्ष्ट वरणः
IAST Romanisation
abhi dvijanmā trivṛdannaṃ ṛjyate saṃvatsare vāvṛdhe jaghdhamī punaḥ | anyasyāsā jihvaya jenyo vṛṣā nyanyena vaninomṛṣṭa varaṇaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Child of a double birth he grasps at triple food; in the year's course what he hath swallowed grows anew. He, by another's mouth and tongue a noble Bull, with other, as an elephant, consumes the trees.
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