Rig Veda · 1.140.4

Rig Veda 1.140.4 — Agni

Verse 4 of 13 from Sukta 1.140 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.140.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मुमुक्ष्वो मनवे मनवस्यते रघुद्रुवः कर्ष्णसीतास ऊ जुवः | असमना अजिरासो रघुष्यदो वातजूता उप युज्यन्त आशवः

IAST Romanisation

mumukṣvo manave manavasyate raghudruvaḥ kṛṣṇasītāsa ū juvaḥ | asamanā ajirāso raghuṣyado vātajūtā upa yujyanta āśavaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

For man, thou Friend of men, these steeds of thine are yoked, impatient, lightly running, ploughing blackened lines, Discordant-minded, fleet, gliding with easy speed, urged onward by the wind and rapid in their course.

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