Rig Veda · 1.140.5
Rig Veda 1.140.5 — Agni
Verse 5 of 13 from Sukta 1.140 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.140.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आदस्य ते धवसयन्तो वर्थेरते कर्ष्णमभ्वं महि वर्पःकरिक्रतः | यत सीं महीमवनिं पराभि मर्म्र्शदभिश्वसन सतनयन्नेति नानदत
IAST Romanisation
ādasya te dhvasayanto vṛtherate kṛṣṇamabhvaṃ mahi varpaḥkarikrataḥ | yat sīṃ mahīmavaniṃ prābhi marmṛśadabhiśvasan stanayanneti nānadat
English Translation (Griffith)
Dispelling on their way the horror of black gloom, making a glorious show these flames of his fly forth, When o’er the spacious tract he spreads himself abroad, and rushes panting on with thunder and with roar.
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