Rig Veda · 1.140.6
Rig Veda 1.140.6 — Agni
Verse 6 of 13 from Sukta 1.140 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.140.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
भूषन न यो.अधि बभ्रूषु नम्नते वर्षेव पत्नीरभ्येति रोरुवत | ओजायमानस्तन्वश्च शुम्भते भीमो न शर्न्गादविधव दुर्ग्र्भिः
IAST Romanisation
bhūṣan na yo.adhi babhrūṣu namnate vṛṣeva patnīrabhyeti roruvat | ojāyamānastanvaśca śumbhate bhīmo na śṛnghādavidhava durghṛbhiḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Amid brown plants he stoops as if adorning them, and rushes bellowing like a bull upon his wives. Proving his might, he decks the glory of his form, and shakes his horns like one terrific, hard to stay.
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