Rig Veda · 1.31.1

Rig Veda 1.31.1 — Agni

Verse 1 of 18 from Sukta 1.31 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.31.1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तवमग्ने परथमो अङगिरा रषिर्देवो देवानामभवः शिवः सखा | तव वरते कवयो विद्मनापसो.अजायन्त मरुतो भराजद्र्ष्टयः

IAST Romanisation

tvamaghne prathamo aṅghirā ṛṣirdevo devānāmabhavaḥ śivaḥ sakhā | tava vrate kavayo vidmanāpaso.ajāyanta maruto bhrājadṛṣṭayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Thou, Agni, wast the earliest Aṅgiras, a Seer; thou wast, a God thyself, the Gods’ auspicious Friend. After thy holy ordinance the Maruts, sage, active through wisdom, with their glittering spears, were born.

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