Rig Veda · 1.36.8
Rig Veda 1.36.8 — Agni
Verse 8 of 20 from Sukta 1.36 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.36.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
घनन्तो वर्त्रमतरन रोदसी अप उरु कषयाय चक्रिरे | भुवत कण्वे वर्षा दयुम्न्याहुतः करन्ददश्वो गविष्टिषु
IAST Romanisation
ghnanto vṛtramataran rodasī apa uru kṣayāya cakrire | bhuvat kaṇve vṛṣā dyumnyāhutaḥ krandadaśvo ghaviṣṭiṣu
English Translation (Griffith)
Vṛtra they smote and slew, and made the earth and heaven and firmament a wide abode. The glorious Bull, invoked, hath stood at Kaṇva's side: loud neighed the Steed in frays for kine.
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