Rig Veda · 1.44.12

Rig Veda 1.44.12 — Agni

Verse 12 of 14 from Sukta 1.44 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.44.12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद देवानां मित्रमहः पुरोहितो.अन्तरो यासि दूत्यम | सिन्धोरिव परस्वनितास ऊर्मयो.अग्नेर्भ्राजन्ते अर्चयः

IAST Romanisation

yad devānāṃ mitramahaḥ purohito.antaro yāsi dūtyam | sindhoriva prasvanitāsa ūrmayo.aghnerbhrājante arcayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

When as the Gods’ High Priest, by many loved, thou dost their mission as their nearest Friend, Then, like the far-resounding billows of the flood, thy flames, O Agni, roar aloud.

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