Rig Veda · 1.59.2

Rig Veda 1.59.2 — Agni

Verse 2 of 7 from Sukta 1.59 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.59.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मूर्धा दिवो नाभिरग्निः पर्थिव्या अथाभवदरती रोदस्योः | तं तवा देवासो.अजनयन्त देवं वैश्वानर जयोतिरिदार्याय

IAST Romanisation

mūrdhā divo nābhiraghniḥ pṛthivyā athābhavadaratī rodasyoḥ | taṃ tvā devāso.ajanayanta devaṃ vaiśvānara jyotiridāryāya

English Translation (Griffith)

The forehead of the sky, earth's centre, Agni became the messenger of earth and heaven. Vaiśvānara, the Deities produced thee, a God, to be a light unto the Ārya.

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