Rig Veda · 1.65.5
Rig Veda 1.65.5 — Agni
Verse 5 of 5 from Sukta 1.65 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.65.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शवसित्यप्सु हंसो न सीदन करत्वा चेतिष्ठो विशामुषर्भुत | सोमो न वेधा रतप्रजातः पशुर्न शिश्वा विभुर्दूरेभाः
IAST Romanisation
śvasityapsu haṃso na sīdan kratvā cetiṣṭho viśāmuṣarbhut | somo na vedhā ṛtaprajātaḥ paśurna śiśvā vibhurdūrebhāḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Like a swan sitting in the floods he pants wisest in mind mid men he wakes at morn. A Sage like Soma, sprung from Law, he grew like some young creature, mighty, shining far.
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