Rig Veda · 1.79.12
Rig Veda 1.79.12 — Agni
Verse 12 of 12 from Sukta 1.79 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.79.12
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सहस्राक्षो विचर्षणिरग्नी रक्षांसि सेधति | होता गर्णीत उक्थ्यः
IAST Romanisation
sahasrākṣo vicarṣaṇiraghnī rakṣāṃsi sedhati | hotā ghṛṇīta ukthyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Keen and swift Agni, thousand-eyed, chaseth the Rākṣasas afar: He singeth, herald meet for lauds.
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