Rig Veda · 1.96.5
Rig Veda 1.96.5 — Agni
Verse 5 of 10 from Sukta 1.96 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.96.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नक्तोषासा वर्णमामेम्याने धापयेते शिशुमेकं समीची | दयावाक्षामा रुक्मो अन्तर्वि भाति देवा ...
IAST Romanisation
naktoṣāsā varṇamāmemyāne dhāpayete śiśumekaṃ samīcī | dyāvākṣāmā rukmo antarvi bhāti devā ...
English Translation (Griffith)
Night and Dawn, changing each the other's colour, meeting together suckle one same Infant: Golden between the heaven and earth he shineth. The Gods possessed the wealth bestowing Agni.
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