Rig Veda · 10.142.3

Rig Veda 10.142.3 — Agni

Verse 3 of 8 from Sukta 10.142 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.142.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत वा उ परि वर्णक्षि बप्सद बहोरग्न उलपस्य सवधावः | उत खिल्या उर्वराणां भवन्ति मा ते हेतिं तविषींचुक्रुधाम

IAST Romanisation

uta vā u pari vṛṇakṣi bapsad bahoraghna ulapasya svadhāvaḥ | uta khilyā urvarāṇāṃ bhavanti mā te hetiṃ taviṣīṃcukrudhāma

English Translation (Griffith)

And thou, O Agni, thou of Godlike nature, sparest the stones, while caring up the brushwood. Then are thy tracks like deserts in the corn-lands. Let us not stir to wrath thy mighty arrow.

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