Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 187
Rig Veda 10.187 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 5 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 10.187.1
पराग्नये वाचमीरय वर्षभाय कषितीनाम | स नःपर्षदति दविषः
prāghnaye vācamīraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām | sa naḥparṣadati dviṣaḥ
Rig Veda 10.187.2
यः परस्याः परावतस्तिरो धन्वातिरोचते | स नःपर्षदति दविषः
yaḥ parasyāḥ parāvatastiro dhanvātirocate | sa naḥparṣadati dviṣaḥ
Who from the distance far away shines brilliantly across the wastes: So may he bear us past our foes.
Rig Veda 10.187.3
यो रक्षांसि निजूर्वति वर्षा शुक्रेण शोचिषा | स नःपर्षदति दविषः
yo rakṣāṃsi nijūrvati vṛṣā śukreṇa śociṣā | sa naḥparṣadati dviṣaḥ
The Bull with brightly-gleaming flame who utterly consumes the fiends So may he bear us past our foes.
Rig Veda 10.187.4
यो विश्वाभि विपश्यति भुवना सं च पश्यति | स नःपर्षदति दविषः
yo viśvābhi vipaśyati bhuvanā saṃ ca paśyati | sa naḥparṣadati dviṣaḥ
Who looks on all existing things and comprehends them with his view: So may he bear us past our foes.
Rig Veda 10.187.5
यो अस्य पारे रजसः शुक्रो अग्निरजायत | स नः पर्षदति दविषः
yo asya pāre rajasaḥ śukro aghnirajāyata | sa naḥ parṣadati dviṣaḥ
Resplendent Agni, who was born in farthest region of the air: So may he bear us past our foes.
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