Rig Veda · 10.20.9

Rig Veda 10.20.9 — Agni

Verse 9 of 10 from Sukta 10.20 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.20.9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कर्ष्णः शवेतो.अरुषो यामो अस्य बरध्न रज्र उत शोणोयशस्वान | हिरण्यरूपं जनिता जजान

IAST Romanisation

kṛṣṇaḥ śveto.aruṣo yāmo asya bradhna ṛjra uta śoṇoyaśasvān | hiraṇyarūpaṃ janitā jajāna

English Translation (Griffith)

The path he treads is black and white and red, and striped, and brown, crimson, and glorious. His sire begat him bright with hues of gold.

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