Rig Veda · 10.5.3

Rig Veda 10.5.3 — Agni

Verse 3 of 7 from Sukta 10.5 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.5.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रतायिनी मायिनी सं दधाते मित्वा शिशुं जज्ञतुर्वर्धयन्ती | विश्वस्य नाभिं चरतो धरुवस्य कवेश्चित्तन्तुं मनसा वियन्तः

IAST Romanisation

ṛtāyinī māyinī saṃ dadhāte mitvā śiśuṃ jajñaturvardhayantī | viśvasya nābhiṃ carato dhruvasya kaveścittantuṃ manasā viyantaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

The Holy Pair, of wondrous power, have coupled: they formed the Infant, they who bred produced him. The central point of all that moves and moves not, the while they wove the Sage's thread with insight

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