Rig Veda · 10.79.4

Rig Veda 10.79.4 — Agni

Verse 4 of 7 from Sukta 10.79 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.79.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद वां रतं रोदसी पर बरवीमि जायमानो मातरा गर्भोत्ति | नाहं देवस्य मर्त्यश्चिकेताग्निरङग विचेताः सप्रचेताः

IAST Romanisation

tad vāṃ ṛtaṃ rodasī pra bravīmi jāyamāno mātarā gharbhoatti | nāhaṃ devasya martyaściketāghniraṅgha vicetāḥ sapracetāḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

This holy Law I tell you, Earth and Heaven: the Infant at his birth dovours his Parents. No knowledge of the God have I, a mortal. Yea, Agni knoweth best, for he hath wisdom.

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