Rig Veda · 10.87.10
Rig Veda 10.87.10 — Agni
Verse 10 of 25 from Sukta 10.87 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.87.10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नर्चक्षा रक्षः परि पश्य विक्षु तस्य तरीणि परतिश्र्णीह्यग्रा | तस्याग्ने पर्ष्टीर्हरसा शर्णीहि तरेधामूलं यातुधानस्य वर्श्च
IAST Romanisation
nṛcakṣā rakṣaḥ pari paśya vikṣu tasya trīṇi pratiśṛṇīhyaghrā | tasyāghne pṛṣṭīrharasā śṛṇīhi tredhāmūlaṃ yātudhānasya vṛśca
English Translation (Griffith)
Look on the fiend mid men, as Man-beholder: rend thou his three extremities in pieces. Demolish with thy flame his ribs, O Agni, the Yātudhāna's root destroy thou triply.
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