Rig Veda · 10.87.16

Rig Veda 10.87.16 — Agni

Verse 16 of 25 from Sukta 10.87 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.87.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः पौरुषेयेण करविषा समङकते यो अश्वेयेन पशुनायातुधानः | यो अघ्न्याया भरति कषीरमग्ने तेषांशीर्षाणि हरसापि वर्श्च

IAST Romanisation

yaḥ pauruṣeyeṇa kraviṣā samaṅkte yo aśveyena paśunāyātudhānaḥ | yo aghnyāyā bharati kṣīramaghne teṣāṃśīrṣāṇi harasāpi vṛśca

English Translation (Griffith)

The fiend who smears himself with flesh of cattle, with flesh of horses and of human bodies, Who steals the milch-cow's milk away, O Agni,—tear off the heads of such with fiery fury.

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