Rig Veda · 10.87.19
Rig Veda 10.87.19 — Agni
Verse 19 of 25 from Sukta 10.87 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.87.19
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सनादग्ने मर्णसि यातुधानान न तवा रक्षांसि पर्तनासुजिग्युः | अनु दह सहमूरान करव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षतदैव्यायाः
IAST Romanisation
sanādaghne mṛṇasi yātudhānān na tvā rakṣāṃsi pṛtanāsujighyuḥ | anu daha sahamūrān kravyādo mā te hetyā mukṣatadaivyāyāḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Agni, from days of old thou slayest demons: never shall Rākṣasas in fight o’ercome thee. Burn up the foolish ones, the flesh-devourers: let none of them escape thine heavenly arrow.
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