Rig Veda · 10.87.23

Rig Veda 10.87.23 — Agni

Verse 23 of 25 from Sukta 10.87 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.87.23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विषेण भङगुरावतः परति षम रक्षसो दह | अग्नेतिग्मेन शोचिषा तपुरग्राभिरषटिभिः

IAST Romanisation

viṣeṇa bhaṅghurāvataḥ prati ṣma rakṣaso daha | aghnetighmena śociṣā tapuraghrābhirṣṭibhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Burn with thy poison turned against the treacherous brood of Rākṣasas, O Agni, with thy sharpened glow, with lances armed with points of flame.

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