Rig Veda · 2.2.9
Rig Veda 2.2.9 — Agni
Verse 9 of 13 from Sukta 2.2 (Agni) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 2.2.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
एवा नो अग्ने अम्र्तेषु पूर्व्य धीष पीपाय बर्हद्दिवेषु मानुषा | दुहाना धेनुर्व्र्जनेषु कारवे तमना शतिनं पुरुरूपमिषणि
IAST Romanisation
evā no aghne amṛteṣu pūrvya dhīṣ pīpāya bṛhaddiveṣu mānuṣā | duhānā dhenurvṛjaneṣu kārave tmanā śatinaṃ pururūpamiṣaṇi
English Translation (Griffith)
Song chanted by us men, O Agni, Ancient One, has swelled unto the deathless Gods in lofty heaven— A milch-cow yielding to the singer in the rites wealth manifold, in hundreds, even as he wills.
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