Rig Veda · 2.4.7
Rig Veda 2.4.7
Verse 7 of 9 from Sukta 2.4 (HYMN IV Agni) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 2.4.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स यो वयस्थादभि दक्षदुर्वीं पशुर्नैति सवयुरगोपाः | अग्निः शोचिष्मानतसान्युष्णन कर्ष्णव्यथिरस्वदयन न भूम
IAST Romanisation
sa yo vyasthādabhi dakṣadurvīṃ paśurnaiti svayuraghopāḥ | aghniḥ śociṣmānatasānyuṣṇan kṛṣṇavyathirasvadayan na bhūma
English Translation (Griffith)
Around, consuming the broad earth, he wanders, free roaming like an ox without a herdsman,— Agni refulgent, burning up the bushes, with blackened lines, as though the earth he seasoned.
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