Rig Veda · 3.1.12
Rig Veda 3.1.12 — Agni
Verse 12 of 23 from Sukta 3.1 (Agni) in Mandala 3 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 3.1.12
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अक्रो न बभ्रिः समिथे महीनां दिद्र्क्षेयः सूनवे भार्जीकः | उदुस्रिया जनिता यो जजानापां गर्भो नर्तमो यह्वो अग्निः
IAST Romanisation
akro na babhriḥ samithe mahīnāṃ didṛkṣeyaḥ sūnave bhāṛjīkaḥ | udusriyā janitā yo jajānāpāṃ gharbho nṛtamo yahvo aghniḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
As keen supporter where great waters gather, light-shedder whom the brood rejoice to look on; He who begat, and will beget, the dawnlights, most manly, Child of Floods, is youthful Agni.
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