Rig Veda · 3.2.10

Rig Veda 3.2.10 — Agni

Verse 10 of 15 from Sukta 3.2 (Agni) in Mandala 3 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 3.2.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विशां कविं विश्पतिं मानुषीरिषः सं सीमक्र्ण्वन सवधितिं न तेजसे | स उद्वतो निवतो याति वेविषत स गर्भमेषु भुवनेषु दीधरत

IAST Romanisation

viśāṃ kaviṃ viśpatiṃ mānuṣīriṣaḥ saṃ sīmakṛṇvan svadhitiṃ na tejase | sa udvato nivato yāti veviṣat sa gharbhameṣu bhuvaneṣu dīdharat

English Translation (Griffith)

Man's sacrificial food hath sharpened like an axe, for brightness, him the Sage of men, the people's Lord, Busied with sacred rites he mounts and he descends. He hath laid down his vital germ within these worlds.

Explanation

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