Rig Veda · 4.1.11
Rig Veda 4.1.11 — Agni
Verse 11 of 19 from Sukta 4.1 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.1.11
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स जायत परथमः पस्त्यासु महो बुध्ने रजसो अस्य योनौ | पर शर्ध आर्त परथमं विपन्यं रतस्य योना वर्षभस्य नीळे | सपार्हो युवा वपुष्यो विभावा सप्त परियासो ऽजनयन्त वर्ष्णे
IAST Romanisation
sa jāyata prathamaḥ pastyāsu maho budhne rajaso asya yonau | pra śardha ārta prathamaṃ vipanyaṃ ṛtasya yonā vṛṣabhasya nīḷe | spārho yuvā vapuṣyo vibhāvā sapta priyāso 'janayanta vṛṣṇe
English Translation (Griffith)
In houses first he sprang into existence, at great heaven's base, and in this region's bosom; Footless and headless, both his ends concealing, in his Bull's lair drawing himself together.
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