Rig Veda · 4.1.13

Rig Veda 4.1.13 — Agni

Verse 13 of 19 from Sukta 4.1 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.1.13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ते मर्म्र्जत दद्र्वांसो अद्रिं तद एषाम अन्ये अभितो वि वोचन | पश्वयन्त्रासो अभि कारम अर्चन विदन्त जयोतिश चक्र्पन्त धीभिः

IAST Romanisation

te marmṛjata dadṛvāṃso adriṃ tad eṣām anye abhito vi vocan | paśvayantrāso abhi kāram arcan vidanta jyotiś cakṛpanta dhībhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Here did our human fathers take their places, fain to fulfil the sacred Law of worship. Forth drave they, with loud call, Dawn's teeming Milch-kine bid in the mountainstable, in the cavern.

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