Rig Veda · 4.1.6

Rig Veda 4.1.6 — Agni

Verse 6 of 19 from Sukta 4.1 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.1.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्य शरेष्ठा सुभगस्य संद्र्ग देवस्य चित्रतमा मर्त्येषु | शुचि घर्तं न तप्तम अघ्न्याया सपार्हा देवस्य मंहनेव धेनोः

IAST Romanisation

asya śreṣṭhā subhaghasya saṃdṛgh devasya citratamā martyeṣu | śuci ghṛtaṃ na taptam aghnyāyā spārhā devasya maṃhaneva dhenoḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Excellent is the glance, of brightest splendour, which the auspicious God bestows on mortals- The God's glance, longed-for even as the butter, pure, heated, of the cow, the milch-cow's bounty.

Explanation

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