Rig Veda · 4.14.5

Rig Veda 4.14.5 — Agni

Verse 5 of 5 from Sukta 4.14 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.14.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनायतो अनिबद्धः कथायं नयङङ उत्तानो ऽव पद्यते न |

IAST Romanisation

anāyato anibaddhaḥ kathāyaṃ nyaṅṅ uttāno 'va padyate na |

English Translation (Griffith)

How is it that, unbound and unsupported, he falleth not although directed downward? By what self-power moves he? Who hath seen it? He guards the vault of heaven, a close-set pillar?

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