Rig Veda · 4.2.18
Rig Veda 4.2.18 — Agni
Verse 18 of 20 from Sukta 4.2 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.2.18
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ यूथेव कषुमति पश्वो अख्यद देवानां यज जनिमान्त्य उग्र | मर्तानां चिद उर्वशीर अक्र्प्रन वर्धे चिद अर्य उपरस्यायोः
IAST Romanisation
ā yūtheva kṣumati paśvo akhyad devānāṃ yaj janimānty ughra | martānāṃ cid urvaśīr akṛpran vṛdhe cid arya uparasyāyoḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Strong One! he marked them-and the Gods before them-like herds of cattle in a foodful pasture. There they moaned forth their strong desire for mortals, to aid the True, the nearest One, the Living.
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