Rig Veda · 4.5.14

Rig Veda 4.5.14 — Agni

Verse 14 of 15 from Sukta 4.5 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.5.14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनिरेण वचसा फल्ग्वेन परतीत्येन कर्धुनात्र्पासः | अधा ते अग्ने किम इहा वदन्त्य अनायुधास आसता सचन्ताम

IAST Romanisation

anireṇa vacasā phalghvena pratītyena kṛdhunātṛpāsaḥ | adhā te aghne kim ihā vadanty anāyudhāsa āsatā sacantām

English Translation (Griffith)

Unsatisfied, with speech devoid of vigour, scanty and frivolous and inconclusive, Wherefore do they address thee here, O Agni? Let these who have no weapons suffer sorrow.

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