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Rig Veda · 4.6.8

Rig Veda 4.6.8 — Agni

Verse 8 of 11 from Sukta 4.6 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.6.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दविर यम पञ्च जीजनन संवसानाः सवसारो अग्निम मानुषीषु विक्षु | उषर्बुधम अथर्यो न दन्तं शुक्रं सवासम परशुं न तिग्मम

IAST Romanisation

dvir yam pañca jījanan saṃvasānāḥ svasāro aghnim mānuṣīṣu vikṣu | uṣarbudham atharyo na dantaṃ śukraṃ svāsam paraśuṃ na tighmam

English Translation (Griffith)

He, Agni, whom the twice-five sisters, dwelling together, in the homes of men engendered, Bright like a spear's tooth, wakened in the morning, with powerful mouth and like an axe well-sharpened.

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