Rig Veda · 5.25.2

Rig Veda 5.25.2 — Agni

Verse 2 of 9 from Sukta 5.25 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.25.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स हि सत्यो यम पूर्वे चिद देवासश चिद यम ईधिरे | होतारम मन्द्रजिह्वम इत सुदीतिभिर विभावसुम

IAST Romanisation

sa hi satyo yam pūrve cid devāsaś cid yam īdhire | hotāram mandrajihvam it sudītibhir vibhāvasum

English Translation (Griffith)

For he is true, whom men of old enkindled, and the Gods themselves, The Priest with the delicious tongue, rich with the light of glorious beams.

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