Rig Veda · 5.29.7
Rig Veda 5.29.7 — Agni
Verse 7 of 15 from Sukta 5.29 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.29.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सखा सख्ये अपचत तूयम अग्निर अस्य करत्वा महिषा तरी शतानि | तरी साकम इन्द्रो मनुषः सरांसि सुतम पिबद वर्त्रहत्याय सोमम
IAST Romanisation
sakhā sakhye apacat tūyam aghnir asya kratvā mahiṣā trī śatāni | trī sākam indro manuṣaḥ sarāṃsi sutam pibad vṛtrahatyāya somam
English Translation (Griffith)
As friend to aid a friend, Agni dressed quickly three hundred buffaloes, even as he willed it. And Indra, from man's gift, for Vṛtra's slaughter, drank ofr at once three lakes of pressed-out Soma.
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