Rig Veda · 5.29.8
Rig Veda 5.29.8 — Agni
Verse 8 of 15 from Sukta 5.29 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.29.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तरी यच छता महिषाणाम अघो मास तरी सरांसि मघवा सोम्यापाः | कारं न विश्वे अह्वन्त देवा भरम इन्द्राय यद अहिं जघान
IAST Romanisation
trī yac chatā mahiṣāṇām agho mās trī sarāṃsi maghavā somyāpāḥ | kāraṃ na viśve ahvanta devā bharam indrāya yad ahiṃ jaghāna
English Translation (Griffith)
When thou three hundred buffaloes' flesh hadst eaten, and drunk, as Maghavan, three lakes of Soma, All the Gods raised as ’twere a shout of triumph to Indra praise because he slew the Dragon.
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