Rig Veda · 5.3.3

Rig Veda 5.3.3 — Agni

Verse 3 of 12 from Sukta 5.3 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.3.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तव शरिये मरुतो मर्जयन्त रुद्र यत ते जनिम चारु चित्रम | पदं यद विष्णोर उपमं निधायि तेन पासि गुह्यं नाम गोनाम

IAST Romanisation

tava śriye maruto marjayanta rudra yat te janima cāru citram | padaṃ yad viṣṇor upamaṃ nidhāyi tena pāsi ghuhyaṃ nāma ghonām

English Translation (Griffith)

The Maruts deck their beauty for thy glory, yea, Rudra! for thy birth fair, brightly-coloured. That which was fixed as Viṣṇu's loftiest station—therewith the secret of the Cows thou guardest.

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