Rig Veda · 5.7.7

Rig Veda 5.7.7 — Agni

Verse 7 of 10 from Sukta 5.7 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.7.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स हि षमा धन्वाक्षितं दाता न दात्य आ पशुः | हिरिश्मश्रुः शुचिदन्न रभुर अनिभ्र्ष्टतविषिः

IAST Romanisation

sa hi ṣmā dhanvākṣitaṃ dātā na dāty ā paśuḥ | hiriśmaśruḥ śucidann ṛbhur anibhṛṣṭataviṣiḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Even as a herd that crops the grass he shears the field and wilderness, With flashing teeth and beard of gold, deft with his unabated might.

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