Rig Veda · 5.7.8

Rig Veda 5.7.8 — Agni

Verse 8 of 10 from Sukta 5.7 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.7.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शुचिः षमा यस्मा अत्रिवत पर सवधितीव रीयते | सुषूर असूत माता कराणा यद आनशे भगम

IAST Romanisation

śuciḥ ṣmā yasmā atrivat pra svadhitīva rīyate | suṣūr asūta mātā krāṇā yad ānaśe bhagham

English Translation (Griffith)

For him, to whom, bright as an axe he, as to Atri, hath flashed forth, Hath the well-bearing Mother borne, producing when her time is come.

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