Rig Veda · 5.8.5

Rig Veda 5.8.5 — Agni

Verse 5 of 7 from Sukta 5.8 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.8.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तवम अग्ने पुरुरूपो विशे-विशे वयो दधासि परत्नथा पुरुष्टुत | पुरूण्य अन्ना सहसा वि राजसि तविषिः सा ते तित्विषाणस्य नाध्र्षे

IAST Romanisation

tvam aghne pururūpo viśe-viśe vayo dadhāsi pratnathā puruṣṭuta | purūṇy annā sahasā vi rājasi tviṣiḥ sā te titviṣāṇasya nādhṛṣe

English Translation (Griffith)

Thou, Agni! multiform, God who art lauded much! givest in every house subsistence as of old. Thou rulest by thy might o’er food of many a sort: that light of thine when blazing may not be opposed.

Explanation

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