Rig Veda · 5.9.5

Rig Veda 5.9.5 — Agni

Verse 5 of 7 from Sukta 5.9 (Agni) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.9.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अध सम यस्यार्चयः सम्यक संयन्ति धूमिनः | यद ईम अह तरितो दिव्य उप धमातेव धमति शिशीते धमातरी यथा

IAST Romanisation

adha sma yasyārcayaḥ samyak saṃyanti dhūminaḥ | yad īm aha trito divy upa dhmāteva dhamati śiśīte dhmātarī yathā

English Translation (Griffith)

Whose flames, when thou art sending forth the smoke, completely reach the mark, When Tṛta in the height of heaven, like as a smelter fanneth thee, e’en as a smelter sharpeneth thee.

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