Rig Veda · 6.10.4
Rig Veda 6.10.4 — Agni
Verse 4 of 7 from Sukta 6.10 (Agni) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 6.10.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ यः पप्रौ जायमान उर्वी दूरेद्र्शा भासा कर्ष्णाध्वा | अध बहु चित तम ऊर्म्यायास्तिरः शोचिषा दद्र्शे पावकः
IAST Romanisation
ā yaḥ paprau jāyamāna urvī dūredṛśā bhāsā kṛṣṇādhvā | adha bahu cit tama ūrmyāyāstiraḥ śociṣā dadṛśe pāvakaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
He, at his birth, whose path is black behind him, filled heaven and earth with far-apparent splendour: And he himself hath been. through night's thick darkness, made manifest by light, the Purifier.
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