Rig Veda · 6.8.5
Rig Veda 6.8.5 — Agni
Verse 5 of 7 from Sukta 6.8 (Agni) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 6.8.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
युगे-युगे विदथ्यं गर्णद्भ्यो.अग्ने रयिं यशसं धेहि नव्यसीम | पव्येव राजन्नघशंसमजर नीचा नि वर्श्च वनिनं न तेजसा
IAST Romanisation
yughe-yughe vidathyaṃ ghṛṇadbhyo.aghne rayiṃ yaśasaṃ dhehi navyasīm | pavyeva rājannaghaśaṃsamajara nīcā ni vṛśca vaninaṃ na tejasā
English Translation (Griffith)
In every age bestow upon the singers wealth, worthy of holy synods, glorious, ever new. King, undecaying, as it were with sharpened bolt, smite down the sinner like a tree with lightning-flash.
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