Rig Veda · 7.4.8

Rig Veda 7.4.8 — Agni

Verse 8 of 10 from Sukta 7.4 (Agni) in Mandala 7 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 7.4.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नहि गरभायारणः सुशेवो.अन्योदर्यो मनसा मन्तवा उ | अधा चिदोकः पुनरित स एत्या नो वाज्यभीषाळ एतु नव्यः

IAST Romanisation

nahi ghrabhāyāraṇaḥ suśevo.anyodaryo manasā mantavā u | adhā cidokaḥ punarit sa etyā no vājyabhīṣāḷ etu navyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Unwelcome for adoption is the stranger, one to be thought of as another's offipring, Though grown familiar by continual presence. May our strong hero come, freshly triumphant.

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