Rig Veda · 8.40.5
Rig Veda 8.40.5 — Indra-Agni
Verse 5 of 12 from Sukta 8.40 (Indra-Agni) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.40.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
पर बरह्माणि नभाकवदिन्द्राग्निभ्यामिरज्यत | या सप्तबुध्नमर्णवं जिह्मबारमपोर्णुत इन्द्र ईशान ओजसा नभन्तामन्यके समे
IAST Romanisation
pra brahmāṇi nabhākavadindrāghnibhyāmirajyata | yā saptabudhnamarṇavaṃ jihmabāramaporṇuta indra īśāna ojasā nabhantāmanyake same
English Translation (Griffith)
To Indra and to Agni send your prayers, as was Nabhāka's wont,— Who oped with sideway opening the sea with its foundations seven—Indra all powerful in his might.
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