Rig Veda · 8.61.2

Rig Veda 8.61.2 — Agni

Verse 2 of 18 from Sukta 8.61 (Agni) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 8.61.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं हि सवराजं वर्षभं तमोजसे धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः | उतोपमानां परथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामं हि ते मनः

IAST Romanisation

taṃ hi svarājaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tamojase dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ | utopamānāṃ prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṃ hi te manaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.

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