Verses Across™
      • 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687

About, terms & privacy · ·

Hinduism · Vedas · Rig Veda

Rig Veda 5.19Agni

18

Hinduism · Vedas · Rig Veda

Rig Veda 5.19

Agni

GriffithEnglish
ONE state begets another state: husk is made visible from husk: Within his Mother's side he speaks.
Discerning, have they offered gifts: they guard the strength that never wastes. To a strong fort have they pressed in.
Śvaitreya's people, all his men, have gloriously increased in might. A gold chain Bṛhaduktha wears, as, through this Soma, seeking spoil.
I bring, as ’twere, the longed-for milk, the dear milk of the Sister-Pair. Like to a caldron filled with food is he, unconquered, conquering all.
Beam of light, come to us in sportive fashion, finding thyself close to the wind that fans thee. These flames of his are wasting flames, like arrows keen-pointed, sharpened, on his breast.

Spotted a mistake or have an idea?

Rig Veda 5.18Rig Veda 5.20
Sources & credits: Griffith

Griffith — The Vedas (Ralph T. H. Griffith) (Rig Veda 1896, Sama Veda 1895, White Yajur Veda 1899, Atharva Veda 1895–96). Public Domain. Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith, public domain; transcription from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. Source