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Rigveda 1.140.08

Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 140 · Verse 1.140.8

rigvedamandala-1sukta-140दीर्घतमा औचथ्यःअग्निःजगती१० त्रिष्टुब्वा१२-१३ त्रिष्टुप्Deity HymnAgni SuktaInvocationSacrificedeity-hymnagni-sukta

Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
Category
Theme

Sanskrit Original

तम॒ग्रुवः॑ के॒शिनीः॒ सं हि रे॑भि॒र ऊ॒र्ध्वास्त॑स्थुर्म॒म्रुषीः॒ प्रायवे॒ पुनः॑ । तासां॑ ज॒रां प्र॑मु॒ञ्चन्ने॑ति॒ नान॑द॒दसुं॒ परं॑ ज॒नय॑ञ्जी॒वमस्तृ॑तम्

tamagruvaḥ keśinīḥ saṃ hi rebhira ūrdhvāstasthurmamruṣīḥ prāyave punaḥ tāsāṃ jarāṃ pramuñcanneti nānadadasuṃ paraṃ janayañjīvamastṛtam

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

Those foremost, hairy-headed, bound with reins, standing upward, my charioteers again hasten. They release their old age and beget anew life; may they produce a living progeny threefold.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

The curving tresses (of the flames) embrace him, (Agni), and when expiring spring aloft again to (greet) their coming (lord); rescuing them from decrepitude, he comes sounding aloud, genitive rating (in them) intenser animation and unimpaired vitality.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

The maidens with long, tresses hold him in embrace; dead, they rise up again to meet the Living One. Releasing them from age with a loud roar he comes, filling them with new spirit, living, unsubdued.