Rigveda 1.143.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 143 · Verse 1.143.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न यो वरा॑य म॒रुता॑मिव स्व॒नः सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टा दि॒व्या यथा॒शनिः॑ । अ॒ग्निर्जम्भै॑स्तिगि॒तैर॑त्ति॒ भर्व॑ति यो॒धो न शत्रू॒न्स वना॒ न्यृ॑ञ्जते
na yo varāya marutāmiva svanaḥ seneva sṛṣṭā divyā yathāśaniḥ agnirjambhaistigitairatti bharvati yodho na śatrūnsa vanā nyṛñjate
Not one created like the Maruts their own sound, as the divine lightning; Agni, with roaring songs he bears it; the warrior does not cleanse enemies, nor subdue the woods.
Agni, who, like the roaring of the winds, like a victorious host, like the thunderbolt in heaven, is not to be arrested, devours and destroys (our foes) with sharpened teeth (bharva hiṃsāyām; bharvatirattikarmā: Nirukta 9.23), and, as a warrior (annihilates his enemies), he, (Agni), lays waste the woods.
He whom no force can stay, even as the Maruts' roar, like to a dart sent forth, even as the bolt from heaven, Agni with sharpened jaws chews up and cats the trees, and conquers them as when the warrior smites his foes.