Rigveda 1.145.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 145 · Verse 1.145.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स ईं॑ मृ॒गो अप्यो॑ वन॒र्गुरुप॑ त्व॒च्यु॑प॒मस्यां॒ नि धा॑यि । व्य॑ब्रवीद्व॒युना॒ मर्त्ये॑भ्यो॒ऽग्निर्वि॒द्वाँ ऋ॑त॒चिद्धि स॒त्यः
sa īṃ mṛgo apyo vanargurupa tvacyupamasyāṃ ni dhāyi vyabravīdvayunā martyebhyo'gnirvidvām̐ ṛtaciddhi satyaḥ
He indeed, like a beast, placed a large hide in the forest; Agni spoke to mortals through the wind: the knower, righteous, the true one.
He, the searcher, the accessible, the dweller in woods, has been plural ced (amidst the fuel), as in the similitude of (an enveloping) skin; the wise Agni, the appreciater of sacrifice, the veracious, has declared to mortals (the knowledge of) their religious duties.
He is a wild thing of the flood and forest: he hath been laid upon the highest surface. He hath declared the lore of works to mortals, Agni the Wise, for he knows Law, the Truthful.