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Rigveda 1.191.02

Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 191 · Verse 1.191.2

rigvedamandala-1sukta-191मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रःअग्निःगायत्रीDeity HymnAgni SuktaInvocationSacrificedeity-hymnagni-sukta

Vedic Classification

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

Sanskrit Original

अ॒दृष्टा॑न्हन्त्याय॒त्यथो॑ हन्ति पराय॒ती । अथो॑ अवघ्न॒ती ह॒न्त्यथो॑ पिनष्टि पिंष॒ती

adṛṣṭānhantyāyatyatho hanti parāyatī atho avaghnatī hantyatho pinaṣṭi piṃṣatī

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The unseen slays, or else it slays afar; or it strikes down, or it consumes and crushes.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

(the antidote), coming (to the bitten person n), destroys the unseen (venomous creatures); departing (it destroys them); deprived (of substance), it destroys them (by its odour); being ground, it pulverises them.

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

Coming, it kills the unobserved; it kills them as it goes away, It kills them as it drives them off, and bruising bruises them to death.