Rigveda 1.058.04
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 58 · Verse 1.58.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि वात॑जूतो अत॒सेषु॑ तिष्ठते॒ वृथा॑ जु॒हूभिः॒ सृण्या॑ तुवि॒ष्वणिः॑ । तृ॒षु यद॑ग्ने व॒निनो॑ वृषा॒यसे॑ कृ॒ष्णं त॒ एम॒ रुश॑दूर्मे अजर
vi vātajūto ataseṣu tiṣṭhate vṛthā juhūbhiḥ sṛṇyā tuviṣvaṇiḥ tṛṣu yadagne vanino vṛṣāyase kṛṣṇaṃ ta ema ruśadūrme ajara
The wind-born stands among the like; vain are offerings when the poison listens. O Agni, when the hunters of thirst sought the black one, rashly you struck the mortal sharp.
Excited by the wind, and roaring loudly, Agni penetrates easily with his flames and diffusive (intensity) among the timber; when, undecaying and fiercely-blazing Agni, you rush rapidly like a bull amongst the forest trees, your path is blackened.
Urged by the wind be spreads through dry wood as he lists, armed with his tongues for sickles, with a mighty roar. Black is thy path, Agni, changeless, with glittering waves! when like a bull thou rushest eager to the trees.