Rigveda 1.094.10
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 94 · Verse 1.94.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यदयु॑क्था अरु॒षा रोहि॑ता॒ रथे॒ वात॑जूता वृष॒भस्ये॑व ते॒ रवः॑ । आदि॑न्वसि व॒निनो॑ धू॒मके॑तु॒नाग्ने॑ स॒ख्ये मा रि॑षामा व॒यं तव॑
yadayukthā aruṣā rohitā rathe vātajūtā vṛṣabhasyeva te ravaḥ ādinvasi vanino dhūmaketunāgne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava
When the oxen yoked to the chariot are driven forth and the banners wave on the chariot, you are the roar like a bull. O Agni, you first penetrate the forest smoke as leader; be our friend, do not be angry with us.
When you have yoked the bright red horses (ete vai devāśvāḥ: Taittirīya Saṃhitā 1.7.4.3), swift as the wind, to your car, your roar is like that of a bull, and you enwrap the forest trees with a banner of smoke; let us not, Agni, suffer injury through your friendship.
When to thy chariot thou hadst yoked two red steeds and two ruddy steeds, wind-sped, thy roar was like a bull's. Thou with smoke-bannered flame attackest forest trees. Let us not in thy friendship, Agni, suffer harm.