Rigveda 10.051.01
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 51 · Verse 10.51.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
म॒हत्तदुल्बं॒ स्थवि॑रं॒ तदा॑सी॒द्येनावि॑ष्टितः प्रवि॒वेशि॑था॒पः । विश्वा॑ अपश्यद्बहु॒धा ते॑ अग्ने॒ जात॑वेदस्त॒न्वो॑ दे॒व एकः॑
mahattadulbaṃ sthaviraṃ tadāsīdyenāviṣṭitaḥ praviveśithāpaḥ viśvā apaśyadbahudhā te agne jātavedastanvo deva ekaḥ
Greatly alarmed, firm and fearful, when he was present and entered, Agni the all‑knowing shone forth. They all saw him diversely: Agni the born‑knower was one among the gods.
(The gods speak). Great and very dense is the covering enveloped by which, Agni, you have enteredinto the waters. Agni Jātavedas, one deity has beheld all your manifold forms.
LARGE was that covering, and firm of texture, folded wherein thou enteredst the waters. One Deity alone, O Jatavedas Agni, saw all thy forms in sundry places.