Rigveda 10.051.04
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 51 · Verse 10.51.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
हो॒त्राद॒हं व॑रुण॒ बिभ्य॑दायं॒ नेदे॒व मा॑ यु॒नज॒न्नत्र॑ दे॒वाः । तस्य॑ मे त॒न्वो॑ बहु॒धा निवि॑ष्टा ए॒तमर्थं॒ न चि॑केता॒हम॒ग्निः
hotrādahaṃ varuṇa bibhyadāyaṃ nedeva mā yunajannatra devāḥ tasya me tanvo bahudhā niviṣṭā etamarthaṃ na ciketāhamagniḥ
I, the Hotr (priest), feared Varuṇa and did not compel the gods to come here; Agni did not know this purpose of mine, though my body was placed in many ways for it.
(Agni). Divine Varuṇa, I have come hither, being afraid of hotā, lest the gods should again associateme with him; my forms have therefore entered (into the waters) in various plural ces. I, Agni, do not consent (toundertake) that office.
I fled in fear from sacrificial worship, Varuna, lest the Gods should thus engage me. Thus were my forms laid down in many places. This, as my goal, I Agni saw before me.