Rigveda 10.087.06
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 87 · Verse 10.87.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यत्रे॒दानीं॒ पश्य॑सि जातवेद॒स्तिष्ठ॑न्तमग्न उ॒त वा॒ चर॑न्तम् । यद्वा॒न्तरि॑क्षे प॒थिभिः॒ पत॑न्तं॒ तमस्ता॑ विध्य॒ शर्वा॒ शिशा॑नः
yatredānīṃ paśyasi jātavedastiṣṭhantamagna uta vā carantam yadvāntarikṣe pathibhiḥ patantaṃ tamastā vidhya śarvā śiśānaḥ
Where now you see Jātavedas (Agni) standing or moving; whether he moves among the paths in the sky, let the shafts (arrows) and tips of the foes be dispelled.
Wherever you now behold him, Agni Jātavedas, whether standing or moving, or passing along thepaths in the firmament, do you, O shooter sharpening (your arrows), transfix him with your shaft.
Where now thou seest Agni Jatavedas, one of these demons standing still or roaming, Or flying on those paths in air's midregion, sharpen the shaft and as an archer pierce him.