Rigveda 3.001.14
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 1 · Verse 3.1.14
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
बृ॒हन्त॒ इद्भा॒नवो॒ भाऋ॑जीकम॒ग्निं स॑चन्त वि॒द्युतो॒ न शु॒क्राः । गुहे॑व वृ॒द्धं सद॑सि॒ स्वे अ॒न्तर॑पा॒र ऊ॒र्वे अ॒मृतं॒ दुहा॑नाः
bṛhanta idbhānavo bhāṛjīkamagniṃ sacanta vidyuto na śukrāḥ guheva vṛddhaṃ sadasi sve antarapāra ūrve amṛtaṃ duhānāḥ
Great are these bright ones, a mighty Agni of splendor unblemished. In the cave he grows old in his own inner space; the cows milk the immortal as they draw forth.
Mighty sins, like brilliant lightning, associate with the self-shining Agni, great in his own abode, as if in a (deep) cavern, as they milk forth ambrosia into the boundless and vast ocean.
Like brilliant lightnings, mighty luminaries accompany the light-diffusing Agni, Waxen, as 'twere in secret, in his dwelling, while in the boundless stall they milk out Amrta.