Rigveda 4.001.12
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 1 · Verse 4.1.12
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र शर्ध॑ आर्त प्रथ॒मं वि॑प॒न्याँ ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॑ वृष॒भस्य॑ नी॒ळे । स्पा॒र्हो युवा॑ वपु॒ष्यो॑ वि॒भावा॑ स॒प्त प्रि॒यासो॑ऽजनयन्त॒ वृष्णे॑
pra śardha ārta prathamaṃ vipanyām̐ ṛtasya yonā vṛṣabhasya nīḷe spārho yuvā vapuṣyo vibhāvā sapta priyāso'janayanta vṛṣṇe
He first roused the sacrificial pious one, the bull’s source in the law’s womb. A youthful toucher, form-bearing, bestower of riches, the seven dear ones generated for the bull of strength.
Radiance has first proceeded to you, (Agni), who are glorified by praise, in the womb of the water, in the nest of the rain-cloud; the seven attached (priests) have engendered (praise) to the showerer (of benefits), who desirable, ever young, embodied, and resplendent.
Wondrously first he rose aloft, defiant, in the Bull's lair, the homeof holy Order, Longed-for, young, beautiful, and far-resplendent: and sevendear frieuds sprang up unto the Mighty.