Rigveda 4.003.10
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 3 · Verse 4.3.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒तेन॒ हि ष्मा॑ वृष॒भश्चि॑द॒क्तः पुमा॑ँ अ॒ग्निः पय॑सा पृ॒ष्ठ्ये॑न । अस्प॑न्दमानो अचरद्वयो॒धा वृषा॑ शु॒क्रं दु॑दुहे॒ पृश्नि॒रूधः॑
ṛtena hi ṣmā vṛṣabhaścidaktaḥ pumām̐ agniḥ payasā pṛṣṭhyena aspandamāno acaradvayodhā vṛṣā śukraṃ duduhe pṛśnirūdhaḥ
By order the bull was struck; Agni, the man, with milk on his back. Unshaken, the two-hostile ones moved; the bulls milked white, shining, they pressed.
The male Agni, the showerer (of benefits), has been sprinkled by the genitive ine sustaining milk; the giver of food proceeds unswerving (from his course), and the sun, the shedder of rain, has milked the white (fluid) of the udder (of the firmament).
Agni the Bull, the manly, hath been sprinkled with oil upon his back, by Law eternal. He who gives vital power goes on unswerving. Prsni the Bull hath milked the pure wiiite udder.