Rigveda 4.003.12
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 3 · Verse 4.3.12
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒तेन॑ दे॒वीर॒मृता॒ अमृ॑क्ता॒ अर्णो॑भि॒रापो॒ मधु॑मद्भिरग्ने । वा॒जी न सर्गे॑षु प्रस्तुभा॒नः प्र सद॒मित्स्रवि॑तवे दधन्युः
ṛtena devīramṛtā amṛktā arṇobhirāpo madhumadbhiragne vājī na sargeṣu prastubhānaḥ pra sadamitsravitave dadhanyuḥ
By order the goddesses, immortal and nectar-bearing, by waters and sweet drinks, O Agni. O kine, in births you were not spawned; in streams to be poured forth were the wealthy ones.
By sacrifice, Agni, the divine rivers, immortal, unobstructed, continue perpetually to flow with sweet waters, like a horse that is being urged in his speed.
By Law the Immortal Goddesses the Waters, with meath-rich waves, O Agni, and uninjured, Like a strong courser lauded in his running, sped to flow onward swiftly and for ever.