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Rigveda 4.006.08

Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 6 · Verse 4.6.8

rigvedamandala-4sukta-6वामदेवो गौतमःअग्निःत्रिष्टुप्Deity HymnAgni SuktaInvocationSacrificedeity-hymnagni-sukta

Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

द्विर्यं पञ्च॒ जीज॑नन्सं॒वसा॑नाः॒ स्वसा॑रो अ॒ग्निं मानु॑षीषु वि॒क्षु । उ॒ष॒र्बुध॑मथ॒र्यो॒३॒॑ न दन्तं॑ शु॒क्रं स्वासं॑ पर॒शुं न ति॒ग्मम्

dviryaṃ pañca jījanansaṃvasānāḥ svasāro agniṃ mānuṣīṣu vikṣu uṣarbudhamatharyo3 na dantaṃ śukraṃ svāsaṃ paraśuṃ na tigmam

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With valour they prescribed fivefold offerings, born with the breath of sisters; they looked upon Agni among men. Neither the uppermost nor lower incisors, nor the bright tooth, nor the breath, nor the axe, nor the keen edge (oppose him).

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Agni, whom the twice five sisters dwelling among men, the descendants of Manu, have engendered, like feminine les, (awaking) him at dawn, feeding on oblations, brilliant of goodly aspect, and shharp as an axe.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

He, Agni, whom the twice-five sisters, dwelling together, in the homes of men engendered, Bright like a spear's tooth, wakened in the morning, with powerful mouth and like an axe well-sharpened.