Rigveda 5.012.05
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 12 · Verse 5.12.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सखा॑यस्ते॒ विषु॑णा अग्न ए॒ते शि॒वासः॒ सन्तो॒ अशि॑वा अभूवन् । अधू॑र्षत स्व॒यमे॒ते वचो॑भिरृजूय॒ते वृ॑जि॒नानि॑ ब्रु॒वन्तः॑
sakhāyaste viṣuṇā agna ete śivāsaḥ santo aśivā abhūvan adhūrṣata svayamete vacobhirṛjūyate vṛjināni bruvantaḥ
Friends of thine, O Agni, were hostile with poisons; these hostile ones became evil. They shouted forth these words themselves, speaking straightforwardly, declaring the booty.
These your friends, Agni, everywhere dispersed, were formerly unhappy (in abandoning your worship), but are again fortunate (by its renewal); may they who, with (censorious) words, impute fraudulent (practices) to me who pursue a straight path, bring eveil upon themselves.
Agni, those friends of thine have turned them from thee: gracious of old, they have become ungracious. They have deceived themselves by their own speeches, uttering wicked words against the righteous.