Rigveda 7.003.04
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 3 · Verse 7.3.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि यस्य॑ ते पृथि॒व्यां पाजो॒ अश्रे॑त्तृ॒षु यदन्ना॑ स॒मवृ॑क्त॒ जम्भैः॑ । सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टा प्रसि॑तिष्ट एति॒ यवं॒ न द॑स्म जु॒ह्वा॑ विवेक्षि
vi yasya te pṛthivyāṃ pājo aśrettṛṣu yadannā samavṛkta jambhaiḥ seneva sṛṣṭā prasitiṣṭa eti yavaṃ na dasma juhvā vivekṣi
Whoever sowed on earth the grain that fills the barns with food and with swelling ears: he created the host and established it; the barley which I do not press with sacrifice I discern not.
The light of whom quickly spreads over the earth when with his teeth (of flame) he devours his food;your blaze rushes along like a charging host, when Agni, of goodly aspect, you spread with your flame (amongthe trees) as if (they were) barley.
Thou whose fresh lustre o'er the earth advanceth when greedily with thy jaws thy food thou eatest. Like a host hurried onward comes thy lasso: fierce, with thy tongue thou piercest, as 'twere barley.