Rigveda 3.009.04
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 9 · Verse 3.9.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ई॒यि॒वांस॒मति॒ स्रिधः॒ शश्व॑ती॒रति॑ स॒श्चतः॑ । अन्वी॑मविन्दन्निचि॒रासो॑ अ॒द्रुहो॒ऽप्सु सिं॒हमि॑व श्रि॒तम्
īyivāṃsamati sridhaḥ śaśvatīrati saścataḥ anvīmavindannicirāso adruho'psu siṃhamiva śritam
Like cows gathered together, the devotees, ever-flowing, proceed; they sought and found the long-sought one, like a lion in the waters, famed.
The benignant and long-lived deities have discovered you, Agni, when required to go against their constant and assembled foes, hidden in the waters like a lion (in a cave).
Him who had passed beyond his foes, beyond continual pursuits, Him the unerring Ones, observant, found in floods, couched like a lion in his lair.
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