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Rigveda 1.161.1

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.161.1

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1.161.1

kim u̱ śreṣṭha̱ḥ kiṁ yavi̍ṣṭho na̱ āja̍ga̱n kim ī̍yate dū̱tya1̱̍ṁ kad yad ū̍ci̱ma |
na ni̍ndima cama̱saṁ yo ma̍hāku̱lo 'gne̍ bhrāta̱r druṇa̱ id bhū̱tim ū̍dima ||

WHY hath the Best, why hath the Youngest come to us? Upon what embassy comes he? What have we said? We have not blamed the chalice of illustrious birth. We, Brother Agni, praised the goodness of the wood.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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