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Rigveda 1.31.11

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.31.11

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Sanskrit

1.31.11

tvām a̍gne pratha̱mam ā̱yum ā̱yave̍ de̱vā a̍kṛṇva̱n nahu̍ṣasya vi̱śpati̍m |
iḻā̍m akṛṇva̱n manu̍ṣasya̱ śāsa̍nīm pi̱tur yat pu̱tro mama̍kasya̱ jāya̍te ||

Thee, Agni, have the Gods made the first living One for living man, Lord of the house of Nahusha. Iḷâ they made the teacher of the sons of men, what time a Son was born to the father of my race.

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

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