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Rigveda 4.6.4

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.6.4

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Sanskrit

4.6.4

stī̱rṇe ba̱rhiṣi̍ samidhā̱ne a̱gnā ū̱rdhvo a̍dhva̱ryur ju̍juṣā̱ṇo a̍sthāt |
pary a̱gniḥ pa̍śu̱pā na hotā̍ trivi̱ṣṭy e̍ti pra̱diva̍ urā̱ṇaḥ ||

When sacred grass is strewn and Agni kindled, the Adhvaryu rises to, his task rej o cing. Agni the Priest, like one who tends the cattle, goes three times round, as from of old he wills it.

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

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