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Rigveda 4.7.10

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.7.10

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Sanskrit

4.7.10

sa̱dyo jā̱tasya̱ dadṛ̍śāna̱m ojo̱ yad a̍sya̱ vāto̍ anu̱vāti̍ śo̱ciḥ |
vṛ̱ṇakti̍ ti̱gmām a̍ta̱seṣu̍ ji̱hvāṁ sthi̱rā ci̱d annā̍ dayate̱ vi jambhai̍ḥ ||

Yet newly born, his vigour is apparent when the wind blows upon his fiery splendour, His sharpened tongue he layeth on the brushwood, and with his teeth e'en solid food consumeth.

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

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