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Rigveda 6.6.5

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.6.5

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Sanskrit

6.6.5

adha̍ ji̱hvā pā̍patīti̱ pra vṛṣṇo̍ goṣu̱yudho̱ nāśani̍ḥ sṛjā̱nā |
śūra̍syeva̱ prasi̍tiḥ kṣā̱tir a̱gner du̱rvartu̍r bhī̱mo da̍yate̱ vanā̍ni ||

Forth darts the Bull's tongue like the sharp stone weapon discharged by him who fights to win the cattle. Agni's fierce flame is like a hero's onset: dread and resistless he destroys the forests.

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

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