अग्निर् मूर्धा दिवः ककुत् पतिः पृथिव्या ऽ अयम् । अपाᳬं रेताᳬंसि जिन्वति ॥
agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut patiḥ pṛthivyā ' ayam | apāᳬṃ retāᳬṃsi jinvati ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Agni is head and height of heaven, the Master of the earth is he: He quickeneth the watere seed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.44.16; the wording of this text may differ in places.