Lexicon

of Rig Veda

doṣāvastṛ, illumining darkness

Whereas Agni is wakeful even in night of our Earth and shines in its darkness, Lord of the Nights, kṣapāvat, kṣapo rājan, it is why a man approaches to him the first.

See also:

•  Agni (agni)

•  illumination (of the Truth) (dyumna)