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Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 17
Sanskrit: न सेशे यस्य रोमशं निषेदुषो विजृम्भते । सेदीशे यस्य रम्बतेऽन्तरा सक्थ्या कपृद्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: na seśe yasya romaśaṃ niṣeduṣo vijṛmbhate | sedīśe yasya rambate'ntarā sakthyā kapṛdviśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: [Indra speaks]: He who is endowed with vigour begets not progeny, but he who is impotent; Indra isabove all (the world).
Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 18
Sanskrit: अयमिन्द्र वृषाकपिः परस्वन्तं हतं विदत् । असिं सूनां नवं चरुमादेधस्यान आचितं विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: ayamindra vṛṣākapiḥ parasvantaṃ hataṃ vidat | asiṃ sūnāṃ navaṃ carumādedhasyāna ācitaṃ viśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: [Indrāṇī speaks]: Let this Vṛṣākapi, Indra, take a dead wild ass, (let him take) a knife (to cut it up),a fire-plural ce (to cook it), a new saucepan, and a cart full of fuel; Indra is above all (the world).
Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 19
Sanskrit: अयमेमि विचाकशद्विचिन्वन्दासमार्यम् । पिबामि पाकसुत्वनोऽभि धीरमचाकशं विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: ayamemi vicākaśadvicinvandāsamāryam | pibāmi pākasutvano'bhi dhīramacākaśaṃ viśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: [Indra speaks]: Here I come to the (sacrifice) looking upon (the worshippers), distinguishing the Dāsaand the Ārya; I drink (the Soma) of the (worshipper), who effuses (the Soma) with mature (mind); I look upon theintelligent (sacrificer); Indra is above all (the world).
Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 20
Sanskrit: धन्व च यत्कृन्तत्रं च कति स्वित्ता वि योजना । नेदीयसो वृषाकपेऽस्तमेहि गृहाँ उप विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: dhanva ca yatkṛntatraṃ ca kati svittā vi yojanā | nedīyaso vṛṣākape'stamehi gṛhā~ upa viśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: Go home, Vṣs.ākapi, to the halls of sacrifice (from the lurking- plural ce of the enemy), which is desertand forest (how many leagues are there from there?) and from the nearest (lurking-plural ce); Indra is above all (theworld).
Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 21
Sanskrit: पुनरेहि वृषाकपे सुविता कल्पयावहै । य एष स्वप्ननंशनोऽस्तमेषि पथा पुनर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: punarehi vṛṣākape suvitā kalpayāvahai | ya eṣa svapnanaṃśano'stameṣi pathā punarviśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: Come back, Vṛṣākapi, that we may do what is agreeable to you; you, who are the destroyer ofsleep, come home again by the road; Indra is above all (the world).
Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 22
Sanskrit: यदुदञ्चो वृषाकपे गृहमिन्द्राजगन्तन । क्व स्य पुल्वघो मृगः कमगञ्जनयोपनो विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: yadudañco vṛṣākape gṛhamindrājagantana | kva sya pulvagho mṛgaḥ kamagañjanayopano viśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: Rise up and come home, Vṛṣākapi and Indra; where is that destructive beast, to what (region) has(that beast), the exhilarator of men, gone? Indra is above all (the world).
Mandala 10, Sukta 86, Verse 23
Sanskrit: पर्शुर्ह नाम मानवी साकं ससूव विंशतिम् । भद्रं भल त्यस्या अभूद्यस्या उदरमामयद्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
Transliteration: parśurha nāma mānavī sākaṃ sasūva viṃśatim | bhadraṃ bhala tyasyā abhūdyasyā udaramāmayadviśvasmādindra uttaraḥ ||
Translation: The daughter of Manu, Parśu by name, bore twenty children at once; may good fortune, O arrow ofIndra, befall her whose belly was so prolific; Indra is above all (the world).
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 1
Sanskrit: रक्षोहणं वाजिनमा जिघर्मि मित्रं प्रथिष्ठमुप यामि शर्म । शिशानो अग्निः क्रतुभिः समिद्धः स नो दिवा स रिषः पातु नक्तम् ॥
Transliteration: rakṣohaṇaṃ vājinamā jigharmi mitraṃ prathiṣṭhamupa yāmi śarma | śiśāno agniḥ kratubhiḥ samiddhaḥ sa no divā sa riṣaḥ pātu naktam ||
Translation: I offer clarified butter to the powerful Agni, the slayer of rākṣasas, I approach the most spaciousdwelling, the friend (of worshippers); Agni sharpening (his flames) is kindled by pious men; may he guard us frommalignant spirits by day and by night.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 2
Sanskrit: अयोदंष्ट्रो अर्चिषा यातुधानानुप स्पृश जातवेदः समिद्धः । आ जिह्वया मूरदेवान्रभस्व क्रव्यादो वृक्त्व्यपि धत्स्वासन् ॥
Transliteration: ayodaṃṣṭro arciṣā yātudhānānupa spṛśa jātavedaḥ samiddhaḥ | ā jihvayā mūradevānrabhasva kravyādo vṛktvyapi dhatsvāsan ||
Translation: Jātavedas, who have teeth of iron, consume the Yātudhānas' flame when kindled, destroy thedestructive (spirits) with your tongue, cut up the eaters of flesh, and put them in your mouth.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 3
Sanskrit: उभोभयाविन्नुप धेहि दंष्ट्रा हिंस्रः शिशानोऽवरं परं च । उतान्तरिक्षे परि याहि राजञ्जम्भैः सं धेह्यभि यातुधानान् ॥
Transliteration: ubhobhayāvinnupa dhehi daṃṣṭrā hiṃsraḥ śiśāno'varaṃ paraṃ ca | utāntarikṣe pari yāhi rājañjambhaiḥ saṃ dhehyabhi yātudhānān ||
Translation: Agni, the destroyer (of the rākṣasas), who have two (rows of teeth), sharpening them both, applythem to (the rākṣasas, and preserve) both the upper and the lower (world); and march, radiant (Agni, againstthe rākṣasas) in the firmament, seize the yātudhānas with your jaws.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 4
Sanskrit: यज्ञैरिषूः संनममानो अग्ने वाचा शल्याँ अशनिभिर्दिहानः । ताभिर्विध्य हृदये यातुधानान्प्रतीचो बाहून्प्रति भङ्ध्येषाम् ॥
Transliteration: yajñairiṣūḥ saṃnamamāno agne vācā śalyā~ aśanibhirdihānaḥ | tābhirvidhya hṛdaye yātudhānānpratīco bāhūnprati bhaṅdhyeṣām ||
Translation: Agni, do you, bending your arrows by means on your sacrifices and praise, and sharpening thejavelins with your splendours, pierce with them the yātudhānas to the heart, break their arms when raisedagainst you.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 5
Sanskrit: अग्ने त्वचं यातुधानस्य भिन्धि हिंस्राशनिर्हरसा हन्त्वेनम् । प्र पर्वाणि जातवेदः शृणीहि क्रव्यात्क्रविष्णुर्वि चिनोतु वृक्णम् ॥
Transliteration: agne tvacaṃ yātudhānasya bhindhi hiṃsrāśanirharasā hantvenam | pra parvāṇi jātavedaḥ śṛṇīhi kravyātkraviṣṇurvi cinotu vṛkṇam ||
Translation: Agni Jātavedas, cut through the skin of the yātudhānas, let your destructive thunderbolt destroyhim with its fire; sever his joints, may the flesh-desiring flesh-eater devour his mutilated body.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 6
Sanskrit: यत्रेदानीं पश्यसि जातवेदस्तिष्ठन्तमग्न उत वा चरन्तम् । यद्वान्तरिक्षे पथिभिः पतन्तं तमस्ता विध्य शर्वा शिशानः ॥
Transliteration: yatredānīṃ paśyasi jātavedastiṣṭhantamagna uta vā carantam | yadvāntarikṣe pathibhiḥ patantaṃ tamastā vidhya śarvā śiśānaḥ ||
Translation: Wherever you now behold him, Agni Jātavedas, whether standing or moving, or passing along thepaths in the firmament, do you, O shooter sharpening (your arrows), transfix him with your shaft.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 7
Sanskrit: उतालब्धं स्पृणुहि जातवेद आलेभानादृष्टिभिर्यातुधानात् । अग्ने पूर्वो नि जहि शोशुचान आमादः क्ष्विङ्कास्तमदन्त्वेनीः ॥
Transliteration: utālabdhaṃ spṛṇuhi jātaveda ālebhānādṛṣṭibhiryātudhānāt | agne pūrvo ni jahi śośucāna āmādaḥ kṣviṅkāstamadantvenīḥ ||
Translation: And defend me, Jātavedas, with your darts when I am seized, (defend me) from the Yātudhānaswho has seized me; anticipating him, do you, Agni, blazing fiercely, slay him; may the swift-flying vultures, theflesh-eaters, devour him.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 8
Sanskrit: इह प्र ब्रूहि यतमः सो अग्ने यो यातुधानो य इदं कृणोति । तमा रभस्व समिधा यविष्ठ नृचक्षसश्चक्षुषे रन्धयैनम् ॥
Transliteration: iha pra brūhi yatamaḥ so agne yo yātudhāno ya idaṃ kṛṇoti | tamā rabhasva samidhā yaviṣṭha nṛcakṣasaścakṣuṣe randhayainam ||
Translation: Agni, youngest of the gods, announce (to me present) at this (your sacrifice), which is yourYātudhāna who does this; destroy him with your kindled flame; beholder of men, consume him with yourbrilliance.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 9
Sanskrit: तीक्ष्णेनाग्ने चक्षुषा रक्ष यज्ञं प्राञ्चं वसुभ्यः प्र णय प्रचेतः । हिंस्रं रक्षांस्यभि शोशुचानं मा त्वा दभन्यातुधाना नृचक्षः ॥
Transliteration: tīkṣṇenāgne cakṣuṣā rakṣa yajñaṃ prāñcaṃ vasubhyaḥ pra ṇaya pracetaḥ | hiṃsraṃ rakṣāṃsyabhi śośucānaṃ mā tvā dabhanyātudhānā nṛcakṣaḥ ||
Translation: Protect this sacrifice, Agni, with your sharp glance; lead it sage (Agni) forward to (the acquisition of)riches; let not the Yātudhānas harm you, beholder of men, the destroyer of rākṣasas blazing fiercely.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 10
Sanskrit: नृचक्षा रक्षः परि पश्य विक्षु तस्य त्रीणि प्रति शृणीह्यग्रा । तस्याग्ने पृष्टीर्हरसा शृणीहि त्रेधा मूलं यातुधानस्य वृश्च ॥
Transliteration: nṛcakṣā rakṣaḥ pari paśya vikṣu tasya trīṇi prati śṛṇīhyagrā | tasyāgne pṛṣṭīrharasā śṛṇīhi tredhā mūlaṃ yātudhānasya vṛśca ||
Translation: Regard, beholder of men, the rākṣasas among the people; cut off his three heads; cut off his flankswith your might; cut off the triple foot of the Yātudhāna.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 11
Sanskrit: त्रिर्यातुधानः प्रसितिं त एत्वृतं यो अग्ने अनृतेन हन्ति । तमर्चिषा स्फूर्जयञ्जातवेदः समक्षमेनं गृणते नि वृङ्धि ॥
Transliteration: triryātudhānaḥ prasitiṃ ta etvṛtaṃ yo agne anṛtena hanti | tamarciṣā sphūrjayañjātavedaḥ samakṣamenaṃ gṛṇate ni vṛṅdhi ||
Translation: Agni Jātavedas, let the Yātudhāna, who defeats your truth with falsehood, come thrice into the
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 12
Sanskrit: तदग्ने चक्षुः प्रति धेहि रेभे शफारुजं येन पश्यसि यातुधानम् । अथर्ववज्ज्योतिषा दैव्येन सत्यं धूर्वन्तमचितं न्योष ॥
Transliteration: tadagne cakṣuḥ prati dhehi rebhe śaphārujaṃ yena paśyasi yātudhānam | atharvavajjyotiṣā daivyena satyaṃ dhūrvantamacitaṃ nyoṣa ||
Translation: Cast, Agni, upon the two roaring (rākṣasas) that eye wherewith you behold the Yātudhāna strikingwith his hoof; like Atharvan with celestial radiance burn down the ignorant (rākṣasas), who assails truth withfalsehood.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 13
Sanskrit: यदग्ने अद्य मिथुना शपातो यद्वाचस्तृष्टं जनयन्त रेभाः । मन्योर्मनसः शरव्या जायते या तया विध्य हृदये यातुधानान् ॥
Transliteration: yadagne adya mithunā śapāto yadvācastṛṣṭaṃ janayanta rebhāḥ | manyormanasaḥ śaravyā jāyate yā tayā vidhya hṛdaye yātudhānān ||
Translation: Today, Agni, when the married pair curse each other, then the praisers produce bitter words (in angeragainst each other), do you pierce the Yātudhānas through the heart with your arrow, which is genitive rated fromyour wrathful mind.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 14
Sanskrit: परा शृणीहि तपसा यातुधानान्पराग्ने रक्षो हरसा शृणीहि । परार्चिषा मूरदेवाञ्छृणीहि परासुतृपो अभि शोशुचानः ॥
Transliteration: parā śṛṇīhi tapasā yātudhānānparāgne rakṣo harasā śṛṇīhi | parārciṣā mūradevāñchṛṇīhi parāsutṛpo abhi śośucānaḥ ||
Translation: Destroy the Yātudhānas with your scorching fire; destroy the rākṣasas, Agni, with your heat;destroy with your radiance those who believe in vaid gods, fiercely blazing, destroy the insatiable.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 15
Sanskrit: पराद्य देवा वृजिनं शृणन्तु प्रत्यगेनं शपथा यन्तु तृष्टाः । वाचास्तेनं शरव ऋच्छन्तु मर्मन्विश्वस्यैतु प्रसितिं यातुधानः ॥
Transliteration: parādya devā vṛjinaṃ śṛṇantu pratyagenaṃ śapathā yantu tṛṣṭāḥ | vācāstenaṃ śarava ṛcchantu marmanviśvasyaitu prasitiṃ yātudhānaḥ ||
Translation: Let all the gods today destroy the murderous (Yātudhāna); let our sharp imprecations encounterhim; may the arrows hit the speaker of falsehood in a vital part; may the Yātudhāna go into the bondage of theall-pervading Agni.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 16
Sanskrit: यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च ॥
Transliteration: yaḥ pauruṣeyeṇa kraviṣā samaṅkte yo aśvyena paśunā yātudhānaḥ | yo aghnyāyā bharati kṣīramagne teṣāṃ śīrṣāṇi harasāpi vṛśca ||
Translation: The Yātudhāna, who fills himself with the flesh of man, and he who fills himself with the flesh ofhorses or of other animals, and he who steals the milk of the cow-- cut off their heads with your flame.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 17
Sanskrit: संवत्सरीणं पय उस्रियायास्तस्य माशीद्यातुधानो नृचक्षः । पीयूषमग्ने यतमस्तितृप्सात्तं प्रत्यञ्चमर्चिषा विध्य मर्मन् ॥
Transliteration: saṃvatsarīṇaṃ paya usriyāyāstasya māśīdyātudhāno nṛcakṣaḥ | pīyūṣamagne yatamastitṛpsāttaṃ pratyañcamarciṣā vidhya marman ||
Translation: The milk of the cow is annually produced, let not the Yātudhāna consume it, O beholder of men;whichever of them would like to satiate himself with the ambrosia, do you, Agni, pierce that contending(rākṣasa) with your flame in a vital part.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 18
Sanskrit: विषं गवां यातुधानाः पिबन्त्वा वृश्च्यन्तामदितये दुरेवाः । परैनान्देवः सविता ददातु परा भागमोषधीनां जयन्ताम् ॥
Transliteration: viṣaṃ gavāṃ yātudhānāḥ pibantvā vṛścyantāmaditaye durevāḥ | paraināndevaḥ savitā dadātu parā bhāgamoṣadhīnāṃ jayantām ||
Translation: Let the Yātudhāna drink poison from the cattle; let the (rākṣasas) hard to overcome be cut topieces for the sake of Aditi; may the divine Savitā give them over (to destruction), may they be deprived of thefood of herbs.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 19
Sanskrit: सनादग्ने मृणसि यातुधानान्न त्वा रक्षांसि पृतनासु जिग्युः । अनु दह सहमूरान्क्रव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षत दैव्यायाः ॥
Transliteration: sanādagne mṛṇasi yātudhānānna tvā rakṣāṃsi pṛtanāsu jigyuḥ | anu daha sahamūrānkravyādo mā te hetyā mukṣata daivyāyāḥ ||
Translation: You, Agni, have from old time opposed the Yātudhāna; the rākṣasas have never overcome you inbattles; burn murderous flesh-eating (rākṣasas) one by one; let them not escape your divine weapon
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 20
Sanskrit: त्वं नो अग्ने अधरादुदक्तात्त्वं पश्चादुत रक्षा पुरस्तात् । प्रति ते ते अजरासस्तपिष्ठा अघशंसं शोशुचतो दहन्तु ॥
Transliteration: tvaṃ no agne adharādudaktāttvaṃ paścāduta rakṣā purastāt | prati te te ajarāsastapiṣṭhā aghaśaṃsaṃ śośucato dahantu ||
Translation: Do you, Agni, protect us on the south, on the north, on the west, and on the east; may these, yourundecaying, scorching, blazing (flames), consume the perpetrator of wickedness.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 21
Sanskrit: पश्चात्पुरस्तादधरादुदक्तात्कविः काव्येन परि पाहि राजन् । सखे सखायमजरो जरिम्णेऽग्ने मर्ताँ अमर्त्यस्त्वं नः ॥
Transliteration: paścātpurastādadharādudaktātkaviḥ kāvyena pari pāhi rājan | sakhe sakhāyamajaro jarimṇe'gne martā~ amartyastvaṃ naḥ ||
Translation: Royal Agni, who are a sage, protect us by your wisdom on the west, on the east, on the south, on thenorth; do you, O friend, who are undecaying, (preserve me), your friend, to old age; do you who are immortal,(protect) us who are mortal.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 22
Sanskrit: परि त्वाग्ने पुरं वयं विप्रं सहस्य धीमहि । धृषद्वर्णं दिवेदिवे हन्तारं भङ्गुरावताम् ॥
Transliteration: pari tvāgne puraṃ vayaṃ vipraṃ sahasya dhīmahi | dhṛṣadvarṇaṃ divedive hantāraṃ bhaṅgurāvatām ||
Translation: We meditate, strength-born Agni, on you, the accomplisher (of rites), the sage, of fearful form, thedestroyer of the treacherous day by day.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 23
Sanskrit: विषेण भङ्गुरावतः प्रति ष्म रक्षसो दह । अग्ने तिग्मेन शोचिषा तपुरग्राभिॠष्टिभिः ॥
Transliteration: viṣeṇa bhaṅgurāvataḥ prati ṣma rakṣaso daha | agne tigmena śociṣā tapuragrābhiṝṣṭibhiḥ ||
Translation: Consume, Agni, the treacherous rākṣasas with your all-pervading sharp flame, with yourflame-pointed darts.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 24
Sanskrit: प्रत्यग्ने मिथुना दह यातुधाना किमीदिना । सं त्वा शिशामि जागृह्यदब्धं विप्र मन्मभिः ॥
Transliteration: pratyagne mithunā daha yātudhānā kimīdinā | saṃ tvā śiśāmi jāgṛhyadabdhaṃ vipra manmabhiḥ ||
Translation: Consume, Agni, these pairs of Yātudhānas and Kimīdins; I whet you, O sage, the invincible one,with my praises; wake up.
Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Verse 25
Sanskrit: प्रत्यग्ने हरसा हरः शृणीहि विश्वतः प्रति । यातुधानस्य रक्षसो बलं वि रुज वीर्यम् ॥
Transliteration: pratyagne harasā haraḥ śṛṇīhi viśvataḥ prati | yātudhānasya rakṣaso balaṃ vi ruja vīryam ||
Translation: Destroy, Agni, with your flame, the impetuous might of the Yātudhāna; break the strength of therākṣasa.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 1
Sanskrit: हविष्पान्तमजरं स्वर्विदि दिविस्पृश्याहुतं जुष्टमग्नौ । तस्य भर्मणे भुवनाय देवा धर्मणे कं स्वधया पप्रथन्त ॥
Transliteration: haviṣpāntamajaraṃ svarvidi divispṛśyāhutaṃ juṣṭamagnau | tasya bharmaṇe bhuvanāya devā dharmaṇe kaṃ svadhayā paprathanta ||
Translation: The Soma oblation, undecaying and agreeable to the gods, which is offered to Agni, who is cognizantof heaven, who touches the sky-- for its nourishment, existence and support, the gods supply (Agni) the giver ofhappiness with food.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 2
Sanskrit: गीर्णं भुवनं तमसापगूऴ्हमाविः स्वरभवज्जाते अग्नौ । तस्य देवाः पृथिवी द्यौरुतापोऽरणयन्नोषधीः सख्ये अस्य ॥
Transliteration: gīrṇaṃ bhuvanaṃ tamasāpagūḻhamāviḥ svarabhavajjāte agnau | tasya devāḥ pṛthivī dyaurutāpo'raṇayannoṣadhīḥ sakhye asya ||
Translation: The whole world swallowed up, hidden in darkness, was made manifest when Agni was born; thegods, heaven and earth, the waters and the plural nts rejoiced in his friendship.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 3
Sanskrit: देवेभिर्न्विषितो यज्ञियेभिरग्निं स्तोषाण्यजरं बृहन्तम् । यो भानुना पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमामाततान रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् ॥
Transliteration: devebhirnviṣito yajñiyebhiragniṃ stoṣāṇyajaraṃ bṛhantam | yo bhānunā pṛthivīṃ dyāmutemāmātatāna rodasī antarikṣam ||
Translation: Sent by adorable gods I praise the undecaying and mighty Agni, who by his radiance has spread forththe earth and this heaven, the two worlds and the firmament.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 4
Sanskrit: यो होतासीत्प्रथमो देवजुष्टो यं समाञ्जन्नाज्येना वृणानाः । स पतत्रीत्वरं स्था जगद्यच्छ्वात्रमग्निरकृणोज्जातवेदाः ॥
Transliteration: yo hotāsītprathamo devajuṣṭo yaṃ samāñjannājyenā vṛṇānāḥ | sa patatrītvaraṃ sthā jagadyacchvātramagnirakṛṇojjātavedāḥ ||
Translation: Who propitiated by the gods was the first offerer of oblations, whom his worshippers anoint withclarified butter-- he, Agni Jātavedas, quickly made that which can fly, that which can walk, that which isstationary, that which is moveable.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 5
Sanskrit: यज्जातवेदो भुवनस्य मूर्धन्नतिष्ठो अग्ने सह रोचनेन । तं त्वाहेम मतिभिर्गीर्भिरुक्थैः स यज्ञियो अभवो रोदसिप्राः ॥
Transliteration: yajjātavedo bhuvanasya mūrdhannatiṣṭho agne saha rocanena | taṃ tvāhema matibhirgīrbhirukthaiḥ sa yajñiyo abhavo rodasiprāḥ ||
Translation: Inasmuch as you abide, Agni Jātavedas, on the brow of the universe, together with the sun, we havecome to you with praises, with hymns, with prayers; you are adorable, the satisfier of heaven and earth.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 6
Sanskrit: मूर्धा भुवो भवति नक्तमग्निस्ततः सूर्यो जायते प्रातरुद्यन् । मायामू तु यज्ञियानामेतामपो यत्तूर्णिश्चरति प्रजानन् ॥
Transliteration: mūrdhā bhuvo bhavati naktamagnistataḥ sūryo jāyate prātarudyan | māyāmū tu yajñiyānāmetāmapo yattūrṇiścarati prajānan ||
Translation: Agni is the head of all beings by night; then the sun rising early is born; (the wise know) this to be thewisdom of the adorable gods, that the swift- moving sun being intelligent moves through the firmameṇṭ
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 7
Sanskrit: दृशेन्यो यो महिना समिद्धोऽरोचत दिवियोनिर्विभावा । तस्मिन्नग्नौ सूक्तवाकेन देवा हविर्विश्व आजुहवुस्तनूपाः ॥
Transliteration: dṛśenyo yo mahinā samiddho'rocata diviyonirvibhāvā | tasminnagnau sūktavākena devā havirviśva ājuhavustanūpāḥ ||
Translation: He who shines visible to all through his greatness radiant, having his station in the sky, resplendentinhim, Agni, the unversal gods, the guardians of men's bodies, have presented an oblation with the voice of
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 8
Sanskrit: सूक्तवाकं प्रथममादिदग्निमादिद्धविरजनयन्त देवाः । स एषां यज्ञो अभवत्तनूपास्तं द्यौर्वेद तं पृथिवी तमापः ॥
Transliteration: sūktavākaṃ prathamamādidagnimādiddhavirajanayanta devāḥ | sa eṣāṃ yajño abhavattanūpāstaṃ dyaurveda taṃ pṛthivī tamāpaḥ ||
Translation: The gods first genitive rated the words of the hymn, then Agni, then the oblation; he is the (object of the)sacrifice of these deities, the protector of the body; him the heaven knows, him the earth and the waters, know.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 9
Sanskrit: यं देवासोऽजनयन्ताग्निं यस्मिन्नाजुहवुर्भुवनानि विश्वा । सो अर्चिषा पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमामृजूयमानो अतपन्महित्वा ॥
Transliteration: yaṃ devāso'janayantāgniṃ yasminnājuhavurbhuvanāni viśvā | so arciṣā pṛthivīṃ dyāmutemāmṛjūyamāno atapanmahitvā ||
Translation: Agni whom the gods genitive rated, in whom all beings have offered oblations-- he, the straight-going, haswarmed by his \radiance, by his might, the earth and his heaven.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 10
Sanskrit: स्तोमेन हि दिवि देवासो अग्निमजीजनञ्छक्तिभी रोदसिप्राम् । तमू अकृण्वन्त्रेधा भुवे कं स ओषधीः पचति विश्वरूपाः ॥
Transliteration: stomena hi divi devāso agnimajījanañchaktibhī rodasiprām | tamū akṛṇvantredhā bhuve kaṃ sa oṣadhīḥ pacati viśvarūpāḥ ||
Translation: The gods have by praise engendered Agni in the sky, who fills heaven and earth by his functions, theyappointed the joy-bestowing Agni to his three- fold condition, he brings the manifold plural nts to maturity.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 11
Sanskrit: यदेदेनमदधुर्यज्ञियासो दिवि देवाः सूर्यमादितेयम् । यदा चरिष्णू मिथुनावभूतामादित्प्रापश्यन्भुवनानि विश्वा ॥
Transliteration: yadedenamadadhuryajñiyāso divi devāḥ sūryamāditeyam | yadā cariṣṇū mithunāvabhūtāmāditprāpaśyanbhuvanāni viśvā ||
Translation: When the adorable gods, plural ced him and Sūrya, the son of Aditi, in heaven; when the swift-movingpair (Agni and Vaiśvānara) appeared, then all beings beheld them.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 12
Sanskrit: विश्वस्मा अग्निं भुवनाय देवा वैश्वानरं केतुमह्नामकृण्वन् । आ यस्ततानोषसो विभातीरपो ऊर्णोति तमो अर्चिषा यन् ॥
Transliteration: viśvasmā agniṃ bhuvanāya devā vaiśvānaraṃ ketumahnāmakṛṇvan | ā yastatānoṣaso vibhātīrapo ūrṇoti tamo arciṣā yan ||
Translation: The gods made Agni Vaiśvānara, the indicator of days, for the sake of the whole world, whostretched out the radiant dawns, and as he moves along scatters the darkness with his light.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 13
Sanskrit: वैश्वानरं कवयो यज्ञियासोऽग्निं देवा अजनयन्नजुर्यम् । नक्षत्रं प्रत्नममिनच्चरिष्णु यक्षस्याध्यक्षं तविषं बृहन्तम् ॥
Transliteration: vaiśvānaraṃ kavayo yajñiyāso'gniṃ devā ajanayannajuryam | nakṣatraṃ pratnamaminaccariṣṇu yakṣasyādhyakṣaṃ taviṣaṃ bṛhantam ||
Translation: The wise and adorable gods engendered the imperishable Agni Vaiśvānara; he overcame (with hislight) the ancient swift-moving Nakṣatra, the overseer of the adorable (deity), mighty and great.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 14
Sanskrit: वैश्वानरं विश्वहा दीदिवांसं मन्त्रैरग्निं कविमच्छा वदामः । यो महिम्ना परिबभूवोर्वी उतावस्तादुत देवः परस्तात् ॥
Transliteration: vaiśvānaraṃ viśvahā dīdivāṃsaṃ mantrairagniṃ kavimacchā vadāmaḥ | yo mahimnā paribabhūvorvī utāvastāduta devaḥ parastāt ||
Translation: We glorify daily with praises the brilliant and sage Agni Vaiśvānara, the god who overcomes by hismight both heaven and earth, (burning) both below and above.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 15
Sanskrit: द्वे स्रुती अशृणवं पितॄणामहं देवानामुत मर्त्यानाम् । ताभ्यामिदं विश्वमेजत्समेति यदन्तरा पितरं मातरं च ॥
Transliteration: dve srutī aśṛṇavaṃ pitṝṇāmahaṃ devānāmuta martyānām | tābhyāmidaṃ viśvamejatsameti yadantarā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca ||
Translation: I have heard that there are two paths for Pitṛs, gods and mortals; all this universe which is betweenthe paternal (heaven) and the maternal (earth) proceeds on its way by these two (paths).
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 16
Sanskrit: द्वे समीची बिभृतश्चरन्तं शीर्षतो जातं मनसा विमृष्टम् । स प्रत्यङ्विश्वा भुवनानि तस्थावप्रयुच्छन्तरणिर्भ्राजमानः ॥
Transliteration: dve samīcī bibhṛtaścarantaṃ śīrṣato jātaṃ manasā vimṛṣṭam | sa pratyaṅviśvā bhuvanāni tasthāvaprayucchantaraṇirbhrājamānaḥ ||
Translation: The associated two (heaven and earth) support (Agni) moving, born from the head, sanctified bypraise; diligent, rapid, radiant, he appears in the presence of all beings.
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 17
Sanskrit: यत्रा वदेते अवरः परश्च यज्ञन्योः कतरो नौ वि वेद । आ शेकुरित्सधमादं सखायो नक्षन्त यज्ञं क इदं वि वोचत् ॥
Transliteration: yatrā vadete avaraḥ paraśca yajñanyoḥ kataro nau vi veda | ā śekuritsadhamādaṃ sakhāyo nakṣanta yajñaṃ ka idaṃ vi vocat ||
Translation: When the lower and upper (fire) disputed "which of us twain leaders of sacrifice knows the work best?"then the friends (the priests) were competent (to offer) sacrifice, they came to the sacrifice; who declares this?
Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Verse 18
Sanskrit: कत्यग्नयः कति सूर्यासः कत्युषासः कत्यु स्विदापः । नोपस्पिजं वः पितरो वदामि पृच्छामि वः कवयो विद्मने कम् ॥
Transliteration: katyagnayaḥ kati sūryāsaḥ katyuṣāsaḥ katyu svidāpaḥ | nopaspijaṃ vaḥ pitaro vadāmi pṛcchāmi vaḥ kavayo vidmane kam ||
Translation: How many fires are there, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters? I address you, OPitṛs, not in rivalry, I ask you, sages, in order to know (the truth).