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Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 13
आ जङ्घन्ति सान्वेषां जघनाँ उप जिघ्नते । अश्वाजनि प्रचेतसोऽश्वान्त्समत्सु चोदय ॥
ā jaṅghanti sānveṣāṃ jaghanā~ upa jighnate | aśvājani pracetaso'śvāntsamatsu codaya ||
Translation: Whip, with which the skilful (charioteers) last their thighs and scourge their flanks, urge the horses in battles.
Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 14
अहिरिव भोगैः पर्येति बाहुं ज्याया हेतिं परिबाधमानः । हस्तघ्नो विश्वा वयुनानि विद्वान्पुमान्पुमांसं परि पातु विश्वतः ॥
ahiriva bhogaiḥ paryeti bāhuṃ jyāyā hetiṃ paribādhamānaḥ | hastaghno viśvā vayunāni vidvānpumānpumāṃsaṃ pari pātu viśvataḥ ||
Translation: The ward of the fore-arm protecting it from the abrasion of the bow-string, surrounds the arm like a snake with its convulutions; may the brave man, experienced in the arts of war, defend a combatant on every side.
Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 15
आलाक्ता या रुरुशीर्ष्ण्यथो यस्या अयो मुखम् । इदं पर्जन्यरेतस इष्वै देव्यै बृहन्नमः ॥
ālāktā yā ruruśīrṣṇyatho yasyā ayo mukham | idaṃ parjanyaretasa iṣvai devyai bṛhannamaḥ ||
Translation: This praise (be offered) to the large celestial arrow, the growth of Parjanya, whose point is anointed with venom, whose blade is iron.
Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 16
अवसृष्टा परा पत शरव्ये ब्रह्मसंशिते । गच्छामित्रान्प्र पद्यस्व मामीषां कं चनोच्छिषः ॥
avasṛṣṭā parā pata śaravye brahmasaṃśite | gacchāmitrānpra padyasva māmīṣāṃ kaṃ canocchiṣaḥ ||
Translation: Arrow, wheted by charms, fly when discharged; go light among the adversaries, spare not one of the enemy.
Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 17
यत्र बाणाः सम्पतन्ति कुमारा विशिखा इव । तत्रा नो ब्रह्मणस्पतिरदितिः शर्म यच्छतु विश्वाहा शर्म यच्छतु ॥
yatra bāṇāḥ sampatanti kumārā viśikhā iva | tatrā no brahmaṇaspatiraditiḥ śarma yacchatu viśvāhā śarma yacchatu ||
Translation: Where arrows alight like shaven-headed boys may brahmaṇaspati, may Aditi, grant us happiness every day.
Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 18
मर्माणि ते वर्मणा छादयामि सोमस्त्वा राजामृतेनानु वस्ताम् । उरोर्वरीयो वरुणस्ते कृणोतु जयन्तं त्वानु देवा मदन्तु ॥
marmāṇi te varmaṇā chādayāmi somastvā rājāmṛtenānu vastām | urorvarīyo varuṇaste kṛṇotu jayantaṃ tvānu devā madantu ||
Translation: I cover your vital parts with armour; may the royal Soma invest you with ambrosia; may Varuṇa amplify your ample felicity; may the gods rejoice (at beholding you) triumphant.
Rigveda, Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Verse 19
यो नः स्वो अरणो यश्च निष्ट्यो जिघांसति । देवास्तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥
yo naḥ svo araṇo yaśca niṣṭyo jighāṃsati | devāstaṃ sarve dhūrvantu brahma varma mamāntaram ||
Translation: Whoever, whether an unfriendly relative or a stranger, desires to kill us, may all the gods destroy him; prayer is my best armour
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 1
अग्निं नरो दीधितिभिररण्योर्हस्तच्युती जनयन्त प्रशस्तम् । दूरेदृशं गृहपतिमथर्युम् ॥
agniṃ naro dīdhitibhiraraṇyorhastacyutī janayanta praśastam | dūredṛśaṃ gṛhapatimatharyum ||
Translation: Men genitive rate the excellent, far-gleaming maser of the mansion, the accessible Agni, present in the twosticks by attrition with their fingers.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 2
तमग्निमस्ते वसवो न्यृण्वन्त्सुप्रतिचक्षमवसे कुतश्चित् । दक्षाय्यो यो दम आस नित्यः ॥
tamagnimaste vasavo nyṛṇvantsupraticakṣamavase kutaścit | dakṣāyyo yo dama āsa nityaḥ ||
Translation: The dwellers have plural ced in the mansion, for its constant protection, that visible Agni, who has beenfrom ever, who is to be honoured in every house.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 3
प्रेद्धो अग्ने दीदिहि पुरो नोऽजस्रया सूर्म्या यविष्ठ । त्वां शश्वन्त उप यन्ति वाजाः ॥
preddho agne dīdihi puro no'jasrayā sūrmyā yaviṣṭha | tvāṃ śaśvanta upa yanti vājāḥ ||
Translation: Well-kindled, youthful Agni, shine before us with undecaying radiance; to you abundant sacrificialviands proceed.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 4
प्र ते अग्नयोऽग्निभ्यो वरं निः सुवीरासः शोशुचन्त द्युमन्तः । यत्रा नरः समासते सुजाताः ॥
pra te agnayo'gnibhyo varaṃ niḥ suvīrāsaḥ śośucanta dyumantaḥ | yatrā naraḥ samāsate sujātāḥ ||
Translation: Those radiant fires, at which the well-bon sacrificers assemble, shine more brightly, and are morebountiful bestower of progeny (and other blessings), than the fires (of common life).
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 5
दा नो अग्ने धिया रयिं सुवीरं स्वपत्यं सहस्य प्रशस्तम् । न यं यावा तरति यातुमावान् ॥
dā no agne dhiyā rayiṃ suvīraṃ svapatyaṃ sahasya praśastam | na yaṃ yāvā tarati yātumāvān ||
Translation: Vigorous Agni, grant to us, (in requital) of our praises, excellent riches, worthy male offspring, anddescendants; (wealth), which an enemy attemptin to assail, may not despoil.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 6
उप यमेति युवतिः सुदक्षं दोषा वस्तोर्हविष्मती घृताची । उप स्वैनमरमतिर्वसूयुः ॥
upa yameti yuvatiḥ sudakṣaṃ doṣā vastorhaviṣmatī ghṛtācī | upa svainamaramatirvasūyuḥ ||
Translation: Whom vigorous, the young damsel (the ladle) charged with the oblation, presenting the melted butter,day and night approaches; him, his own lustre approaches, favourable to (the bestowal of) wealth.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 7
विश्वा अग्नेऽप दहारातीर्येभिस्तपोभिरदहो जरूथम् । प्र निस्वरं चातयस्वामीवाम् ॥
viśvā agne'pa dahārātīryebhistapobhiradaho jarūtham | pra nisvaraṃ cātayasvāmīvām ||
Translation: Consume, Agni, all enemies; with the same flames with which you have consumed Jarūtha, drive awayfebrile disease.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 8
आ यस्ते अग्न इधते अनीकं वसिष्ठ शुक्र दीदिवः पावक । उतो न एभिः स्तवथैरिह स्याः ॥
ā yaste agna idhate anīkaṃ vasiṣṭha śukra dīdivaḥ pāvaka | uto na ebhiḥ stavathairiha syāḥ ||
Translation: Eminent, pure, radiating purifier, Agni, be present (at the sacrifice) of him who lights up your blaze, andat ours, (who address you) with these praises.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 9
वि ये ते अग्ने भेजिरे अनीकं मर्ता नरः पित्र्यासः पुरुत्रा । उतो न एभिः सुमना इह स्याः ॥
vi ye te agne bhejire anīkaṃ martā naraḥ pitryāsaḥ purutrā | uto na ebhiḥ sumanā iha syāḥ ||
Translation: Patriarchal mortals, leaders or rites have shared, Agni, your radiance in many plural ces; (propitiated) bythese our (praises, as by theirs), be present at this sacrifice.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 10
इमे नरो वृत्रहत्येषु शूरा विश्वा अदेवीरभि सन्तु मायाः । ये मे धियं पनयन्त प्रशस्ताम् ॥
ime naro vṛtrahatyeṣu śūrā viśvā adevīrabhi santu māyāḥ | ye me dhiyaṃ panayanta praśastām ||
Translation: May those men who commend this my sacred rite, heroes, in battles with foes, overcome all impiousdevices.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 11
मा शूने अग्ने नि षदाम नृणां माशेषसोऽवीरता परि त्वा । प्रजावतीषु दुर्यासु दुर्य ॥
mā śūne agne ni ṣadāma nṛṇāṃ māśeṣaso'vīratā pari tvā | prajāvatīṣu duryāsu durya ||
Translation: Let us not sit down, Agni, in an empty dwelling, (nor in those) of (other) men; let us not be withoutsuccessors; or, being without male posterity, let us, friend of dwellings, (by) worshipping you, (come to abide) inhouses filled with progeny.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 12
यमश्वी नित्यमुपयाति यज्ञं प्रजावन्तं स्वपत्यं क्षयं नः । स्वजन्मना शेषसा वावृधानम् ॥
yamaśvī nityamupayāti yajñaṃ prajāvantaṃ svapatyaṃ kṣayaṃ naḥ | svajanmanā śeṣasā vāvṛdhānam ||
Translation: To whatsoever sacrifice the lord of horses regularly repairs, render, (Agni), our dwelling blessed withprogeny, with excellent posterity, prospering with lineal successors.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 13
पाहि नो अग्ने रक्षसो अजुष्टात्पाहि धूर्तेरररुषो अघायोः । त्वा युजा पृतनायूँरभि ष्याम् ॥
pāhi no agne rakṣaso ajuṣṭātpāhi dhūrterararuṣo aghāyoḥ | tvā yujā pṛtanāyū~rabhi ṣyām ||
Translation: Protect us, Agni, from the odious rākṣasas; protect us from the malignant, the illiberal, the iniquitous;may I, with you for my ally, triumph over the hostile.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 14
सेदग्निरग्नीँरत्यस्त्वन्यान्यत्र वाजी तनयो वीऴुपाणिः । सहस्रपाथा अक्षरा समेति ॥
sedagniragnī~ratyastvanyānyatra vājī tanayo vīḻupāṇiḥ | sahasrapāthā akṣarā sameti ||
Translation: May that fire (kindled by me) surpass all other fires, at which a vigorous son, firm-handed, possessing athousand means (of living), co-operates in imperishable (praise).
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 15
सेदग्निर्यो वनुष्यतो निपाति समेद्धारमंहस उरुष्यात् । सुजातासः परि चरन्ति वीराः ॥
sedagniryo vanuṣyato nipāti sameddhāramaṃhasa uruṣyāt | sujātāsaḥ pari caranti vīrāḥ ||
Translation: Verily is he Agni, who defends from the malevolent and from heinous sin (the worshipper) kindling (thefire); he (it is) whom the well-born worshippers adore.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 16
अयं सो अग्निराहुतः पुरुत्रा यमीशानः समिदिन्धे हविष्मान् । परि यमेत्यध्वरेषु होता ॥
ayaṃ so agnirāhutaḥ purutrā yamīśānaḥ samidindhe haviṣmān | pari yametyadhvareṣu hotā ||
Translation: This is the Agni invoked in many plural ces; whom the prince, presenting oblations to, kindles, whom theministrant priest circumambulates at sacrifices.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 17
त्वे अग्न आहवनानि भूरीशानास आ जुहुयाम नित्या । उभा कृण्वन्तो वहतू मियेधे ॥
tve agna āhavanāni bhūrīśānāsa ā juhuyāma nityā | ubhā kṛṇvanto vahatū miyedhe ||
Translation: To you, Agni, may we, who are of exalted rank, offer many perpetual oblations, (employing) means,(prayer and praise), attracting you to the sacrifice.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 18
इमो अग्ने वीततमानि हव्याजस्रो वक्षि देवतातिमच्छ । प्रति न ईं सुरभीणि व्यन्तु ॥
imo agne vītatamāni havyājasro vakṣi devatātimaccha | prati na īṃ surabhīṇi vyantu ||
Translation: Do you, who are imperishable, bear these most acceptable oblations to the presence of the assembly ofthe gods; and may our fragran (offering) gratify them severally.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 19
मा नो अग्नेऽवीरते परा दा दुर्वाससेऽमतये मा नो अस्यै । मा नः क्षुधे मा रक्षस ऋतावो मा नो दमे मा वन आ जुहूर्थाः ॥
mā no agne'vīrate parā dā durvāsase'mataye mā no asyai | mā naḥ kṣudhe mā rakṣasa ṛtāvo mā no dame mā vana ā juhūrthāḥ ||
Translation: Relinquish us not, Agni, to the want of male offspring; nor to deficient clothing; nor to such desruction;leave us not to hunger, not to the rākṣasas; expose us not, observer of truth, to evil, whether in the house or inthe forest.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 20
नू मे ब्रह्माण्यग्न उच्छशाधि त्वं देव मघवद्भ्यः सुषूदः । रातौ स्यामोभयास आ ते यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
nū me brahmāṇyagna ucchaśādhi tvaṃ deva maghavadbhyaḥ suṣūdaḥ | rātau syāmobhayāsa ā te yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
Translation: Bestow upon me, Agni, quickly, abundant wholesome food; send sustenance, divine Agni, to those whoare opulent in oblations; may we, both (priests and employer), be comprehended in your munificence; do youever cherish us with blessings.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 21
त्वमग्ने सुहवो रण्वसंदृक्सुदीती सूनो सहसो दिदीहि । मा त्वे सचा तनये नित्य आ धङ्मा वीरो अस्मन्नर्यो वि दासीत् ॥
tvamagne suhavo raṇvasaṃdṛksudītī sūno sahaso didīhi | mā tve sacā tanaye nitya ā dhaṅmā vīro asmannaryo vi dāsīt ||
Translation: Shine wiḥ bright lustre, Agni, son of strength, you who are earnestly invoked, and of plural asant aspect;consume not the begotten son with whom you are associated; let not our male offspring, beneficial to man,perish.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 22
मा नो अग्ने दुर्भृतये सचैषु देवेद्धेष्वग्निषु प्र वोचः । मा ते अस्मान्दुर्मतयो भृमाच्चिद्देवस्य सूनो सहसो नशन्त ॥
mā no agne durbhṛtaye sacaiṣu deveddheṣvagniṣu pra vocaḥ | mā te asmāndurmatayo bhṛmācciddevasya sūno sahaso naśanta ||
Translation: Command not the fires kindled by the priests with which you are united to work as evil; let not thedispleasure, even in error, of you, the son of strength, who are divine, fall upon us.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 23
स मर्तो अग्ने स्वनीक रेवानमर्त्ये य आजुहोति हव्यम् । स देवता वसुवनिं दधाति यं सूरिरर्थी पृच्छमान एति ॥
sa marto agne svanīka revānamartye ya ājuhoti havyam | sa devatā vasuvaniṃ dadhāti yaṃ sūrirarthī pṛcchamāna eti ||
Translation: Radiant Agni, the mortal who offers oblations to the immortal becomes affluent; that deity (Agni) favoursthe presenter of (sacrificial) wealth, to whom the devout solicitant inquiring applies.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 24
महो नो अग्ने सुवितस्य विद्वान्रयिं सूरिभ्य आ वहा बृहन्तम् । येन वयं सहसावन्मदेमाविक्षितास आयुषा सुवीराः ॥
maho no agne suvitasya vidvānrayiṃ sūribhya ā vahā bṛhantam | yena vayaṃ sahasāvanmademāvikṣitāsa āyuṣā suvīrāḥ ||
Translation: Agni, who are cognizant of our solemn and auspicious (worship), bring to the worshippers abundantriches, whereby, mighty Agni, we, blessed with uncontracted life, and excellent male desendants, may be happy.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Verse 25
नू मे ब्रह्माण्यग्न उच्छशाधि त्वं देव मघवद्भ्यः सुषूदः । रातौ स्यामोभयास आ ते यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
nū me brahmāṇyagna ucchaśādhi tvaṃ deva maghavadbhyaḥ suṣūdaḥ | rātau syāmobhayāsa ā te yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
Translation: Bestow upon me, Agni, quickly, abundant wholesome food; send sustenance, divine Agni, to those whoare opulent in oblaions; may we, both (priests and employer), be comprehended in your munificence; do you evercherish us with blessings.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 1
जुषस्व नः समिधमग्ने अद्य शोचा बृहद्यजतं धूममृण्वन् । उप स्पृश दिव्यं सानु स्तूपैः सं रश्मिभिस्ततनः सूर्यस्य ॥
juṣasva naḥ samidhamagne adya śocā bṛhadyajataṃ dhūmamṛṇvan | upa spṛśa divyaṃ sānu stūpaiḥ saṃ raśmibhistatanaḥ sūryasya ||
Translation: Be gratified, Agni, by the (sacred fire) kindled by us today, emitting abundant adorable smoke; touchwith your scorching flames the celestial summit; combine with the rays of the sun.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 2
नराशंसस्य महिमानमेषामुप स्तोषाम यजतस्य यज्ञैः । ये सुक्रतवः शुचयो धियंधाः स्वदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या ॥
narāśaṃsasya mahimānameṣāmupa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ | ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyaṃdhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā ||
Translation: We celebrate with sacrifices the greatness of the adorable Narāśaṃsa among those who aredivinities, the performers of good works, the bright-shining, the upholders of rites, who partake of both kinds ofoblations.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 3
ईऴेन्यं वो असुरं सुदक्षमन्तर्दूतं रोदसी सत्यवाचम् । मनुष्वदग्निं मनुना समिद्धं समध्वराय सदमिन्महेम ॥
īḻenyaṃ vo asuraṃ sudakṣamantardūtaṃ rodasī satyavācam | manuṣvadagniṃ manunā samiddhaṃ samadhvarāya sadaminmahema ||
Translation: Let us ever worship the Agni who is to be adored by us; the mighty, the dextrous, the messengerpassing between heaven and earth, the speaker of truth, kindled (of old) by Manu, as now by men, that (he maycome) to the solemnity.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 4
सपर्यवो भरमाणा अभिज्ञु प्र वृञ्जते नमसा बर्हिरग्नौ । आजुह्वाना घृतपृष्ठं पृषद्वदध्वर्यवो हविषा मर्जयध्वम् ॥
saparyavo bharamāṇā abhijñu pra vṛñjate namasā barhiragnau | ājuhvānā ghṛtapṛṣṭhaṃ pṛṣadvadadhvaryavo haviṣā marjayadhvam ||
Translation: The worshippers bearing the sacred grass offer it with reverence, upon their knees, to Agni; worshiphim, priests, with oblations, invoking him to (sit down) on the spotted (grass), smeared with clarified butter.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 5
स्वाध्यो वि दुरो देवयन्तोऽशिश्रयू रथयुर्देवताता । पूर्वी शिशुं न मातरा रिहाणे समग्रुवो न समनेष्वञ्जन् ॥
svādhyo vi duro devayanto'śiśrayū rathayurdevatātā | pūrvī śiśuṃ na mātarā rihāṇe samagruvo na samaneṣvañjan ||
Translation: The devout performers of holy rites, desirous of chariots, have had recourse to the doors (of thesacrificial chamber); (the ladles), plural ced to the east, are plural ing the fire with ghee at sacrifices, as the mothercows lick the calf, or as rivers (water the fields).
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 6
उत योषणे दिव्ये मही न उषासानक्ता सुदुघेव धेनुः । बर्हिषदा पुरुहूते मघोनी आ यज्ञिये सुविताय श्रयेताम् ॥
uta yoṣaṇe divye mahī na uṣāsānaktā sudugheva dhenuḥ | barhiṣadā puruhūte maghonī ā yajñiye suvitāya śrayetām ||
Translation: May the two youthful feminine les, the divine and mighty day and night, the invoked of many, the possessedof wealth, seated on the sacred grass, enitled to adoration, be with us like an easily-milked cow for our welfare.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 7
विप्रा यज्ञेषु मानुषेषु कारू मन्ये वां जातवेदसा यजध्यै । ऊर्ध्वं नो अध्वरं कृतं हवेषु ता देवेषु वनथो वार्याणि ॥
viprā yajñeṣu mānuṣeṣu kārū manye vāṃ jātavedasā yajadhyai | ūrdhvaṃ no adhvaraṃ kṛtaṃ haveṣu tā deveṣu vanatho vāryāṇi ||
Translation: I am minded to adore you two sages, the ministrants at sacrifices of men, from celebrated, convey ouroffspring aloft, and acquire (for our use) the precious (treasures preserved) among the gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 8
आ भारती भारतीभिः सजोषा इऴा देवैर्मनुष्येभिरग्निः । सरस्वती सारस्वतेभिरर्वाक्तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरेदं सदन्तु ॥
ā bhāratī bhāratībhiḥ sajoṣā iḻā devairmanuṣyebhiragniḥ | sarasvatī sārasvatebhirarvāktisro devīrbarhiredaṃ sadantu ||
Translation: May Bharati, associated with the Bharatis; Iḷā with gods and men; and Agni and Sarasvatī with theSārasvatas; may the three goddesses sit down before us upon this sacred grass.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 9
तन्नस्तुरीपमध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर्वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः ॥
tannasturīpamadha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭarvi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ ||
Translation: Divine Tvaṣṭā, being well-plural ased, give issue to our procreative vigour, whence (a son) manly,devout, vigorous, wielder of the Soma-bruising stone, and reverencing the gods, may be born.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 10
वनस्पतेऽव सृजोप देवानग्निर्हविः शमिता सूदयाति । सेदु होता सत्यतरो यजाति यथा देवानां जनिमानि वेद ॥
vanaspate'va sṛjopa devānagnirhaviḥ śamitā sūdayāti | sedu hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṃ janimāni veda ||
Translation: Vanaspati, bring the gods night; may Agni, the immolator, prepare the victim; let him who is truthofficiate as the ministering priest, for verily he knows the birth of the gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Verse 11
आ याह्यग्ने समिधानो अर्वाङिन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं तुरेभिः । बर्हिर्न आस्तामदितिः सुपुत्रा स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम् ॥
ā yāhyagne samidhāno arvāṅindreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṃ turebhiḥ | barhirna āstāmaditiḥ suputrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām ||
Translation: Agni, kindled (into flame), come to our presence in the same chariot with Indra, and with the swiftmoving gods; may Aditi, the mother of excellent sons, sit down on the sacred grass, and may the immortal godsbe satisfied with the reverentially-offered oblation.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 1
अग्निं वो देवमग्निभिः सजोषा यजिष्ठं दूतमध्वरे कृणुध्वम् । यो मर्त्येषु निध्रुविॠतावा तपुर्मूर्धा घृतान्नः पावकः ॥
agniṃ vo devamagnibhiḥ sajoṣā yajiṣṭhaṃ dūtamadhvare kṛṇudhvam | yo martyeṣu nidhruviṝtāvā tapurmūrdhā ghṛtānnaḥ pāvakaḥ ||
Translation: Appoint (gods) the most adorable, divine Agni, consentient with (all other) fires, your messenger at thesacrifice; him who is permanently present among men, the observer of truth, who is crowned with flame, thepurifier, whose food is butter.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 2
प्रोथदश्वो न यवसेऽविष्यन्यदा महः संवरणाद्व्यस्थात् । आदस्य वातो अनु वाति शोचिरध स्म ते व्रजनं कृष्णमस्ति ॥
prothadaśvo na yavase'viṣyanyadā mahaḥ saṃvaraṇādvyasthāt | ādasya vāto anu vāti śociradha sma te vrajanaṃ kṛṣṇamasti ||
Translation: When, like a neighing steed about to feed upon the forage, (Agni) springs up from the vast-enclosing(forest) then the wind fans his flame; and black, (Agni), is your course.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 3
उद्यस्य ते नवजातस्य वृष्णोऽग्ने चरन्त्यजरा इधानाः । अच्छा द्यामरुषो धूम एति सं दूतो अग्न ईयसे हि देवान् ॥
udyasya te navajātasya vṛṣṇo'gne carantyajarā idhānāḥ | acchā dyāmaruṣo dhūma eti saṃ dūto agna īyase hi devān ||
Translation: The kindled undecaying flames of you, the newly born, the showerer, rise up; the luminous smokespreads along the sky; and you, Agni, proceed as their messenger to the gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 4
वि यस्य ते पृथिव्यां पाजो अश्रेत्तृषु यदन्ना समवृक्त जम्भैः । सेनेव सृष्टा प्रसितिष्ट एति यवं न दस्म जुह्वा विवेक्षि ॥
vi yasya te pṛthivyāṃ pājo aśrettṛṣu yadannā samavṛkta jambhaiḥ | seneva sṛṣṭā prasitiṣṭa eti yavaṃ na dasma juhvā vivekṣi ||
Translation: The light of whom quickly spreads over the earth when with his teeth (of flame) he devours his food;your blaze rushes along like a charging host, when Agni, of goodly aspect, you spread with your flame (amongthe trees) as if (they were) barley.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 5
तमिद्दोषा तमुषसि यविष्ठमग्निमत्यं न मर्जयन्त नरः । निशिशाना अतिथिमस्य योनौ दीदाय शोचिराहुतस्य वृष्णः ॥
tamiddoṣā tamuṣasi yaviṣṭhamagnimatyaṃ na marjayanta naraḥ | niśiśānā atithimasya yonau dīdāya śocirāhutasya vṛṣṇaḥ ||
Translation: Men cherish that youthful Agni at evening and at dawn, as (they tend) a horse; lighting him as a guestin his proper station; the radiance of the showerer (of benefits), to whom the oblation is offered, shines brightly.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 6
सुसंदृक्ते स्वनीक प्रतीकं वि यद्रुक्मो न रोचस उपाके । दिवो न ते तन्यतुरेति शुष्मश्चित्रो न सूरः प्रति चक्षि भानुम् ॥
susaṃdṛkte svanīka pratīkaṃ vi yadrukmo na rocasa upāke | divo na te tanyatureti śuṣmaścitro na sūraḥ prati cakṣi bhānum ||
Translation: Resplendent Agni, when you shine nigh at hand like gold, your appearance is beautiful; your mightissues like the thunderbolt from the firmament, and like the wonderful sun, you display your lustre.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 7
यथा वः स्वाहाग्नये दाशेम परीऴाभिर्घृतवद्भिश्च हव्यैः । तेभिर्नो अग्ने अमितैर्महोभिः शतं पूर्भिरायसीभिर्नि पाहि ॥
yathā vaḥ svāhāgnaye dāśema parīḻābhirghṛtavadbhiśca havyaiḥ | tebhirno agne amitairmahobhiḥ śataṃ pūrbhirāyasībhirni pāhi ||
Translation: When we present to you, Agni, the sacred offerings with oblations mixed with butter and milk, thenprotect us with those vast unbounded, innumerable golden cities and metals.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 8
या वा ते सन्ति दाशुषे अधृष्टा गिरो वा याभिर्नृवतीरुरुष्याः । ताभिर्नः सूनो सहसो नि पाहि स्मत्सूरीञ्जरितॄञ्जातवेदः ॥
yā vā te santi dāśuṣe adhṛṣṭā giro vā yābhirnṛvatīruruṣyāḥ | tābhirnaḥ sūno sahaso ni pāhi smatsūrīñjaritṝñjātavedaḥ ||
Translation: Son of strength, Jātavedas, with those unobstructed (splendours) which belong to you, a munificentdonor, and with those praises wherewiḥ you protect people with their posterity, do you protect us yourworshippers and praisers.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 9
निर्यत्पूतेव स्वधितिः शुचिर्गात्स्वया कृपा तन्वा रोचमानः । आ यो मात्रोरुशेन्यो जनिष्ट देवयज्याय सुक्रतुः पावकः ॥
niryatpūteva svadhitiḥ śucirgātsvayā kṛpā tanvā rocamānaḥ | ā yo mātroruśenyo janiṣṭa devayajyāya sukratuḥ pāvakaḥ ||
Translation: When the bright Agni, radiant with his own diffusive lustre, issues (from the touchwood) like asharpened axe; and he who is desirable, the doer of great deeds, the purifier, is born of his two parents; (heappears) for the worship of the gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Verse 10
एता नो अग्ने सौभगा दिदीह्यपि क्रतुं सुचेतसं वतेम । विश्वा स्तोतृभ्यो गृणते च सन्तु यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
etā no agne saubhagā didīhyapi kratuṃ sucetasaṃ vatema | viśvā stotṛbhyo gṛṇate ca santu yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
Translation: Illumine for us, Agni, these auspicious (riches); may we possess (a son) intelligent, the celebrator ofsacred rites; may all (good things) be your praisers, and to him who eulogizes (you); and do you ever cherish uswith blessings.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 4, Verse 1
प्र वः शुक्राय भानवे भरध्वं हव्यं मतिं चाग्नये सुपूतम् । यो दैव्यानि मानुषा जनूंष्यन्तर्विश्वानि विद्मना जिगाति ॥
pra vaḥ śukrāya bhānave bharadhvaṃ havyaṃ matiṃ cāgnaye supūtam | yo daivyāni mānuṣā janūṃṣyantarviśvāni vidmanā jigāti ||
Translation: Offer your sacred oblation, and praise the bright and radiant Agni, who passes with wisdom between alldivine and human beings.
Rigveda, Mandala 7, Sukta 4, Verse 2
स गृत्सो अग्निस्तरुणश्चिदस्तु यतो यविष्ठो अजनिष्ट मातुः । सं यो वना युवते शुचिदन्भूरि चिदन्ना समिदत्ति सद्यः ॥
sa gṛtso agnistaruṇaścidastu yato yaviṣṭho ajaniṣṭa mātuḥ | saṃ yo vanā yuvate śucidanbhūri cidannā samidatti sadyaḥ ||
Translation: May the sagacious Agni be our conductor from the time that he is orn, most youthful, of his mother; hewho, bright-toothed, attacks the forest, and quickly devours his abundant food.