Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.59
वया इद् अग्ने अग्नयस् ते अन्ये त्वे विश्वे अमृता मादयन्ते । वैश्वानर नाभिर् असि क्षितीनां स्थूणेव जनां उपमिद् ययन्थ ॥
vayā id agne agnayas te anye tve viśve amṛtā mādayante | vaiśvānara nābhir asi kṣitīnāṃ sthūṇeva janāṃ upamid yayantha ||
The other fires are, verily, thy branches; the Immortals all rejoice in thee, O Agni. Centre art thou, Vaisvanara, of the people, sustaining men like a deep-founded pillar.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मूर्धा दिवो नाभिर् अग्निः पृथिव्या अथाभवद् अरती रोदस्योः । तं त्वा देवासो ऽजनयन्त देवं वैश्वानर ज्योतिर् इद् आर्याय ॥
mūrdhā divo nābhir agniḥ pṛthivyā athābhavad aratī rodasyoḥ | taṃ tvā devāso 'janayanta devaṃ vaiśvānara jyotir id āryāya ||
The forehead of the sky, earth's centre, Agni became the messenger of earth and heaven. Vaisvanara, the Deities produced thee, a God, to be a light unto the Arya.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ सूर्ये न रश्मयो ध्रुवासो वैश्वानरे दधिरे ऽग्ना वसूनि । या पर्वतेष्व् ओषधीष्व् अप्सु या मानुषेष्व् असि तस्य राजा ॥
ā sūrye na raśmayo dhruvāso vaiśvānare dadhire 'gnā vasūni | yā parvateṣv oṣadhīṣv apsu yā mānuṣeṣv asi tasya rājā ||
As in the Sun firm rays are set for ever, treasures are in Vaisvanara, in Agni. Of all the riches in the hills, the waters, the herbs, among mankind, thou art the Sovran.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
बृहती इव सूनवे रोदसी गिरो होता मनुष्यो न दक्षः । स्वर्वते सत्यशुष्माय पूर्वीर् वैश्वानराय नृतमाय यह्वीः ॥
bṛhatī iva sūnave rodasī giro hotā manuṣyo na dakṣaḥ | svarvate satyaśuṣmāya pūrvīr vaiśvānarāya nṛtamāya yahvīḥ ||
As the great World-halves, so are their Son's praises; skilled, as a man, to act, is he the Herald. Vaisvanara, celestial, truly mighty, most manly One, hath many a youthful consort.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दिवश् चित् ते बृहतो जातवेदो वैश्वानर प्र रिरिचे महित्वम् । राजा कृष्टीनाम् असि मानुषीणां युधा देवेभ्यो वरिवश् चकर्थ ॥
divaś cit te bṛhato jātavedo vaiśvānara pra ririce mahitvam | rājā kṛṣṭīnām asi mānuṣīṇāṃ yudhā devebhyo varivaś cakartha ||
Even the lofty heaven, O Jatavedas Vaisvanara, hath not attained thy greatness. Thou art the King of lands where men are settled, thou hast brought comfort to the Gods in battle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र नू महित्वं वृषभस्य वोचं यम् पूरवो वृत्रहणं सचन्ते । वैश्वानरो दस्युम् अग्निर् जघन्वां अधूनोत् काष्ठा अव शम्बरम् भेत् ॥
pra nū mahitvaṃ vṛṣabhasya vocaṃ yam pūravo vṛtrahaṇaṃ sacante | vaiśvānaro dasyum agnir jaghanvāṃ adhūnot kāṣṭhā ava śambaram bhet ||
Now will I tell the greatness of the Hero whom Puru's sons follow as Vrtra's slayer: Agni Vaisvanara struck down the Dasyu, cleave Sambara through and shattered down his fences.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वैश्वानरो महिम्ना विश्वकृष्टिर् भरद्वाजेषु यजतो विभावा । शातवनेये शतिनीभिर् अग्निः पुरुणीथे जरते सूनृतावान् ॥
vaiśvānaro mahimnā viśvakṛṣṭir bharadvājeṣu yajato vibhāvā | śātavaneye śatinībhir agniḥ puruṇīthe jarate sūnṛtāvān ||
Vaisvanara, dwelling by his might with all men, far-shining, holy mid the Bharadvajas, Is lauded, excellent, with hundred praises by Purunitha, son of Satavani.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)