Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.79
हिरण्यकेशो रजसो विसारे ऽहिर् धुनिर् वात इव ध्रजीमान् । शुचिभ्राजा उषसो नवेदा यशस्वतीर् अपस्युवो न सत्याः ॥
hiraṇyakeśo rajaso visāre 'hir dhunir vāta iva dhrajīmān | śucibhrājā uṣaso navedā yaśasvatīr apasyuvo na satyāḥ ||
He in mid-air's expanse hath golden tresses; a raging serpent, like the rushing tempest: Purely refulgent, knowing well the morning; like honourable dames, true, active workers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ ते सुपर्णा अमिनन्तं एवैः कृष्णो नोनाव वृषभो यदीदम् । शिवाभिर् न स्मयमानाभिर् आगात् पतन्ति मिह स्तनयन्त्य् अभ्रा ॥
ā te suparṇā aminantaṃ evaiḥ kṛṣṇo nonāva vṛṣabho yadīdam | śivābhir na smayamānābhir āgāt patanti miha stanayanty abhrā ||
Thy well-winged flashes strengthen in their manner, when the black Bull hath bellowed round about us. With drops that bless and seem to smile he cometh: the waters fall, the clouds utter their thunder.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् ईम् ऋतस्य पयसा पियानो नयन्न् ऋतस्य पथिभी रजिष्ठैः । अर्यमा मित्रो वरुणः परिज्मा त्वचम् पृञ्चन्त्य् उपरस्य योनौ ॥
yad īm ṛtasya payasā piyāno nayann ṛtasya pathibhī rajiṣṭhaiḥ | aryamā mitro varuṇaḥ parijmā tvacam pṛñcanty uparasya yonau ||
When he comes streaming with the milk of worship, conducting by directest paths of Order Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna, Parijman fill the hide full where lies the nether press-stone.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने वाजस्य गोमत ईशानः सहसो यहो । अस्मे धेहि जातवेदो महि श्रवः ॥
agne vājasya gomata īśānaḥ sahaso yaho | asme dhehi jātavedo mahi śravaḥ ||
O Agni, thou who art the lord of wealth in kine, thou Son of Strength, Vouchsafe to us, O Jatavedas, high renown.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स इधानो वसुष् कविर् अग्निर् ईळेन्यो गिरा । रेवद् अस्मभ्यम् पुर्वणीक दीदिहि ॥
sa idhāno vasuṣ kavir agnir īḷenyo girā | revad asmabhyam purvaṇīka dīdihi ||
He, Agni, kindled, good and wise, must be exalted in our song: Shine, thou of many forms, shine radiantly on us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
क्षपो राजन्न् उत त्मनाग्ने वस्तोर् उतोषसः । स तिग्मजम्भ रक्षसो दह प्रति ॥
kṣapo rājann uta tmanāgne vastor utoṣasaḥ | sa tigmajambha rakṣaso daha prati ||
O Agni, shining of thyself by night and when the morning breaks, Burn, thou whose teeth are sharp, against the Raksasas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अवा नो अग्न ऊतिभिर् गायत्रस्य प्रभर्मणि । विश्वासु धीषु वन्द्य ॥
avā no agna ūtibhir gāyatrasya prabharmaṇi | viśvāsu dhīṣu vandya ||
Adorable in all our rites, favour us, Agni, with thine aid, When the great hymn is chanted forth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो अग्ने रयिम् भर सत्रासाहं वरेण्यम् । विश्वासु पृत्सु दुष्टरम् ॥
ā no agne rayim bhara satrāsāhaṃ vareṇyam | viśvāsu pṛtsu duṣṭaram ||
Bring to us ever-conquering wealth, wealth, Agni, worthy of our choice, In all our frays invincible.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो अग्ने सुचेतुना रयिं विश्वायुपोषसम् । मार्डीकं धेहि जीवसे ॥
ā no agne sucetunā rayiṃ viśvāyupoṣasam | mārḍīkaṃ dhehi jīvase ||
Give us, O Agni, through thy grace wealth that supporteth all our life, Thy favour so that we may live.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र पूतास् तिग्मशोचिषे वाचो गोतमाग्नये । भरस्व सुम्नयुर् गिरः ॥
pra pūtās tigmaśociṣe vāco gotamāgnaye | bharasva sumnayur giraḥ ||
O Gotama, desiring bliss present thy songs composed with care To Agni of the pointed flames.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो नो अग्ने ऽभिदासत्य् अन्ति दूरे पदीष्ट सः । अस्माकम् इद् वृधे भव ॥
yo no agne 'bhidāsaty anti dūre padīṣṭa saḥ | asmākam id vṛdhe bhava ||
May the man fall, O Agni, who near or afar assaileth us: Do thou increase and prosper us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सहस्राक्षो विचर्षणिर् अग्नी रक्षांसि सेधति । होता गृणीत उक्थ्यः ॥
sahasrākṣo vicarṣaṇir agnī rakṣāṃsi sedhati | hotā gṛṇīta ukthyaḥ ||
Keen and swift Agni, thousand-eyed, chaseth the Raksasas afar: He singeth, herald meet for lauds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)