Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142

अयम् अग्ने जरिता त्वे अभूद् अपि सहसः सूनो नह्य् अन्यद् अस्त्य् आप्यम् । भद्रं हि शर्म त्रिवरूथम् अस्ति त आरे हिंसानाम् अप दिद्युम् आ कृधि ॥

ayam agne jaritā tve abhūd api sahasaḥ sūno nahy anyad asty āpyam | bhadraṃ hi śarma trivarūtham asti ta āre hiṃsānām apa didyum ā kṛdhi ||

With thee, O Agni, was this singer of the laud: he hath no other kinship, O thou Son of Strength. Thou givest blessed shelter with a triple guard. Keep the destructive lightning far away from us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.2

प्रवत् ते अग्ने जनिमा पितूयतः साचीव विश्वा भुवना न्य् ऋञ्जसे । प्र सप्तयः प्र सनिषन्त नो धियः पुरश् चरन्ति पशुपा इव त्मना ॥

pravat te agne janimā pitūyataḥ sācīva viśvā bhuvanā ny ṛñjase | pra saptayaḥ pra saniṣanta no dhiyaḥ puraś caranti paśupā iva tmanā ||

Thy birth who seekest food is in the falling flood, Agni: as Comrade thou winnest all living things. Our coursers and our songs shall be victorious: they of themselves advance like one who guards the herd.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.3

उत वा उ परि वृणक्षि बप्सद् बहोर् अग्न उलपस्य स्वधावः । उत खिल्या उर्वराणाम् भवन्ति मा ते हेतिं तविषीं चुक्रुधाम ॥

uta vā u pari vṛṇakṣi bapsad bahor agna ulapasya svadhāvaḥ | uta khilyā urvarāṇām bhavanti mā te hetiṃ taviṣīṃ cukrudhāma ||

And thou, O Agni, thou of Godlike nature, sparest the stones, while caring up the brushwood. Then are thy tracks like deserts in the corn-lands. Let us not stir to wrath thy mighty arrow.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.4

यद् उद्वतो निवतो यासि बप्सत् पृथग् एषि प्रगर्धिनीव सेना । यदा ते वातो अनुवाति शोचिर् वप्तेव श्मश्रु वपसि प्र भूम ॥

yad udvato nivato yāsi bapsat pṛthag eṣi pragardhinīva senā | yadā te vāto anuvāti śocir vapteva śmaśru vapasi pra bhūma ||

O'er hills through vales devouring as thou goest, thou partest like an army fain for booty As when a barber shaves a beard, thou shavest earth when the wind blows on thy flame and fans it.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.5

प्रत्य् अस्य श्रेणयो ददृश्र एकं नियानम् बहवो रथासः । बाहू यद् अग्ने अनुमर्मृजानो न्यङ्ङ् उत्तानाम् अन्वेषि भूमिम् ॥

praty asya śreṇayo dadṛśra ekaṃ niyānam bahavo rathāsaḥ | bāhū yad agne anumarmṛjāno nyaṅṅ uttānām anveṣi bhūmim ||

Apparent are his lines as he approaches the course is single, but the cars are many, When, Agni, thou, making thine arms resplendent, advancest o'er the land spread out beneath thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.6

उत् ते शुष्मा जिहताम् उत् ते अर्चिर् उत् ते अग्ने शशमानस्य वाजाः । उच् छ्वञ्चस्व नि नम वर्धमान आ त्वाद्य विश्वे वसवः सदन्तु ॥

ut te śuṣmā jihatām ut te arcir ut te agne śaśamānasya vājāḥ | uc chvañcasva ni nama vardhamāna ā tvādya viśve vasavaḥ sadantu ||

Now let thy strength, thy burning flames fly upward, thine energies, O Agni, as thou toilest. Gape widely, bend thee, waxing in thy vigour: let all the Vasus sit this day beside thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.7

अपाम् इदं न्ययनं समुद्रस्य निवेशनम् । अन्यं कृणुष्वेतः पन्थां तेन याहि वशां अनु ॥

apām idaṃ nyayanaṃ samudrasya niveśanam | anyaṃ kṛṇuṣvetaḥ panthāṃ tena yāhi vaśāṃ anu ||

This is the waters' reservoir, the great abode of gathered streams. Take thou another path than this, and as thou listest walk thereon.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10.142.8

आयने ते परायणे दूर्वा रोहन्तु पुष्पिणीः । ह्रदाश् च पुण्डरीकाणि समुद्रस्य गृहा इमे ॥

āyane te parāyaṇe dūrvā rohantu puṣpiṇīḥ | hradāś ca puṇḍarīkāṇi samudrasya gṛhā ime ||

On thy way hitherward and hence let flowery Durva grass spring up Let there be lakes with lotus blooms. These are the mansions of the flood.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)