Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.4
प्र ते यक्षि प्र त इयर्मि मन्म भुवो यथा वन्द्यो नो हवेषु । धन्वन्न् इव प्रपा असि त्वम् अग्न इयक्षवे पूरवे प्रत्न राजन् ॥
pra te yakṣi pra ta iyarmi manma bhuvo yathā vandyo no haveṣu | dhanvann iva prapā asi tvam agna iyakṣave pūrave pratna rājan ||
To thee will send praise and bring oblation, as thou hast merited lauds when we invoked thee. A fountain in the desert art thou, Agni, O Ancient King, to man who fain would worship,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यं त्वा जनासो अभि संचरन्ति गाव उष्णम् इव व्रजं यविष्ठ । दूतो देवानाम् असि मर्त्यानाम् अन्तर् महांश् चरसि रोचनेन ॥
yaṃ tvā janāso abhi saṃcaranti gāva uṣṇam iva vrajaṃ yaviṣṭha | dūto devānām asi martyānām antar mahāṃś carasi rocanena ||
Thou unto whom resort the gathered people, as the kine seek the warm stall, O Most Youthful. Thou art the messenger of Gods and mortals, and goest glorious with thy light between them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शिशुं न त्वा जेन्यं वर्धयन्ती माता बिभर्ति सचनस्यमाना । धनोर् अधि प्रवता यासि हर्यञ् जिगीषसे पशुर् इवावसृष्टः ॥
śiśuṃ na tvā jenyaṃ vardhayantī mātā bibharti sacanasyamānā | dhanor adhi pravatā yāsi haryañ jigīṣase paśur ivāvasṛṣṭaḥ ||
Making thee grow as 'twere some noble infant, thy Mother nurtures thee with sweet affection. Over the desert slopes thou passest longing, and seekest, like some beast set free, thy fodder.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मूरा अमूर न वयं चिकित्वो महित्वम् अग्ने त्वम् अङ्ग वित्से । शये वव्रिश् चरति जिह्वयादन् रेरिह्यते युवतिं विश्पतिः सन् ॥
mūrā amūra na vayaṃ cikitvo mahitvam agne tvam aṅga vitse | śaye vavriś carati jihvayādan rerihyate yuvatiṃ viśpatiḥ san ||
Foolish are we, O Wise and free from error: verily, Agni, thou dost know thy grandeur. There lies the form: he moves and licks, and swallows, and, as House-Lord, kisses the Youthful Maiden.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कूचिज् जायते सनयासु नव्यो वने तस्थौ पलितो धूमकेतुः । अस्नातापो वृषभो न प्र वेति सचेतसो यम् प्रणयन्त मर्ताः ॥
kūcij jāyate sanayāsu navyo vane tasthau palito dhūmaketuḥ | asnātāpo vṛṣabho na pra veti sacetaso yam praṇayanta martāḥ ||
He rises ever fresh in ancient fuel: smoke-bannered, gray, he makes the wood his dwelling. No swimmer, Steer, he presses through the waters, and to his place accordant mortals bear him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तनूत्यजेव तस्करा वनर्गू रशनाभिर् दशभिर् अभ्य् अधीताम् । इयं ते अग्ने नव्यसी मनीषा युक्ष्वा रथं न शुचयद्भिर् अङ्गैः ॥
tanūtyajeva taskarā vanargū raśanābhir daśabhir abhy adhītām | iyaṃ te agne navyasī manīṣā yukṣvā rathaṃ na śucayadbhir aṅgaiḥ ||
Like thieves who risk their lives and haunt the forest, the twain with their ten girdles have secured him. This is a new hymn meant for thee, O Agni: yoke as it were thy car with parts that glitter.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ब्रह्म च ते जातवेदो नमश् चेयं च गीः सदम् इद् वर्धनी भूत् । रक्षा णो अग्ने तनयानि तोका रक्षोत नस् तन्वो अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
brahma ca te jātavedo namaś ceyaṃ ca gīḥ sadam id vardhanī bhūt | rakṣā ṇo agne tanayāni tokā rakṣota nas tanvo aprayucchan ||
Homage and prayer are thine, O Jatavedas, and this my song shall evermore exalt thee. Agni, protect our children and descendants, and guard with ever-watchful care our bodies.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)