Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.46
प्र होता जातो महान् नभोविन् नृषद्वा सीदद् अपाम् उपस्थे । दधिर् यो धायि स ते वयांसि यन्ता वसूनि विधते तनूपाः ॥
pra hotā jāto mahān nabhovin nṛṣadvā sīdad apām upasthe | dadhir yo dhāyi sa te vayāṃsi yantā vasūni vidhate tanūpāḥ ||
Stablished for thee, to lend thee vital forces, Giver of wealth, Guard of his servant's body. The Great Priest, born, who knows the clouds, Abider with men, is seated in the lap of waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं विधन्तो अपां सधस्थे पशुं न नष्टम् पदैर् अनु ग्मन् । गुहा चतन्तम् उशिजो नमोभिर् इच्छन्तो धीरा भृगवो ऽविन्दन् ॥
imaṃ vidhanto apāṃ sadhasthe paśuṃ na naṣṭam padair anu gman | guhā catantam uśijo namobhir icchanto dhīrā bhṛgavo 'vindan ||
Worshipping, seeking him with adoration like some lost creature followed by its footprints, Wise Bhrgus, yearning in their hearts, pursued him, and found him lurking where the floods are gathered.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं त्रितो भूर्य् अविन्दद् इच्छन् वैभूवसो मूर्धन्य् अघ्न्यायाः । स शेवृधो जात आ हर्म्येषु नाभिर् युवा भवति रोचनस्य ॥
imaṃ trito bhūry avindad icchan vaibhūvaso mūrdhany aghnyāyāḥ | sa śevṛdho jāta ā harmyeṣu nābhir yuvā bhavati rocanasya ||
On the Cow's forehead, with laborious searching, Trita, the offspring of Vibhiavas, found him. Born in our houses, Youthful, joy-bestower, he now becomes the central point of brightness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मन्द्रं होतारम् उशिजो नमोभिः प्राञ्चं यज्ञं नेतारम् अध्वराणाम् । विशाम् अकृण्वन्न् अरतिम् पावकं हव्यवाहं दधतो मानुषेषु ॥
mandraṃ hotāram uśijo namobhiḥ prāñcaṃ yajñaṃ netāram adhvarāṇām | viśām akṛṇvann aratim pāvakaṃ havyavāhaṃ dadhato mānuṣeṣu ||
Yearning, with homage, they have set and made him blithe Priest among mankind, oblation-bearer, Leader of rites and Purifier, envoy of men, as sacrifice that still advances.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र भूर् जयन्तम् महां विपोधाम् मूरा अमूरम् पुरां दर्माणम् । नयन्तो गर्भं वनां धियं धुर् हिरिश्मश्रुं नार्वाणं धनर्चम् ॥
pra bhūr jayantam mahāṃ vipodhām mūrā amūram purāṃ darmāṇam | nayanto garbhaṃ vanāṃ dhiyaṃ dhur hiriśmaśruṃ nārvāṇaṃ dhanarcam ||
The foolish brought the ne'er-bewildered forward, great, Victor, Song-inspirer, Fort-destroyer. Leading the Youth gold-bearded, like a courser gleaming with wealth, they turned their hymn to profit.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नि पस्त्यासु त्रित स्तभूयन् परिवीतो योनौ सीदद् अन्तः । अतः संगृभ्या विशां दमूना विधर्मणायन्त्रैर् ईयते नॄन् ॥
ni pastyāsu trita stabhūyan parivīto yonau sīdad antaḥ | ataḥ saṃgṛbhyā viśāṃ damūnā vidharmaṇāyantrair īyate nṝn ||
Holding his station firmly in the houses, Trita sat down within his home surrounded Thence, as Law bids, departs the Tribes' Companion having collected men with no compulsion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्याजरासो दमाम् अरित्रा अर्चद्धूमासो अग्नयः पावकाः । श्वितीचयः श्वात्रासो भुरण्यवो वनर्षदो वायवो न सोमाः ॥
asyājarāso damām aritrā arcaddhūmāso agnayaḥ pāvakāḥ | śvitīcayaḥ śvātrāso bhuraṇyavo vanarṣado vāyavo na somāḥ ||
His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining, White, waxing in their strength, for ever stirring, and sitting in the wood; like winds are Somas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र जिह्वया भरते वेपो अग्निः प्र वयुनानि चेतसा पृथिव्याः । तम् आयवः शुचयन्तम् पावकम् मन्द्रं होतारं दधिरे यजिष्ठम् ॥
pra jihvayā bharate vepo agniḥ pra vayunāni cetasā pṛthivyāḥ | tam āyavaḥ śucayantam pāvakam mandraṃ hotāraṃ dadhire yajiṣṭham ||
The tongue of Agni bears away the praise song, and, through his care for Earth, her operations. Him, bright and radiant, living men have stablished as their blithe Priest, the Chief of Sacrificers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्यावा यम् अग्निम् पृथिवी जनिष्टाम् आपस् त्वष्टा भृगवो यं सहोभिः । ईळेन्यम् प्रथमम् मातरिश्वा देवास् ततक्षुर् मनवे यजत्रम् ॥
dyāvā yam agnim pṛthivī janiṣṭām āpas tvaṣṭā bhṛgavo yaṃ sahobhiḥ | īḷenyam prathamam mātariśvā devās tatakṣur manave yajatram ||
That Agni, him whom Heaven and Earth engendered, the Waters. Tvastar, and with might, the Bhrgus, Him Matarisvan and the Gods have fashioned holy for man and first to be entreated.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यं त्वा देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहम् पुरुस्पृहो मानुषासो यजत्रम् । स यामन्न् अग्ने स्तुवते वयो धाः प्र देवयन् यशसः सं हि पूर्वीः ॥
yaṃ tvā devā dadhire havyavāham puruspṛho mānuṣāso yajatram | sa yāmann agne stuvate vayo dhāḥ pra devayan yaśasaḥ saṃ hi pūrvīḥ ||
Agni, whom Gods have made oblation bearer, and much-desiring men regard as holy, Give life to him who lauds thee when he worships, and then shall glorious men in troops adore thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)