Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.91
सं जागृवद्भिर् जरमाण इध्यते दमे दमूना इषयन्न् इळस् पदे । विश्वस्य होता हविषो वरेण्यो विभुर् विभावा सुषखा सखीयते ॥
saṃ jāgṛvadbhir jaramāṇa idhyate dame damūnā iṣayann iḷas pade | viśvasya hotā haviṣo vareṇyo vibhur vibhāvā suṣakhā sakhīyate ||
Brisk, at the place of Ila, hymned by men who wake, our own familiar Friend is kindled in the house; Hotar of all oblation, worthy of our choice, Lord, beaming, trusty friend to one who loveth him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स दर्शतश्रीर् अतिथिर् गृहे-गृहे वने-वने शिश्रिये तक्ववीर् इव । जनं-जनं जन्यो नाति मन्यते विश आ क्षेति विश्यो विशं-विशम् ॥
sa darśataśrīr atithir gṛhe-gṛhe vane-vane śiśriye takvavīr iva | janaṃ-janaṃ janyo nāti manyate viśa ā kṣeti viśyo viśaṃ-viśam ||
He, excellent in glory, guest in every house, finds like a swift-winged bird a home in every tree. Benevolent to men, he scorns no living man: Friend to the tribes of men he dwells with every tribe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुदक्षो दक्षैः क्रतुनासि सुक्रतुर् अग्ने कविः काव्येनासि विश्ववित् । वसुर् वसूनां क्षयसि त्वम् एक इद् द्यावा च यानि पृथिवी च पुष्यतः ॥
sudakṣo dakṣaiḥ kratunāsi sukratur agne kaviḥ kāvyenāsi viśvavit | vasur vasūnāṃ kṣayasi tvam eka id dyāvā ca yāni pṛthivī ca puṣyataḥ ||
Most sage with insight, passing skillful with thy powers art thou, O Agni, wise with wisdom, knowing all. As Vasu, thou alone art Lord of all good things, of all the treasures that the heavens and earth produce.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रजानन्न् अग्ने तव योनिम् ऋत्वियम् इळायास् पदे घृतवन्तम् आसदः । आ ते चिकित्र उषसाम् इवेतयो ऽरेपसः सूर्यस्येव रश्मयः ॥
prajānann agne tava yonim ṛtviyam iḷāyās pade ghṛtavantam āsadaḥ | ā te cikitra uṣasām ivetayo 'repasaḥ sūryasyeva raśmayaḥ ||
Foreknowing well, O Agni, thou in Ila's place hast occupied thy regular station balmed with oil. Marked are thy comings like the comings of the Dawns, the rays of him who shineth spotless as the Sun.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव श्रियो वर्ष्यस्येव विद्युतश् चित्राश् चिकित्र उषसां न केतवः । यद् ओषधीर् अभिसृष्टो वनानि च परि स्वयं चिनुषे अन्नम् आस्ये ॥
tava śriyo varṣyasyeva vidyutaś citrāś cikitra uṣasāṃ na ketavaḥ | yad oṣadhīr abhisṛṣṭo vanāni ca pari svayaṃ cinuṣe annam āsye ||
Thy glories are, as lightnings from the rainy cloud, marked, many-hued, like heralds of the Dawns' approach, When, loosed to wander over plants and forest trees, thou crammest by thyself thy food into thy mouth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् ओषधीर् दधिरे गर्भम् ऋत्वियं तम् आपो अग्निं जनयन्त मातरः । तम् इत् समानं वनिनश् च वीरुधो ऽन्तर्वतीश् च सुवते च विश्वहा ॥
tam oṣadhīr dadhire garbham ṛtviyaṃ tam āpo agniṃ janayanta mātaraḥ | tam it samānaṃ vaninaś ca vīrudho 'ntarvatīś ca suvate ca viśvahā ||
Him, duly coming as their germ, have plants received: this Agni have maternal Waters brought to life. So in like manner do the forest trees and plants bear him within them and produce him evermore.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वातोपधूत इषितो वशां अनु तृषु यद् अन्ना वेविषद् वितिष्ठसे । आ ते यतन्ते रथ्यो यथा पृथक् छर्धांस्य् अग्ने अजराणि धक्षतः ॥
vātopadhūta iṣito vaśāṃ anu tṛṣu yad annā veviṣad vitiṣṭhase | ā te yatante rathyo yathā pṛthak chardhāṃsy agne ajarāṇi dhakṣataḥ ||
When, sped and urged by wind, thou spreadest thee abroad, swift piercing through thy food according to thy will, Thy never-ceasing blazes, longing to consume, like men on chariots, Agni, strive on every side.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मेधाकारं विदथस्य प्रसाधनम् अग्निं होतारम् परिभूतमम् मतिम् । तम् इद् अर्भे हविष्य् आ समानम् इत् तम् इन् महे वृणते नान्यं त्वत् ॥
medhākāraṃ vidathasya prasādhanam agniṃ hotāram paribhūtamam matim | tam id arbhe haviṣy ā samānam it tam in mahe vṛṇate nānyaṃ tvat ||
Agni, the Hotar-priest who fills the assembly full, Waker of knowledge, chief Controller of the thought,- Him, yea, none other than thyself, doth man elect at sacrificial offerings great and small alike.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वाम् इद् अत्र वृणते त्वायवो होतारम् अग्ने विदथेषु वेधसः । यद् देवयन्तो दधति प्रयांसि ते हविष्मन्तो मनवो वृक्तबर्हिषः ॥
tvām id atra vṛṇate tvāyavo hotāram agne vidatheṣu vedhasaḥ | yad devayanto dadhati prayāṃsi te haviṣmanto manavo vṛktabarhiṣaḥ ||
Here, Api, the arrangers, those attached to thee, elect thee as their Priest in sacred gatherings, When men with strewn clipt grass and sacrificial gifts offer thee entertainment, piously inclined.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तवाग्ने होत्रं तव पोत्रम् ऋत्वियं तव नेष्ट्रं त्वम् अग्निद् ऋतायतः । तव प्रशास्त्रं त्वम् अध्वरीयसि ब्रह्मा चासि गृहपतिश् च नो दमे ॥
tavāgne hotraṃ tava potram ṛtviyaṃ tava neṣṭraṃ tvam agnid ṛtāyataḥ | tava praśāstraṃ tvam adhvarīyasi brahmā cāsi gṛhapatiś ca no dame ||
Thine is the Herald's task and Cleanser's duly timed; Leader art thou, and Kindler for the pious man. Thou art Director, thou the ministering Priest: thou art the Brahman, Lord and Master in our home.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् तुभ्यम् अग्ने अमृताय मर्त्यः समिधा दाशद् उत वा हविष्कृति । तस्य होता भवसि यासि दूत्यम् उप ब्रूषे यजस्य् अध्वरीयसि ॥
yas tubhyam agne amṛtāya martyaḥ samidhā dāśad uta vā haviṣkṛti | tasya hotā bhavasi yāsi dūtyam upa brūṣe yajasy adhvarīyasi ||
When mortal man presents to thee Immortal God, Agni, his fuel or his sacrificial gift, Then thou art his Adhvaryu, Hotar, messenger, callest the Gods and orderest the sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमा अस्मै मतयो वाचो अस्मद् आं ऋचो गिरः सुष्टुतयः सम् अग्मत । वसूयवो वसवे जातवेदसे वृद्धासु चिद् वर्धनो यासु चाकनत् ॥
imā asmai matayo vāco asmad āṃ ṛco giraḥ suṣṭutayaḥ sam agmata | vasūyavo vasave jātavedase vṛddhāsu cid vardhano yāsu cākanat ||
From us these hymns in concert have gone forth to him, these. holy words, these Rcas, songs and eulogies, Eager for wealth, to Jatavedas fain for wealth: when they have waxen strong they please their Strengthener.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमाम् प्रत्नाय सुष्टुतिं नवीयसीं वोचेयम् अस्मा उशते शृणोतु नः । भूया अन्तरा हृद्य् अस्य निस्पृशे जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासाः ॥
imām pratnāya suṣṭutiṃ navīyasīṃ voceyam asmā uśate śṛṇotu naḥ | bhūyā antarā hṛdy asya nispṛśe jāyeva patya uśatī suvāsāḥ ||
This newest eulogy will I speak forth to him, the Ancient One who loves it. May he hear our voice. May it come near his heart and make it stir with love, as a fond well-dressed matron clings about her lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्मिन्न् अश्वास ऋषभास उक्षणो वशा मेषा अवसृष्टास आहुताः । कीलालपे सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे हृदा मतिं जनये चारुम् अग्नये ॥
yasminn aśvāsa ṛṣabhāsa ukṣaṇo vaśā meṣā avasṛṣṭāsa āhutāḥ | kīlālape somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase hṛdā matiṃ janaye cārum agnaye ||
He in whom horses, bulls, oxen, and barren cows, and rams, when duly set apart, are offered up,- To Agni, Soma-sprinkled, drinker of sweet juice, Disposer, with my heart I bring a fair hymn forth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहाव्य् अग्ने हविर् आस्ये ते स्रुचीव घृतं चम्वीव सोमः । वाजसनिं रयिम् अस्मे सुवीरम् प्रशस्तं धेहि यशसम् बृहन्तम् ॥
ahāvy agne havir āsye te srucīva ghṛtaṃ camvīva somaḥ | vājasaniṃ rayim asme suvīram praśastaṃ dhehi yaśasam bṛhantam ||
Into thy mouth is poured the offering, Agni, as Soma into cup, oil into ladle. Vouchsafe us wealth. strength-winning, blest with heroes, wealth lofty, praised by men, and full of splendour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)