Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.2
यो मर्त्येष्व् अमृत ऋतावा देवो देवेष्व् अरतिर् निधायि । होता यजिष्ठो मह्ना शुचध्यै हव्यैर् अग्निर् मनुष ईरयध्यै ॥
yo martyeṣv amṛta ṛtāvā devo deveṣv aratir nidhāyi | hotā yajiṣṭho mahnā śucadhyai havyair agnir manuṣa īrayadhyai ||
The, Faithful One, Immortal among mortals, a God among the Gods, appointed envoy, Priest, best at worship, must shine forth in glory . Agni shall be raised high with man's oblations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इह त्वं सूनो सहसो नो अद्य जातो जातां उभयां अन्तर् अग्ने । दूत ईयसे युयुजान ऋष्व ऋजुमुष्कान् वृषणः शुक्रांश् च ॥
iha tvaṃ sūno sahaso no adya jāto jātāṃ ubhayāṃ antar agne | dūta īyase yuyujāna ṛṣva ṛjumuṣkān vṛṣaṇaḥ śukrāṃś ca ||
Born for us here this day, O Son of Vigour, between both races of born beings, Agni, Thou farest as an envoy, having harnessed, Sublime One! thy strong-muscled radiant stallions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अत्या वृधस्नू रोहिता घृतस्नू ऋतस्य मन्ये मनसा जविष्ठा । अन्तर् ईयसे अरुषा युजानो युष्मांश् च देवान् विश आ च मर्तान् ॥
atyā vṛdhasnū rohitā ghṛtasnū ṛtasya manye manasā javiṣṭhā | antar īyase aruṣā yujāno yuṣmāṃś ca devān viśa ā ca martān ||
I laud the ruddy steeds who pour down blessing, dropping oil, fleetest through the thoualit of Order. Yoking red horses to and fro thou goest between you Deities and mortal races.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्यमणं वरुणम् मित्रम् एषाम् इन्द्राविष्णू मरुतो अश्विनोत । स्वश्वो अग्ने सुरथः सुराधा एद् उ वह सुहविषे जनाय ॥
aryamaṇaṃ varuṇam mitram eṣām indrāviṣṇū maruto aśvinota | svaśvo agne surathaḥ surādhā ed u vaha suhaviṣe janāya ||
Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna, and Indra with Visnu, of the Gods, Maruts and Asvins- These, Agni, with good car and steeds, bring hither, most bountiful, to folk with fair oblations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
गोमां अग्ने ऽविमां अश्वी यज्ञो नृवत्सखा सदम् इद् अप्रमृष्यः । इळावां एषो असुर प्रजावान् दीर्घो रयिः पृथुबुध्नः सभावान् ॥
gomāṃ agne 'vimāṃ aśvī yajño nṛvatsakhā sadam id apramṛṣyaḥ | iḷāvāṃ eṣo asura prajāvān dīrgho rayiḥ pṛthubudhnaḥ sabhāvān ||
Agni, be this our sacrifice eternal, with brave friends, rich in kine and sheep and horses, Rich, Asura! in sacred food and children, in full assembly, wealth broad-based and during.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् त इध्मं जभरत् सिष्विदानो मूर्धानं वा ततपते त्वाया । भुवस् तस्य स्वतवांः पायुर् अग्ने विश्वस्मात् सीम् अघायत उरुष्य ॥
yas ta idhmaṃ jabharat siṣvidāno mūrdhānaṃ vā tatapate tvāyā | bhuvas tasya svatavāṃḥ pāyur agne viśvasmāt sīm aghāyata uruṣya ||
The man who, sweating, brings for thee the fuel, and makes his head to ache, thy faithful servant,- Agni, to him be a self-strong Protector guard him from all who seek to do him mischief.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् ते भराद् अन्नियते चिद् अन्नं निशिषन् मन्द्रम् अतिथिम् उदीरत् । आ देवयुर् इनधते दुरोणे तस्मिन् रयिर् ध्रुवो अस्तु दास्वान् ॥
yas te bharād anniyate cid annaṃ niśiṣan mandram atithim udīrat | ā devayur inadhate duroṇe tasmin rayir dhruvo astu dāsvān ||
Who brings thee food, though thou hast food in plenty, welcomes his cheerful guest and speeds him onward, Who kindles thee devoutly in his dwelling to him be wealth secure and freely giving.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् त्वा दोषा य उषसि प्रशंसात् प्रियं वा त्वा कृणवते हविष्मान् । अश्वो न स्वे दम आ हेम्यावान् तम् अंहसः पीपरो दाश्वांसम् ॥
yas tvā doṣā ya uṣasi praśaṃsāt priyaṃ vā tvā kṛṇavate haviṣmān | aśvo na sve dama ā hemyāvān tam aṃhasaḥ pīparo dāśvāṃsam ||
Whoso sings praise to thee at eve or morning, and, with oblation, doth the thing thou lovest,- In his own home, even as a gold-girt courser, rescue him from distress, the bounteous giver.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् तुभ्यम् अग्ने अमृताय दाशद् दुवस् त्वे कृणवते यतस्रुक् । न स राया शशमानो वि योषन् नैनम् अंहः परि वरद् अघायोः ॥
yas tubhyam agne amṛtāya dāśad duvas tve kṛṇavate yatasruk | na sa rāyā śaśamāno vi yoṣan nainam aṃhaḥ pari varad aghāyoḥ ||
Whoso brings gifts to thee Immortal, Agni, and doth thee service with uplifted ladle,- Let him not, sorely toiling, lose his riches; let not the sinner's wickedness enclose him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्य त्वम् अग्ने अध्वरं जुजोषो देवो मर्तस्य सुधितं रराणः । प्रीतेद् असद् धोत्रा सा यविष्ठासाम यस्य विधतो वृधासः ॥
yasya tvam agne adhvaraṃ jujoṣo devo martasya sudhitaṃ rarāṇaḥ | prīted asad dhotrā sā yaviṣṭhāsāma yasya vidhato vṛdhāsaḥ ||
Whose well-wrought worship thou acceptest, Agni, thou God a mortal's gift, thou liberal Giver,- Dear be his sacrifice to thee, Most Youthful! and may we strengthen him when he adores thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चित्तिम् अचित्तिं चिनवद् वि विद्वान् पृष्ठेव वीता वृजिना च मर्तान् । राये च नः स्वपत्याय देव दितिं च रास्वादितिम् उरुष्य ॥
cittim acittiṃ cinavad vi vidvān pṛṣṭheva vītā vṛjinā ca martān | rāye ca naḥ svapatyāya deva ditiṃ ca rāsvāditim uruṣya ||
May he who knows distinguish sense and folly of men, like straight and crooked backs of horses. Lead us, O God, to wealth and noble offspring: keep penury afar and grant us plenty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कविं शशासुः कवयो ऽदब्धा निधारयन्तो दुर्यास्व् आयोः । अतस् त्वं दृश्यां अग्न एतान् पड्भिः पश्येर् अद्भुतां अर्य एवैः ॥
kaviṃ śaśāsuḥ kavayo 'dabdhā nidhārayanto duryāsv āyoḥ | atas tvaṃ dṛśyāṃ agna etān paḍbhiḥ paśyer adbhutāṃ arya evaiḥ ||
This Sage the Sages, ne'er deceived, commanded, setting him down in dwellings of the living. Hence mayst thou, friendly God, with rapid footsteps behold the Gods, wonderful, fair to look on.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वम् अग्ने वाघते सुप्रणीतिः सुतसोमाय विधते यविष्ठ । रत्नम् भर शशमानाय घृष्वे पृथु श्चन्द्रम् अवसे चर्षणिप्राः ॥
tvam agne vāghate supraṇītiḥ sutasomāya vidhate yaviṣṭha | ratnam bhara śaśamānāya ghṛṣve pṛthu ścandram avase carṣaṇiprāḥ ||
Good guidance hast thou for the priest, O Agni, who, Youngest God! with outpoured Soma serves thee. Ruler of men, thou joyous God, bring treasure splendid and plentiful to aid the toiler.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अधा ह यद् वयम् अग्ने त्वाया पड्भिर् हस्तेभिश् चकृमा तनूभिः । रथं न क्रन्तो अपसा भुरिजोर् ऋतं येमुः सुध्य आशुषाणाः ॥
adhā ha yad vayam agne tvāyā paḍbhir hastebhiś cakṛmā tanūbhiḥ | rathaṃ na kranto apasā bhurijor ṛtaṃ yemuḥ sudhya āśuṣāṇāḥ ||
Now all that we, thy faithful servants, Agni, have done with feet, with hands, and with our bodies, The wise, with toil, the holy rite have guided, as those who frame a car with manual cunning.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अधा मातुर् उषसः सप्त विप्रा जायेमहि प्रथमा वेधसो नॄन् । दिवस् पुत्रा अङ्गिरसो भवेमाद्रिं रुजेम धनिनं शुचन्तः ॥
adhā mātur uṣasaḥ sapta viprā jāyemahi prathamā vedhaso nṝn | divas putrā aṅgiraso bhavemādriṃ rujema dhaninaṃ śucantaḥ ||
May we, seven sages first in rank, engender, from Dawn the Mother, men to be ordainers. May we, Angirases, be sons of Heaven, and, radiant, burst the wealth-containing mountain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अधा यथा नः पितरः परासः प्रत्नासो अग्न ऋतम् आशुषाणाः । शुचीद् अयन् दीधितिम् उक्थशासः क्षामा भिन्दन्तो अरुणीर् अप व्रन् ॥
adhā yathā naḥ pitaraḥ parāsaḥ pratnāso agna ṛtam āśuṣāṇāḥ | śucīd ayan dīdhitim ukthaśāsaḥ kṣāmā bhindanto aruṇīr apa vran ||
As in the days of old our ancient Fathers, speeding the work of holy worship, Agni, Sought pure light and devotion, singing praises; they cleft the ground and made red Dawns apparent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुकर्माणः सुरुचो देवयन्तो ऽयो न देवा जनिमा धमन्तः । शुचन्तो अग्निं ववृधन्त इन्द्रम् ऊर्वं गव्यम् परिषदन्तो अग्मन् ॥
sukarmāṇaḥ suruco devayanto 'yo na devā janimā dhamantaḥ | śucanto agniṃ vavṛdhanta indram ūrvaṃ gavyam pariṣadanto agman ||
Gods, doing holy acts, devout, resplendent, smelting like ore their human generations. Enkindling Agni and exalting Indra, they came encompassing the stall of cattle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ यूथेव क्षुमति पश्वो अख्यद् देवानां यज् जनिमान्त्य् उग्र । मर्तानां चिद् उर्वशीर् अकृप्रन् वृधे चिद् अर्य उपरस्यायोः ॥
ā yūtheva kṣumati paśvo akhyad devānāṃ yaj janimānty ugra | martānāṃ cid urvaśīr akṛpran vṛdhe cid arya uparasyāyoḥ ||
Strong One! he marked them-and the Gods before them-like herds of cattle in a foodful pasture. There they moaned forth their strong desire for mortals, to aid the True, the nearest One, the Living.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अकर्म ते स्वपसो अभूम ऋतम् अवस्रन्न् उषसो विभातीः । अनूनम् अग्निम् पुरुधा सुश्चन्द्रं देवस्य मर्मृजतश् चारु चक्षुः ॥
akarma te svapaso abhūma ṛtam avasrann uṣaso vibhātīḥ | anūnam agnim purudhā suścandraṃ devasya marmṛjataś cāru cakṣuḥ ||
We have worked for thee, we have laboured nobly-bright Dawns have shed their light upon our worship- Adding a beauty to the perfect Agni, and the God's beauteous eye that shines for ever.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एता ते अग्न उचथानि वेधो ऽवोचाम कवये ता जुषस्व । उच् छोचस्व कृणुहि वस्यसो नो महो रायः पुरुवार प्र यन्धि ॥
etā te agna ucathāni vedho 'vocāma kavaye tā juṣasva | uc chocasva kṛṇuhi vasyaso no maho rāyaḥ puruvāra pra yandhi ||
Agni, Disposer, we have sung these praises to thee the Wise: do thou accept them gladly. Blaze up on high and ever make us richer. Give us great wealth, O thou whose boons are many.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)