Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.4
कृणुष्व पाजः प्रसितिं न पृथ्वीं याहि राजेवामवां इभेन । तृष्वीम् अनु प्रसितिं द्रूणानो ऽस्तासि विध्य रक्षसस् तपिष्ठैः ॥
kṛṇuṣva pājaḥ prasitiṃ na pṛthvīṃ yāhi rājevāmavāṃ ibhena | tṛṣvīm anu prasitiṃ drūṇāno 'stāsi vidhya rakṣasas tapiṣṭhaiḥ ||
Put forth like a wide-spreading net thy vigour; go like a mighty King with his attendants. Thou, following thy swift net, shootest arrows: transfix the fiends with darts that burn most fiercely.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव भ्रमास आशुया पतन्त्य् अनु स्पृश धृषता शोशुचानः । तपूंष्य् अग्ने जुह्वा पतङ्गान् असंदितो वि सृज विष्वग् उल्काः ॥
tava bhramāsa āśuyā patanty anu spṛśa dhṛṣatā śośucānaḥ | tapūṃṣy agne juhvā pataṅgān asaṃdito vi sṛja viṣvag ulkāḥ ||
Forth go in rapid flight thy whirling weapons: follow them closely, glowing in thy fury. Spread with thy tongue the winged flames, O Agni; unfettered, cast thy firebrands all around thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रति स्पशो वि सृज तूर्णितमो भवा पायुर् विशो अस्या अदब्धः । यो नो दूरे अघशंसो यो अन्त्य् अग्ने माकिष् टे व्यथिर् आ दधर्षीत् ॥
prati spaśo vi sṛja tūrṇitamo bhavā pāyur viśo asyā adabdhaḥ | yo no dūre aghaśaṃso yo anty agne mākiṣ ṭe vyathir ā dadharṣīt ||
Send thy spies forward, fleetest in thy motion; be, ne'er deceived, the guardian of this people From him who, near or far, is bent on evil, and let no trouble sent from thee o'ercome us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् अग्ने तिष्ठ प्रत्य् आ तनुष्व न्य् अमित्रां ओषतात् तिग्महेते । यो नो अरातिं समिधान चक्रे नीचा तं धक्ष्य् अतसं न शुष्कम् ॥
ud agne tiṣṭha praty ā tanuṣva ny amitrāṃ oṣatāt tigmahete | yo no arātiṃ samidhāna cakre nīcā taṃ dhakṣy atasaṃ na śuṣkam ||
Rise up, O Agni, spread thee out before us: burn down our foes, thou who hast sharpened arrows. Him, blazing Agni! who hath worked us mischief, consume thou utterly like dried-up stubble.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऊर्ध्वो भव प्रति विध्याध्य् अस्मद् आविष् कृणुष्व दैव्यान्य् अग्ने । अव स्थिरा तनुहि यातुजूनां जामिम् अजामिम् प्र मृणीहि शत्रून् ॥
ūrdhvo bhava prati vidhyādhy asmad āviṣ kṛṇuṣva daivyāny agne | ava sthirā tanuhi yātujūnāṃ jāmim ajāmim pra mṛṇīhi śatrūn ||
Rise, Agni, drive off those who fight against us: make manifest thine own celestial vigour. Slacken the strong bows of the demon driven: destroy our foemen whether kin or stranger.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स ते जानाति सुमतिं यविष्ठ य ईवते ब्रह्मणे गातुम् ऐरत् । विश्वान्य् अस्मै सुदिनानि रायो द्युम्नान्य् अर्यो वि दुरो अभि द्यौत् ॥
sa te jānāti sumatiṃ yaviṣṭha ya īvate brahmaṇe gātum airat | viśvāny asmai sudināni rāyo dyumnāny aryo vi duro abhi dyaut ||
Most Youthful God, he knoweth well thy favour who gave an impulse to this high devotion. All fair days and magnificence of riches hast thou beamed forth upon the good man's portals.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सेद् अग्ने अस्तु सुभगः सुदानुर् यस् त्वा नित्येन हविषा य उक्थैः । पिप्रीषति स्व आयुषि दुरोणे विश्वेद् अस्मै सुदिना सासद् इष्टिः ॥
sed agne astu subhagaḥ sudānur yas tvā nityena haviṣā ya ukthaiḥ | piprīṣati sva āyuṣi duroṇe viśved asmai sudinā sāsad iṣṭiḥ ||
Blest, Agni, be the man, the liberal giver, who with his lauds and regular oblation Is fain to please thee for his life and dwelling. May all his days be bright: be this his longing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्चामि ते सुमतिं घोष्य् अर्वाक् सं ते वावाता जरताम् इयं गीः । स्वश्वास् त्वा सुरथा मर्जयेमास्मे क्षत्राणि धारयेर् अनु द्यून् ॥
arcāmi te sumatiṃ ghoṣy arvāk saṃ te vāvātā jaratām iyaṃ gīḥ | svaśvās tvā surathā marjayemāsme kṣatrāṇi dhārayer anu dyūn ||
I praise thy gracious favour: sing in answer. May this my song sing like a loved one with thee. Lords of good steeds and cars may we adorn thee, and day by day vouchsafe thou us dominion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इह त्वा भूर्य् आ चरेद् उप त्मन् दोषावस्तर् दीदिवांसम् अनु द्यून् । क्रीळन्तस् त्वा सुमनसः सपेमाभि द्युम्ना तस्थिवांसो जनानाम् ॥
iha tvā bhūry ā cared upa tman doṣāvastar dīdivāṃsam anu dyūn | krīḷantas tvā sumanasaḥ sapemābhi dyumnā tasthivāṃso janānām ||
Here of free choice let each one serve thee richly, resplendent day by day at eve and morning. So may we honour thee, content and joyous, passing beyond the glories of the people.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् त्वा स्वश्वः सुहिरण्यो अग्न उपयाति वसुमता रथेन । तस्य त्राता भवसि तस्य सखा यस् त आतिथ्यम् आनुषग् जुजोषत् ॥
yas tvā svaśvaḥ suhiraṇyo agna upayāti vasumatā rathena | tasya trātā bhavasi tasya sakhā yas ta ātithyam ānuṣag jujoṣat ||
Whoso with good steeds and fine gold, O Agni, comes nigh thee on a car laden with treasure, His Friend art thou, yea, thou art his Protector whose joy it is to entertain thee duly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महो रुजामि बन्धुता वचोभिस् तन् मा पितुर् गोतमाद् अन्व् इयाय । त्वं नो अस्य वचसश् चिकिद्धि होतर् यविष्ठ सुक्रतो दमूनाः ॥
maho rujāmi bandhutā vacobhis tan mā pitur gotamād anv iyāya | tvaṃ no asya vacasaś cikiddhi hotar yaviṣṭha sukrato damūnāḥ ||
Through words and kinship I destroy the mighty: this power I have from Gotama my father. Mark thou this speech of ours, O thou Most Youthful, Friend of the House, exceeding wise, Invoker.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्वप्नजस् तरणयः सुशेवा अतन्द्रासो ऽवृका अश्रमिष्ठाः । ते पायवः सध्र्यञ्चो निषद्याग्ने तव नः पान्त्व् अमूर ॥
asvapnajas taraṇayaḥ suśevā atandrāso 'vṛkā aśramiṣṭhāḥ | te pāyavaḥ sadhryañco niṣadyāgne tava naḥ pāntv amūra ||
Knowing no slumber, speedy and propitious, alert and ever friendly, most unwearied, May thy protecting powers, unerring Agni, taking their places here, combined, preserve us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये पायवो मामतेयं ते अग्ने पश्यन्तो अन्धं दुरिताद् अरक्षन् । ररक्ष तान् सुकृतो विश्ववेदा दिप्सन्त इद् रिपवो नाह देभुः ॥
ye pāyavo māmateyaṃ te agne paśyanto andhaṃ duritād arakṣan | rarakṣa tān sukṛto viśvavedā dipsanta id ripavo nāha debhuḥ ||
Thy guardian rays, O Agni, when they saw him, preserved blind Mamateya from affliction. Lord of all riches, he preserved the pious: the fees who fain would harm them did no mischief
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वया वयं सधन्यस् त्वोतास् तव प्रणीत्य् अश्याम वाजान् । उभा शंसा सूदय सत्यताते ऽनुष्ठुया कृणुह्य् अह्रयाण ॥
tvayā vayaṃ sadhanyas tvotās tava praṇīty aśyāma vājān | ubhā śaṃsā sūdaya satyatāte 'nuṣṭhuyā kṛṇuhy ahrayāṇa ||
Aided by thee with thee may we be wealthy, may we gain strength with thee to guide us onward. Fulfil the words of both, O Ever Truthful: straightway do this, thou God whom power emboldens.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अया ते अग्ने समिधा विधेम प्रति स्तोमं शस्यमानं गृभाय । दहाशसो रक्षसः पाह्य् अस्मान् द्रुहो निदो मित्रमहो अवद्यात् ॥
ayā te agne samidhā vidhema prati stomaṃ śasyamānaṃ gṛbhāya | dahāśaso rakṣasaḥ pāhy asmān druho nido mitramaho avadyāt ||
O Agni, with this fuel will we serve thee; accept the laud we sing to thee with favour Destroy the cursing Raksasas: preserve us, O rich in friends, from guile and scorn and slander.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)