Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.5
वैश्वानराय मीळ्हुषे सजोषाः कथा दाशेमाग्नये बृहद् भाः । अनूनेन बृहता वक्षथेनोप स्तभायद् उपमिन् न रोधः ॥
vaiśvānarāya mīḷhuṣe sajoṣāḥ kathā dāśemāgnaye bṛhad bhāḥ | anūnena bṛhatā vakṣathenopa stabhāyad upamin na rodhaḥ ||
How shall we give with one accord oblation to Agni, to Vaisvanara the Bounteous? Great light, with full high growth hath he uplifted, and, as a pillar bears the roof, sustains it.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा निन्दत य इमाम् मह्यं रातिं देवो ददौ मर्त्याय स्वधावान् । पाकाय गृत्सो अमृतो विचेता वैश्वानरो नृतमो यह्वो अग्निः ॥
mā nindata ya imām mahyaṃ rātiṃ devo dadau martyāya svadhāvān | pākāya gṛtso amṛto vicetā vaiśvānaro nṛtamo yahvo agniḥ ||
Reproach not him who, God and self reliant, vouchsafed this bounty unto me a mortal,- Deathless, discerner, wise, to me the simple, Vaisvanara most manly, youthful Aini.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
साम द्विबर्हा महि तिग्मभृष्टिः सहस्ररेता वृषभस् तुविष्मान् । पदं न गोर् अपगूळ्हं विविद्वान् अग्निर् मह्यम् प्रेद् उ वोचन् मनीषाम् ॥
sāma dvibarhā mahi tigmabhṛṣṭiḥ sahasraretā vṛṣabhas tuviṣmān | padaṃ na gor apagūḷhaṃ vividvān agnir mahyam pred u vocan manīṣām ||
Sharp-pointed, powerful, strong, of boundless vigour, Agni who knows the lofty hymn, kept secret As the lost milch-cow's track, the doubly Mighty,-he hath declared to me this hidden knowledge.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र तां अग्निर् बभसत् तिग्मजम्भस् तपिष्ठेन शोचिषा यः सुराधाः । प्र ये मिनन्ति वरुणस्य धाम प्रिया मित्रस्य चेततो ध्रुवाणि ॥
pra tāṃ agnir babhasat tigmajambhas tapiṣṭhena śociṣā yaḥ surādhāḥ | pra ye minanti varuṇasya dhāma priyā mitrasya cetato dhruvāṇi ||
May he with sharpened teeth, the Bounteous Giver, Agni, consume with flame most fiercely glowing. Those who regard not Varuna's commandments and the dear steadfast laws of sapient Mitra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभ्रातरो न योषणो व्यन्तः पतिरिपो न जनयो दुरेवाः । पापासः सन्तो अनृता असत्या इदम् पदम् अजनता गभीरम् ॥
abhrātaro na yoṣaṇo vyantaḥ patiripo na janayo durevāḥ | pāpāsaḥ santo anṛtā asatyā idam padam ajanatā gabhīram ||
Like youthful women without brothers, straying, like dames who hate their lords, of evil conduct, They who are full of sin, untrue, unfaithful, they have engendered this abysmal station.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इदम् मे अग्ने कियते पावकामिनते गुरुम् भारं न मन्म । बृहद् दधाथ धृषता गभीरं यह्वम् पृष्ठम् प्रयसा सप्तधातु ॥
idam me agne kiyate pāvakāminate gurum bhāraṃ na manma | bṛhad dadhātha dhṛṣatā gabhīraṃ yahvam pṛṣṭham prayasā saptadhātu ||
To me, weak, innocent, thou, luminous Agni, bast boldly given as 'twere a heavy burthen, This Prstha hymn, profound and strong and mighty, of seven elements, and with offered dainties.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् इन् न्व् एव समना समानम् अभि क्रत्वा पुनती धीतिर् अश्याः । ससस्य चर्मन्न् अधि चारु पृश्नेर् अग्रे रुप आरुपितं जबारु ॥
tam in nv eva samanā samānam abhi kratvā punatī dhītir aśyāḥ | sasasya carmann adhi cāru pṛśner agre rupa ārupitaṃ jabāru ||
So may our song that purifies, through wisdom reach in a moment him the Universal, Established on the height, on earth's best .station, above the beauteous grassy skin of Prsni.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रवाच्यं वचसः किम् मे अस्य गुहा हितम् उप निणिग् वदन्ति । यद् उस्रियाणाम् अप वार् इव व्रन् पाति प्रियं रुपो अग्रम् पदं वेः ॥
pravācyaṃ vacasaḥ kim me asya guhā hitam upa niṇig vadanti | yad usriyāṇām apa vār iva vran pāti priyaṃ rupo agram padaṃ veḥ ||
Of this my speech what shall I utter further? They indicate the milk stored up in secret When they have thrown as 'twere the cows' stalls open. The Bird protects earths' best and well-loved station.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इदम् उ त्यन् महि महाम् अनीकं यद् उस्रिया सचत पूर्व्यं गौः । ऋतस्य पदे अधि दीद्यानं गुहा रघुष्यद् रघुयद् विवेद ॥
idam u tyan mahi mahām anīkaṃ yad usriyā sacata pūrvyaṃ gauḥ | ṛtasya pade adhi dīdyānaṃ guhā raghuṣyad raghuyad viveda ||
This is the Great Ones' mighty apparition which from of old the radiant Cow hath followed. This, shining brightly in the place of Order, swift, hasting on in secret, she discovered.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध द्युतानः पित्रोः सचासामनुत गुह्यं चारु पृश्नेः । मातुष् पदे परमे अन्ति षद् गोर् वृष्णः शोचिषः प्रयतस्य जिह्वा ॥
adha dyutānaḥ pitroḥ sacāsāmanuta guhyaṃ cāru pṛśneḥ | mātuṣ pade parame anti ṣad gor vṛṣṇaḥ śociṣaḥ prayatasya jihvā ||
He then who shone together with his Parents remembered Prsni's fair and secret treasure, Which, in the Mother Cow's most lofty station, the Bull's tongue, of the flame bent forward, tasted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतं वोचे नमसा पृच्छ्यमानस् तवाशसा जातवेदो यदीदम् । त्वम् अस्य क्षयसि यद् ध विश्वं दिवि यद् उ द्रविणं यत् पृथिव्याम् ॥
ṛtaṃ voce namasā pṛcchyamānas tavāśasā jātavedo yadīdam | tvam asya kṣayasi yad dha viśvaṃ divi yad u draviṇaṃ yat pṛthivyām ||
With reverence I declare the Law, O Agni; what is, comes by thine order, Jatavedas. Of this, whate'er it be, thou art the Sovran, yea, all the wealth that is in earth or heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
किं नो अस्य द्रविणं कद् ध रत्नं वि नो वोचो जातवेदश् चिकित्वान् । गुहाध्वनः परमं यन् नो अस्य रेकु पदं न निदाना अगन्म ॥
kiṃ no asya draviṇaṃ kad dha ratnaṃ vi no voco jātavedaś cikitvān | guhādhvanaḥ paramaṃ yan no asya reku padaṃ na nidānā aganma ||
What is our wealth therefrom, and what our treasure? Tell us O Jatavedas, for thou knowest, What is our best course in this secret passage: we, unreproached, have reached a t)lace far distant.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
का मर्यादा वयुना कद् ध वामम् अच्छा गमेम रघवो न वाजम् । कदा नो देवीर् अमृतस्य पत्नीः सूरो वर्णेन ततनन्न् उषासः ॥
kā maryādā vayunā kad dha vāmam acchā gamema raghavo na vājam | kadā no devīr amṛtasya patnīḥ sūro varṇena tatanann uṣāsaḥ ||
What is the limit, what the rules, the guerdon? Like fleet-foot coursers speed we to the contest. When will the Goddesses, the Immortal's Spouses, the Dawns, spread over us the Sun-God's splendour?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनिरेण वचसा फल्ग्वेन प्रतीत्येन कृधुनातृपासः । अधा ते अग्ने किम् इहा वदन्त्य् अनायुधास आसता सचन्ताम् ॥
anireṇa vacasā phalgvena pratītyena kṛdhunātṛpāsaḥ | adhā te agne kim ihā vadanty anāyudhāsa āsatā sacantām ||
Unsatisfied, with speech devoid of vigour, scanty and frivolous and inconclusive, Wherefore do they address thee here, O Agni? Let these who have no weapons suffer sorrow.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य श्रिये समिधानस्य वृष्णो वसोर् अनीकं दम आ रुरोच । रुशद् वसानः सुदृशीकरूपः क्षितिर् न राया पुरुवारो अद्यौत् ॥
asya śriye samidhānasya vṛṣṇo vasor anīkaṃ dama ā ruroca | ruśad vasānaḥ sudṛśīkarūpaḥ kṣitir na rāyā puruvāro adyaut ||
The majesty of him the Good, the Mighty, aflame, hath shone for glory in the dwelling. He, clothed in light, hath shone most fair to look on, wealthy in boons, as a home shines with riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)