Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.7
अयम् इह प्रथमो धायि धातृभिर् होता यजिष्ठो अध्वरेष्व् ईड्यः । यम् अप्नवानो भृगवो विरुरुचुर् वनेषु चित्रं विभ्वं विशे-विशे ॥
ayam iha prathamo dhāyi dhātṛbhir hotā yajiṣṭho adhvareṣv īḍyaḥ | yam apnavāno bhṛgavo virurucur vaneṣu citraṃ vibhvaṃ viśe-viśe ||
Here by ordainers was this God appointed first Invoker, best at worship, to be praised at rites: Whom Apnavana, and the Bhrgus caused to shine bright-coloured in the wood, spreading from home to home.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने कदा त आनुषग् भुवद् देवस्य चेतनम् । अधा हि त्वा जगृभ्रिरे मर्तासो विक्ष्व् ईड्यम् ॥
agne kadā ta ānuṣag bhuvad devasya cetanam | adhā hi tvā jagṛbhrire martāso vikṣv īḍyam ||
When shall thy glory as a God, Agni, be suddenly shown forth. For mortal men have held thee fast, adorable in all their homes,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतावानं विचेतसम् पश्यन्तो द्याम् इव स्तृभिः । विश्वेषाम् अध्वराणां हस्कर्तारं दमे-दमे ॥
ṛtāvānaṃ vicetasam paśyanto dyām iva stṛbhiḥ | viśveṣām adhvarāṇāṃ haskartāraṃ dame-dame ||
Seeing thee faithful to the Law, most sapient, like the starry heaven, Illumining with cheerful ray each solemn rite in every house.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आशुं दूतं विवस्वतो विश्वा यश् चर्षणीर् अभि । आ जभ्रुः केतुम् आयवो भृगवाणं विशे-विशे ॥
āśuṃ dūtaṃ vivasvato viśvā yaś carṣaṇīr abhi | ā jabhruḥ ketum āyavo bhṛgavāṇaṃ viśe-viśe ||
Vivasvan's envoy living men have taken as their ensign, swift, The ruler over all mankind, moving like Bhrgu in each home.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् ईं होतारम् आनुषक् चिकित्वांसं नि षेदिरे । रण्वम् पावकशोचिषं यजिष्ठं सप्त धामभिः ॥
tam īṃ hotāram ānuṣak cikitvāṃsaṃ ni ṣedire | raṇvam pāvakaśociṣaṃ yajiṣṭhaṃ sapta dhāmabhiḥ ||
Him the intelligent have they placed duly as Invoking Priest, Welcome, with sanctifying flame, best worshipper, with sevenfold might;
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं शश्वतीषु मातृषु वन आ वीतम् अश्रितम् । चित्रं सन्तं गुहा हितं सुवेदं कूचिदर्थिनम् ॥
taṃ śaśvatīṣu mātṛṣu vana ā vītam aśritam | citraṃ santaṃ guhā hitaṃ suvedaṃ kūcidarthinam ||
In his Eternal Mothers, in the wood, concealed and unapproached, Kept secret though his flames are bright seeking on all sides, quickly found.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ससस्य यद् वियुता सस्मिन्न् ऊधन्न् ऋतस्य धामन् रणयन्त देवाः । महां अग्निर् नमसा रातहव्यो वेर् अध्वराय सदम् इद् ऋतावा ॥
sasasya yad viyutā sasminn ūdhann ṛtasya dhāman raṇayanta devāḥ | mahāṃ agnir namasā rātahavyo ver adhvarāya sadam id ṛtāvā ||
That as food spreads forth in this earthly udder, Gods may rejoice them in the home of Order, Great Agni, served with reverence and oblation, flies ever to the sacrifice, the Faithful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वेर् अध्वरस्य दूत्यानि विद्वान् उभे अन्ता रोदसी संचिकित्वान् । दूत ईयसे प्रदिव उराणो विदुष्टरो दिव आरोधनानि ॥
ver adhvarasya dūtyāni vidvān ubhe antā rodasī saṃcikitvān | dūta īyase pradiva urāṇo viduṣṭaro diva ārodhanāni ||
Bird of each rite, skilled in an envoy's duties, knowing both worlds and that which lies between them, Thou goest from of old a willing Herald, knowing full well heaven's innermost recesses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कृष्णं त एम रुशतः पुरो भाश् चरिष्ण्व् अर्चिर् वपुषाम् इद् एकम् । यद् अप्रवीता दधते ह गर्भं सद्यश् चिज् जातो भवसीद् उ दूतः ॥
kṛṣṇaṃ ta ema ruśataḥ puro bhāś cariṣṇv arcir vapuṣām id ekam | yad apravītā dadhate ha garbhaṃ sadyaś cij jāto bhavasīd u dūtaḥ ||
Bright God, thy path is black: light is before thee: thy moving splendour is the chief of wonders. When she, yet unimpregnate, hath conceived thee, even when newly born thou art an envoy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सद्यो जातस्य ददृशानम् ओजो यद् अस्य वातो अनुवाति शोचिः । वृणक्ति तिग्माम् अतसेषु जिह्वां स्थिरा चिद् अन्ना दयते वि जम्भैः ॥
sadyo jātasya dadṛśānam ojo yad asya vāto anuvāti śociḥ | vṛṇakti tigmām ataseṣu jihvāṃ sthirā cid annā dayate vi jambhaiḥ ||
Yet newly born, his vigour is apparent when the wind blows upon his fiery splendour, His sharpened tongue he layeth on the brushwood, and with his teeth e'en solid food consumeth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तृषु यद् अन्ना तृषुणा ववक्ष तृषुं दूतं कृणुते यह्वो अग्निः । वातस्य मेळिं सचते निजूर्वन्न् आशुं न वाजयते हिन्वे अर्वा ॥
tṛṣu yad annā tṛṣuṇā vavakṣa tṛṣuṃ dūtaṃ kṛṇute yahvo agniḥ | vātasya meḷiṃ sacate nijūrvann āśuṃ na vājayate hinve arvā ||
When he hath borne off food with swift flame swiftly, strong Agni makes himself a speedy envoy, Follows the rustling of the wind, consuming, and courser-like, speeds, drives the swift horse onward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)