Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.3
त्वम् अग्ने वरुणो जायसे यत् त्वम् मित्रो भवसि यत् समिद्धः । त्वे विश्वे सहसस् पुत्र देवास् त्वम् इन्द्रो दाशुषे मर्त्याय ॥
tvam agne varuṇo jāyase yat tvam mitro bhavasi yat samiddhaḥ | tve viśve sahasas putra devās tvam indro dāśuṣe martyāya ||
Thou at thy birth art Varuna, O Agni; when thou art kindled thou becomest Mitra. In thee, O Son of Strength, all Gods are centred. Indra art thou to man who brings oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वम् अर्यमा भवसि यत् कनीनां नाम स्वधावन् गुह्यम् बिभर्षि । अञ्जन्ति मित्रं सुधितं न गोभिर् यद् दम्पती समनसा कृणोषि ॥
tvam aryamā bhavasi yat kanīnāṃ nāma svadhāvan guhyam bibharṣi | añjanti mitraṃ sudhitaṃ na gobhir yad dampatī samanasā kṛṇoṣi ||
Aryaman art thou as regardeth maidens mysterious, is thy name, O Self-sustainer. As a kind friend with streams of milk they balm thee what time thou makest wife and lord one-minded.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव श्रिये मरुतो मर्जयन्त रुद्र यत् ते जनिम चारु चित्रम् । पदं यद् विष्णोर् उपमं निधायि तेन पासि गुह्यं नाम गोनाम् ॥
tava śriye maruto marjayanta rudra yat te janima cāru citram | padaṃ yad viṣṇor upamaṃ nidhāyi tena pāsi guhyaṃ nāma gonām ||
The Maruts deck their beauty for thy glory, yea, Rudra! for thy birth fair, brightly-coloured. That which was fixed as Visnu's loftiest station-therewith the secret of the Cows thou guardest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव श्रिया सुदृशो देव देवाः पुरू दधाना अमृतं सपन्त । होतारम् अग्निम् मनुषो नि षेदुर् दशस्यन्त उशिजः शंसम् आयोः ॥
tava śriyā sudṛśo deva devāḥ purū dadhānā amṛtaṃ sapanta | hotāram agnim manuṣo ni ṣedur daśasyanta uśijaḥ śaṃsam āyoḥ ||
Gods through thy glory, God who art so lovely! granting abundant gifts gained life immortal. As their own Priest have men established Agni; and serve him fain for praise from him who liveth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न त्वद् धोता पूर्वो अग्ने यजीयान् न काव्यैः परो अस्ति स्वधावः । विशश् च यस्या अतिथिर् भवासि स यज्ञेन वनवद् देव मर्तान् ॥
na tvad dhotā pūrvo agne yajīyān na kāvyaiḥ paro asti svadhāvaḥ | viśaś ca yasyā atithir bhavāsi sa yajñena vanavad deva martān ||
There is no priest more skilled than thou in worship; none Self-sustainer pass thee in wisdom. Ile man within whose house as guest thou dwellest, O God, by sacrifice shall conquer mortals.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वयम् अग्ने वनुयाम त्वोता वसूयवो हविषा बुध्यमानाः । वयं समर्ये विदथेष्व् अह्नां वयं राया सहसस् पुत्र मर्तान् ॥
vayam agne vanuyāma tvotā vasūyavo haviṣā budhyamānāḥ | vayaṃ samarye vidatheṣv ahnāṃ vayaṃ rāyā sahasas putra martān ||
Aided by thee, O Agni may we conquer through our oblation, fain for wealth, awakened: May we in battle, in the days' assemblies, O Son of Strength, by riches conquer mortals.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो न आगो अभ्य् एनो भरात्य् अधीद् अघम् अघशंसे दधात । जही चिकित्वो अभिशस्तिम् एताम् अग्ने यो नो मर्चयति द्वयेन ॥
yo na āgo abhy eno bharāty adhīd agham aghaśaṃse dadhāta | jahī cikitvo abhiśastim etām agne yo no marcayati dvayena ||
He shall bring evil on the evil-plotter whoever turns against us sin and outrage. Destroy this calumny of him, O Agni, whoever injures us with double-dealing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वाम् अस्या व्युषि देव पूर्वे दूतं कृण्वाना अयजन्त हव्यैः । संस्थे यद् अग्न ईयसे रयीणां देवो मर्तैर् वसुभिर् इध्यमानः ॥
tvām asyā vyuṣi deva pūrve dūtaṃ kṛṇvānā ayajanta havyaiḥ | saṃsthe yad agna īyase rayīṇāṃ devo martair vasubhir idhyamānaḥ ||
At this dawn's flushing, God! our ancient fathers served thee with offerings, making thee their envoy, When, Agni, to the store of wealth thou goest, a God enkindled with good things by mortals.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अव स्पृधि पितरं योधि विद्वान् पुत्रो यस् ते सहसः सून ऊहे । कदा चिकित्वो अभि चक्षसे नो ऽग्ने कदां ऋतचिद् यातयासे ॥
ava spṛdhi pitaraṃ yodhi vidvān putro yas te sahasaḥ sūna ūhe | kadā cikitvo abhi cakṣase no 'gne kadāṃ ṛtacid yātayāse ||
Save, thou who knowest, draw thy father near thee, who counts as thine own son, O Child of Power. O sapient Agni, when wilt thou regard us? When, skilled in holy Law, wilt thou direct us?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूरि नाम वन्दमानो दधाति पिता वसो यदि तज् जोषयासे । कुविद् देवस्य सहसा चकानः सुम्नम् अग्निर् वनते वावृधानः ॥
bhūri nāma vandamāno dadhāti pitā vaso yadi taj joṣayāse | kuvid devasya sahasā cakānaḥ sumnam agnir vanate vāvṛdhānaḥ ||
Adoring thee he gives thee many a title, when thou, Good Lord! acceptest this as Father. And doth not Agni, glad in strength of Godhead, gain splendid bliss when he hath waxen mighty?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वम् अङ्ग जरितारं यविष्ठ विश्वान्य् अग्ने दुरिताति पर्षि । स्तेना अदृश्रन् रिपवो जनासो ऽज्ञातकेता वृजिना अभूवन् ॥
tvam aṅga jaritāraṃ yaviṣṭha viśvāny agne duritāti parṣi | stenā adṛśran ripavo janāso 'jñātaketā vṛjinā abhūvan ||
Most Youthful Agni, verily thou bearest thy praiser safely over all his troubles. Thieves have been seen by us and open foemen: unknown have been the plottings of the wicked.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमे यामासस् त्वद्रिग् अभूवन् वसवे वा तद् इद् आगो अवाचि । नाहायम् अग्निर् अभिशस्तये नो न रीषते वावृधानः परा दात् ॥
ime yāmāsas tvadrig abhūvan vasave vā tad id āgo avāci | nāhāyam agnir abhiśastaye no na rīṣate vāvṛdhānaḥ parā dāt ||
To thee these eulogies have been directed: or to the Vasu hath this sin been spoken. But this our Agni, flaming high, shall never yield us to calumny, to him who wrongs us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)