Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.12
मध्ये होता दुरोणे बर्हिषो राळ् अग्निस् तोदस्य रोदसी यजध्यै । अयं स सूनुः सहस ऋतावा दूरात् सूर्यो न शोचिषा ततान ॥
madhye hotā duroṇe barhiṣo rāḷ agnis todasya rodasī yajadhyai | ayaṃ sa sūnuḥ sahasa ṛtāvā dūrāt sūryo na śociṣā tatāna ||
King of trimmed grass, Herald within the dwelling, may Agni worship the Impeller's World-halves. He, Son of Strength, the Holy, from a distance hath spread himself abroad with light like Surya.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ यस्मिन् त्वे स्व् अपाके यजत्र यक्षद् राजन् सर्वतातेव नु द्यौः । त्रिषधस्थस् ततरुषो न जंहो हव्या मघानि मानुषा यजध्यै ॥
ā yasmin tve sv apāke yajatra yakṣad rājan sarvatāteva nu dyauḥ | triṣadhasthas tataruṣo na jaṃho havyā maghāni mānuṣā yajadhyai ||
In thee, most wise, shall Dyaus, for full perfection, King! Holy One! pronounce the call to worship. Found in three places, like the Speeder's footstep, come to present men's riches as oblations!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तेजिष्ठा यस्यारतिर् वनेराट् तोदो अध्वन् न वृधसानो अद्यौत् । अद्रोघो न द्रविता चेतति त्मन्न् अमर्त्यो ऽवर्त्र ओषधीषु ॥
tejiṣṭhā yasyāratir vanerāṭ todo adhvan na vṛdhasāno adyaut | adrogho na dravitā cetati tmann amartyo 'vartra oṣadhīṣu ||
Whose blaze most splendid, sovran in the forest, shines waxing on his way like the - Impeller. He knows himself, like as a guileless smelter, not to be stayed among the plants, Immortal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सास्माकेभिर् एतरी न शूषैर् अग्नि ष्टवे दम आ जातवेदाः । द्र्वन्नो वन्वन् क्रत्वा नार्वोस्रः पितेव जारयायि यज्ञैः ॥
sāsmākebhir etarī na śūṣair agni ṣṭave dama ā jātavedāḥ | drvanno vanvan kratvā nārvosraḥ piteva jārayāyi yajñaiḥ ||
Our friends extol him like a steed for vigour even Agni in the dwelling, jatave~as. Trce-fed, he fights with power as doth a champion, like Dawn's Sire to be praised with sacrifices.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध स्मास्य पनयन्ति भासो वृथा यत् तक्षद् अनुयाति पृथ्वीम् । सद्यो यः स्यन्द्रो विषितो धवीयान् ऋणो न तायुर् अति धन्वा राट् ॥
adha smāsya panayanti bhāso vṛthā yat takṣad anuyāti pṛthvīm | sadyo yaḥ syandro viṣito dhavīyān ṛṇo na tāyur ati dhanvā rāṭ ||
Men wonder at his shining glows when, paring the woods with case, o'er the broad earth he goeth, And, like a rushing flood, loosed quickly, burneth, swift as a guilty thief, o'er desert places.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स त्वं नो अर्वन् निदाया विश्वेभिर् अग्ने अग्निभिर् इधानः । वेषि रायो वि यासि दुच्छुना मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥
sa tvaṃ no arvan nidāyā viśvebhir agne agnibhir idhānaḥ | veṣi rāyo vi yāsi ducchunā madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ ||
So mighty thou protectest us from slander, O Champion, Agni! with all fires enkindled. Bring opulence and drive away affliction. May brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)