Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.16
त्वम् अग्ने यज्ञानां होता विश्वेषां हितः । देवेभिर् मानुषे जने ॥
tvam agne yajñānāṃ hotā viśveṣāṃ hitaḥ | devebhir mānuṣe jane ||
Priest of all sacrifices hast thou been appointed by the Gods, Agni, amid the race of man.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स नो मन्द्राभिर् अध्वरे जिह्वाभिर् यजा महः । आ देवान् वक्षि यक्षि च ॥
sa no mandrābhir adhvare jihvābhir yajā mahaḥ | ā devān vakṣi yakṣi ca ||
So with thy joyous tongues for us sacrifice nobly in this rite. Bring thou the Gods and worship them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वेत्था हि वेधो अध्वनः पथश् च देवाञ्जसा । अग्ने यज्ञेषु सुक्रतो ॥
vetthā hi vedho adhvanaḥ pathaś ca devāñjasā | agne yajñeṣu sukrato ||
For well, O God, Disposer, thou knowest, straight on, the paths and ways, Agni, most wise in sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वाम् ईळे अध द्विता भरतो वाजिभिः शुनम् । ईजे यज्ञेषु यज्ञियम् ॥
tvām īḷe adha dvitā bharato vājibhiḥ śunam | īje yajñeṣu yajñiyam ||
Thee, too, hath Bharata of old, with mighty men, implored for bliss. And worshipped thee the worshipful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वम् इमा वार्या पुरु दिवोदासाय सुन्वते । भरद्वाजाय दाशुषे ॥
tvam imā vāryā puru divodāsāya sunvate | bharadvājāya dāśuṣe ||
Thou givest these abundant boons to Divodasa pouring forth, To Bharadvaja offering gifts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं दूतो अमर्त्य आ वहा दैव्यं जनम् । शृण्वन् विप्रस्य सुष्टुतिम् ॥
tvaṃ dūto amartya ā vahā daivyaṃ janam | śṛṇvan viprasya suṣṭutim ||
Do thou, Immortal Messenger, bring hither the Celestial Folk; Hearing the singer's eulogy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वाम् अग्ने स्वाध्यो मर्तासो देववीतये । यज्ञेषु देवम् ईळते ॥
tvām agne svādhyo martāso devavītaye | yajñeṣu devam īḷate ||
Mortals with pious thought implore thee, Agni, God, at holy rites, To come unto the feast of Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव प्र यक्षि संदृशम् उत क्रतुं सुदानवः । विश्वे जुषन्त कामिनः ॥
tava pra yakṣi saṃdṛśam uta kratuṃ sudānavaḥ | viśve juṣanta kāminaḥ ||
I glorify thine aspect and the might of thee the Bountilul. All those who love shall joy in thee,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं होता मनुर्हितो वह्निर् आसा विदुष्टरः । अग्ने यक्षि दिवो विशः ॥
tvaṃ hotā manurhito vahnir āsā viduṣṭaraḥ | agne yakṣi divo viśaḥ ||
Invoker placed by Manus, thou, Agni, art near, the wisest Priest: Pay worship to the Tribes of Heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्न आ याहि वीतये गृणानो हव्यदातये । नि होता सत्सि बर्हिषि ॥
agna ā yāhi vītaye gṛṇāno havyadātaye | ni hotā satsi barhiṣi ||
Come, Agni, lauded, to the feast; come to the offering of the gifts. As Priest be seated on the grass.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं त्वा समिद्भिर् अङ्गिरो घृतेन वर्धयामसि । बृहच् छोचा यविष्ठ्य ॥
taṃ tvā samidbhir aṅgiro ghṛtena vardhayāmasi | bṛhac chocā yaviṣṭhya ||
So, Angiras, we make thee strong with fuel and with holy oil. Blaze high, thou youngest of the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स नः पृथु श्रवाय्यम् अच्छा देव विवाससि । बृहद् अग्ने सुवीर्यम् ॥
sa naḥ pṛthu śravāyyam acchā deva vivāsasi | bṛhad agne suvīryam ||
For us thou winnest, Agni, God, heroic strength exceeding great, Far-spreading and of high renown.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वाम् अग्ने पुष्कराद् अध्य् अथर्वा निर् अमन्थत । मूर्ध्नो विश्वस्य वाघतः ॥
tvām agne puṣkarād adhy atharvā nir amanthata | mūrdhno viśvasya vāghataḥ ||
Agni, Atharvan brought thee forth, by rubbing, from the lotus-flower, The head of Visva, of the Priest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् उ त्वा दध्यङ्ङ् ऋषिः पुत्र ईधे अथर्वणः । वृत्रहणम् पुरन्दरम् ॥
tam u tvā dadhyaṅṅ ṛṣiḥ putra īdhe atharvaṇaḥ | vṛtrahaṇam purandaram ||
Thee. Vrtra's slayer, breaker down of castles, hath Atharvan's son, Dadhyac the Rsi, lighted up.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् उ त्वा पाथ्यो वृषा सम् ईधे दस्युहन्तमम् । धनञ्जयं रणे-रणे ॥
tam u tvā pāthyo vṛṣā sam īdhe dasyuhantamam | dhanañjayaṃ raṇe-raṇe ||
The hero Pathya kindled thee the Dasyus'. most destructive foe, Winner of spoil in every fight.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एह्य् ऊ षु ब्रवाणि ते ऽग्न इत्थेतरा गिरः । एभिर् वर्धास इन्दुभिः ॥
ehy ū ṣu bravāṇi te 'gna itthetarā giraḥ | ebhir vardhāsa indubhiḥ ||
Come, here, O Agni, will I sing verily other songs to thee, And with these drops shalt thou grow strong.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यत्र क्व च ते मनो दक्षं दधस उत्तरम् । तत्रा सदः कृणवसे ॥
yatra kva ca te mano dakṣaṃ dadhasa uttaram | tatrā sadaḥ kṛṇavase ||
Where'er tby mind applies itself, vigour preeminent bast thou: There wilt thou gain a dwelling-place.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नहि ते पूर्तम् अक्षिपद् भुवन् नेमानां वसो । अथा दुवो वनवसे ॥
nahi te pūrtam akṣipad bhuvan nemānāṃ vaso | athā duvo vanavase ||
Not for a moment only lasts thy bounty, good to many a one! Our service therefore shalt thou gain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आग्निर् अगामि भारतो वृत्रहा पुरुचेतनः । दिवोदासस्य सत्पतिः ॥
āgnir agāmi bhārato vṛtrahā purucetanaḥ | divodāsasya satpatiḥ ||
Agni, the Bharata, hath been sought, the Vrtra-slayer, marked of all, Yea, Divodasa's Hero Lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स हि विश्वाति पार्थिवा रयिं दाशन् महित्वना । वन्वन्न् अवातो अस्तृतः ॥
sa hi viśvāti pārthivā rayiṃ dāśan mahitvanā | vanvann avāto astṛtaḥ ||
For he gave riches that surpass in greatness all the things of earth, Fighting untroubled, unsubdued.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स प्रत्नवन् नवीयसाग्ने द्युम्नेन संयता । बृहत् ततन्थ भानुना ॥
sa pratnavan navīyasāgne dyumnena saṃyatā | bṛhat tatantha bhānunā ||
Thou, Agni, as in days of old, with recent glory, gathered light, Hast overspread the lofty heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वः सखायो अग्नये स्तोमं यज्ञं च धृष्णुया । अर्च गाय च वेधसे ॥
pra vaḥ sakhāyo agnaye stomaṃ yajñaṃ ca dhṛṣṇuyā | arca gāya ca vedhase ||
Bring to your Agni, O my friends, boldly your laud and sacrifice: Give the Disposer praise and song.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स हि यो मानुषा युगा सीदद् धोता कविक्रतुः । दूतश् च हव्यवाहनः ॥
sa hi yo mānuṣā yugā sīdad dhotā kavikratuḥ | dūtaś ca havyavāhanaḥ ||
For as sagacious Herald he hath sat through every age of man, Oblation-bearing messenger.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता राजाना शुचिव्रतादित्यान् मारुतं गणम् । वसो यक्षीह रोदसी ॥
tā rājānā śucivratādityān mārutaṃ gaṇam | vaso yakṣīha rodasī ||
Bring those Two Kings whose ways are pure, Adityas, and the Marut host, Excellent God! and Heaven and Earth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वस्वी ते अग्ने संदृष्टिर् इषयते मर्त्याय । ऊर्जो नपाद् अमृतस्य ॥
vasvī te agne saṃdṛṣṭir iṣayate martyāya | ūrjo napād amṛtasya ||
For strong and active mortal man, excellent, Agni, is the look Of thee Immortal, Son of Strength
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
क्रत्वा दा अस्तु श्रेष्ठो ऽद्य त्वा वन्वन् सुरेक्णाः । मर्त आनाश सुवृक्तिम् ॥
kratvā dā astu śreṣṭho 'dya tvā vanvan surekṇāḥ | marta ānāśa suvṛktim ||
Rich through his wisdom, noblest be the giver serving thee to-day: The man hath brought his hymn of praise.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते ते अग्ने त्वोता इषयन्तो विश्वम् आयुः । तरन्तो अर्यो अरातीर् वन्वन्तो अर्यो अरातीः ॥
te te agne tvotā iṣayanto viśvam āyuḥ | taranto aryo arātīr vanvanto aryo arātīḥ ||
These, Agni, these are helped by thee, who strong and active all their lives, O'ercome the malice of the foe, fight down the malice of the foe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निस् तिग्मेन शोचिषा यासद् विश्वं न्य् अत्रिणम् । अग्निर् नो वनते रयिम् ॥
agnis tigmena śociṣā yāsad viśvaṃ ny atriṇam | agnir no vanate rayim ||
May Agni with his pointed blaze cast down each fierce devouring fiend May Agni win us wealth by war.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुवीरं रयिम् आ भर जातवेदो विचर्षणे । जहि रक्षांसि सुक्रतो ॥
suvīraṃ rayim ā bhara jātavedo vicarṣaṇe | jahi rakṣāṃsi sukrato ||
O active Jatavedas, bring riches with store of hero sons: Slay thou the demons, O Most Wise.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं नः पाह्य् अंहसो जातवेदो अघायतः । रक्षा णो ब्रह्मणस् कवे ॥
tvaṃ naḥ pāhy aṃhaso jātavedo aghāyataḥ | rakṣā ṇo brahmaṇas kave ||
Keep us, O Jatavedas, from the troubling of the man of sin: Guard us thou Sage who knowest prayer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो नो अग्ने दुरेव आ मर्तो वधाय दाशति । तस्मान् नः पाह्य् अंहसः ॥
yo no agne dureva ā marto vadhāya dāśati | tasmān naḥ pāhy aṃhasaḥ ||
Whatever sinner, Agni, brings oblations to procure our death, Save us from woe that he would work.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं तं देव जिह्वया परि बाधस्व दुष्कृतम् । मर्तो यो नो जिघांसति ॥
tvaṃ taṃ deva jihvayā pari bādhasva duṣkṛtam | marto yo no jighāṃsati ||
Drive from us with thy tongue, O God, the man who doeth evil deeds, The mortal who would strike us dead.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भरद्वाजाय सप्रथः शर्म यच्छ सहन्त्य । अग्ने वरेण्यं वसु ॥
bharadvājāya saprathaḥ śarma yaccha sahantya | agne vareṇyaṃ vasu ||
Give shelter reaching far and wide to Bharadvaja, conquering Lord! Agni, send wealth most excellent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् वृत्राणि जङ्घनद् द्रविणस्युर् विपन्यया । समिद्धः शुक्र आहुतः ॥
agnir vṛtrāṇi jaṅghanad draviṇasyur vipanyayā | samiddhaḥ śukra āhutaḥ ||
May Agni slay the Vrtras,-fain for riches, through the lord of song, Served with oblation, kindled, bright.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
गर्भे मातुः पितुष् पिता विदिद्युतानो अक्षरे । सीदन्न् ऋतस्य योनिम् आ ॥
garbhe mātuḥ pituṣ pitā vididyutāno akṣare | sīdann ṛtasya yonim ā ||
His Father's Father, shining in his Mother's everlasting side, Set on the seat of holy Law.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ब्रह्म प्रजावद् आ भर जातवेदो विचर्षणे । अग्ने यद् दीदयद् दिवि ॥
brahma prajāvad ā bhara jātavedo vicarṣaṇe | agne yad dīdayad divi ||
O active Jatavedas, bring devotion that wins progeny, Agni, that it may shine to heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप त्वा रण्वसंदृशम् प्रयस्वन्तः सहस्कृत । अग्ने ससृज्महे गिरः ॥
upa tvā raṇvasaṃdṛśam prayasvantaḥ sahaskṛta | agne sasṛjmahe giraḥ ||
O Child of Strength, to thee whose look is lovely we with dainty food, O Agni, have poured forth our songs.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप च्छायाम् इव घृणेर् अगन्म शर्म ते वयम् । अग्ने हिरण्यसंदृशः ॥
upa cchāyām iva ghṛṇer aganma śarma te vayam | agne hiraṇyasaṃdṛśaḥ ||
To thee for shelter are we come, as to the shade from fervent heat Agni, who glitterest like gold.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
य उग्र इव शर्यहा तिग्मशृङ्गो न वंसगः । अग्ने पुरो रुरोजिथ ॥
ya ugra iva śaryahā tigmaśṛṅgo na vaṃsagaḥ | agne puro rurojitha ||
Mighty as one who slays with shafts, or like a bull with sharpened horn, Agni, thou breakest down the forts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ यं हस्ते न खादिनं शिशुं जातं न बिभ्रति । विशाम् अग्निं स्वध्वरम् ॥
ā yaṃ haste na khādinaṃ śiśuṃ jātaṃ na bibhrati | viśām agniṃ svadhvaram ||
Whom, like an infant newly born, devourer, in their arms they bear, Men's Agni, skilled in holy rites.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र देवं देववीतये भरता वसुवित्तमम् । आ स्वे योनौ नि षीदतु ॥
pra devaṃ devavītaye bharatā vasuvittamam | ā sve yonau ni ṣīdatu ||
Bear to the banquet of the Gods the God best finder-out of wealth, Let him he seated in his place.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ जातं जातवेदसि प्रियं शिशीतातिथिम् । स्योन आ गृहपतिम् ॥
ā jātaṃ jātavedasi priyaṃ śiśītātithim | syona ā gṛhapatim ||
In Jatavedas kindle ye the dear guest who hath now appeared In a soft place, the homestead's Lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने युक्ष्वा हि ये तवाश्वासो देव साधवः । अरं वहन्ति मन्यवे ॥
agne yukṣvā hi ye tavāśvāso deva sādhavaḥ | araṃ vahanti manyave ||
Harness, O Agni, O thou God, thy steeds which are most excellent: They bear thee as thy spirit wills.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अच्छा नो याह्य् आ वहाभि प्रयांसि वीतये । आ देवान् सोमपीतये ॥
acchā no yāhy ā vahābhi prayāṃsi vītaye | ā devān somapītaye ||
Come hither, bring the Gods to us to taste the sacrificial feast, To drink the draught of Soma juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् अग्ने भारत द्युमद् अजस्रेण दविद्युतत् । शोचा वि भाह्य् अजर ॥
ud agne bhārata dyumad ajasreṇa davidyutat | śocā vi bhāhy ajara ||
O Agni of the Bharatas, blaze high with everlasting might, Shine forth and gleam, Eternal One.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वीती यो देवम् मर्तो दुवस्येद् अग्निम् ईळीताध्वरे हविष्मान् । होतारं सत्ययजं रोदस्योर् उत्तानहस्तो नमसा विवासेत् ॥
vītī yo devam marto duvasyed agnim īḷītādhvare haviṣmān | hotāraṃ satyayajaṃ rodasyor uttānahasto namasā vivāset ||
The mortal man who serves the God with banquet, and, bringing gifts at sacrifice, lauds Agni, May well attract, with prayer and hands uplifted, the Priest of Heaven and Earth, true Sacrificer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ ते अग्न ऋचा हविर् हृदा तष्टम् भरामसि । ते ते भवन्तूक्षण ऋषभासो वशा उत ॥
ā te agna ṛcā havir hṛdā taṣṭam bharāmasi | te te bhavantūkṣaṇa ṛṣabhāso vaśā uta ||
Agni, we bring thee, with our hymn, oblation fashioned in the heart. Let these be oxen unto thee, let these be bulls and kine to thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निं देवासो अग्रियम् इन्धते वृत्रहन्तमम् । येना वसून्य् आभृता तृळ्हा रक्षांसि वाजिना ॥
agniṃ devāso agriyam indhate vṛtrahantamam | yenā vasūny ābhṛtā tṛḷhā rakṣāṃsi vājinā ||
The Gods enkindle Agni, best slayer of Vrtra, first in rank, The Mighty, One who brings us wealth and crushes down the Raksasas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)