Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.3
अग्ने स क्षेषद् ऋतपा ऋतेजा उरु ज्योतिर् नशते देवयुष् टे । यं त्वम् मित्रेण वरुणः सजोषा देव पासि त्यजसा मर्तम् अंहः ॥
agne sa kṣeṣad ṛtapā ṛtejā uru jyotir naśate devayuṣ ṭe | yaṃ tvam mitreṇa varuṇaḥ sajoṣā deva pāsi tyajasā martam aṃhaḥ ||
True, guardian of the Law, thy faithful servant wins ample light and dwells in peace, O Agni, Whom thou, as Varuna in accord with Mitra, guardest, O God, by banishing his trouble.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ईजे यज्ञेभिः शशमे शमीभिर् ऋधद्वारायाग्नये ददाश । एवा चन तं यशसाम् अजुष्टिर् नांहो मर्तं नशते न प्रदृप्तिः ॥
īje yajñebhiḥ śaśame śamībhir ṛdhadvārāyāgnaye dadāśa | evā cana taṃ yaśasām ajuṣṭir nāṃho martaṃ naśate na pradṛptiḥ ||
He hath paid sacrifices, toiled in worship, and offered gifts to wealth-increasing Agni. Him the displeasure of the famous moves not, outrage and scorn affect not such a mortal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सूरो न यस्य दृशतिर् अरेपा भीमा यद् एति शुचतस् त आ धीः । हेषस्वतः शुरुधो नायम् अक्तोः कुत्रा चिद् रण्वो वसतिर् वनेजाः ॥
sūro na yasya dṛśatir arepā bhīmā yad eti śucatas ta ā dhīḥ | heṣasvataḥ śurudho nāyam aktoḥ kutrā cid raṇvo vasatir vanejāḥ ||
Bright God, whose look is free from stain like Surya's, thou, swift, what time thou earnestly desirest, Hast gear to give us. Come with joy at evening, where, Child of Wood, thou mayest also tarry.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तिग्मं चिद् एम महि वर्पो अस्य भसद् अश्वो न यमसान आसा । विजेहमानः परशुर् न जिह्वां द्रविर् न द्रावयति दारु धक्षत् ॥
tigmaṃ cid ema mahi varpo asya bhasad aśvo na yamasāna āsā | vijehamānaḥ paraśur na jihvāṃ dravir na drāvayati dāru dhakṣat ||
Fierce is his gait and vast his wondrous body: he champeth like a horse with bit and bridle, And, darting forth his tongue, as 'twere a hatchet, burning the woods, smelteth them like a smelter.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स इद् अस्तेव प्रति धाद् असिष्यञ् छिशीत तेजो ऽयसो न धाराम् । चित्रध्रजतिर् अरतिर् यो अक्तोर् वेर् न द्रुषद्वा रघुपत्मजंहाः ॥
sa id asteva prati dhād asiṣyañ chiśīta tejo 'yaso na dhārām | citradhrajatir aratir yo aktor ver na druṣadvā raghupatmajaṃhāḥ ||
Archer-like, fain toshoot, he sets his arrow, and whets his splendour like the edge of iron: The messenger of night with brilliant pathway, like a tree-roosting bird of rapid pinion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स ईं रेभो न प्रति वस्त उस्राः शोचिषा रारपीति मित्रमहाः । नक्तं य ईम् अरुषो यो दिवा नॄन् अमर्त्यो अरुषो यो दिवा नॄन् ॥
sa īṃ rebho na prati vasta usrāḥ śociṣā rārapīti mitramahāḥ | naktaṃ ya īm aruṣo yo divā nṝn amartyo aruṣo yo divā nṝn ||
In beams of morn he clothes him like the singer, and bright as Mitra with his splendour crackles. Red in the night, by day the men's possession: red, he belongs to men by day, Immortal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दिवो न यस्य विधतो नवीनोद् वृषा रुक्ष ओषधीषु नूनोत् । घृणा न यो ध्रजसा पत्मना यन्न् आ रोदसी वसुना दं सुपत्नी ॥
divo na yasya vidhato navīnod vṛṣā rukṣa oṣadhīṣu nūnot | ghṛṇā na yo dhrajasā patmanā yann ā rodasī vasunā daṃ supatnī ||
Like Heaven's when scattering beams his voice was uttered: among the plants the radiant Hero shouted, Who with his glow in rapid course came hither to fill both worlds, well-wedded Dames, with treasure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
धायोभिर् वा यो युज्येभिर् अर्कैर् विद्युन् न दविद्योत् स्वेभिः शुष्मैः । शर्धो वा यो मरुतां ततक्ष ऋभुर् न त्वेषो रभसानो अद्यौत् ॥
dhāyobhir vā yo yujyebhir arkair vidyun na davidyot svebhiḥ śuṣmaiḥ | śardho vā yo marutāṃ tatakṣa ṛbhur na tveṣo rabhasāno adyaut ||
Who, with supporting streams and rays that suit him, hath flashed like lightning with his native vigour. Like the deft Maker of the band of Maruts, the bright impetuous One hath shone refulgent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)