Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.48
यज्ञा-यज्ञा वो अग्नये गिरा-गिरा च दक्षसे । प्र-प्र वयम् अमृतं जातवेदसम् प्रियम् मित्रं न शंसिषम् ॥
yajñā-yajñā vo agnaye girā-girā ca dakṣase | pra-pra vayam amṛtaṃ jātavedasam priyam mitraṃ na śaṃsiṣam ||
Sing to your Agni with each song, at every sacrifice, for strength. Come, let us praise the Wise and Everlasting God, even as a well-beloved Friend,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऊर्जो नपातं स हिनायम् अस्मयुर् दाशेम हव्यदातये । भुवद् वाजेष्व् अविता भुवद् वृध उत त्राता तनूनाम् ॥
ūrjo napātaṃ sa hināyam asmayur dāśema havyadātaye | bhuvad vājeṣv avitā bhuvad vṛdha uta trātā tanūnām ||
The Son of Strength; for is he not our gracious Lord? Let us serve him who bears our gifts. In battle may he be our help and strengthener, yea, be the saviour of our lives.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वृषा ह्य् अग्ने अजरो महान् विभास्य् अर्चिषा । अजस्रेण शोचिषा शोशुचच् छुचे सुदीतिभिः सु दीदिहि ॥
vṛṣā hy agne ajaro mahān vibhāsy arciṣā | ajasreṇa śociṣā śośucac chuce sudītibhiḥ su dīdihi ||
Agni, thou beamest forth with light, great Hero, never changed by time. Shining, pure Agni! with a light that never fades, beam with thy fair beams brilliantly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महो देवान् यजसि यक्ष्य् आनुषक् तव क्रत्वोत दंसना । अर्वाचः सीं कृणुह्य् अग्ने ऽवसे रास्व वाजोत वंस्व ॥
maho devān yajasi yakṣy ānuṣak tava kratvota daṃsanā | arvācaḥ sīṃ kṛṇuhy agne 'vase rāsva vājota vaṃsva ||
Thou worshippest great Gods: bring them without delay by wisdom and thy wondrous power. O Agni, make them turn hither to succour us. Give strength, and win it for thyself.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यम् आपो अद्रयो वना गर्भम् ऋतस्य पिप्रति । सहसा यो मथितो जायते नृभिः पृथिव्या अधि सानवि ॥
yam āpo adrayo vanā garbham ṛtasya piprati | sahasā yo mathito jāyate nṛbhiḥ pṛthivyā adhi sānavi ||
He whom floods, stones, and trees support, the offspring of eternal Law; He who when rubbed with force is brought to life by men upon the lofty height of earth;
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ यः पप्रौ भानुना रोदसी उभे धूमेन धावते दिवि । तिरस् तमो ददृश ऊर्म्यास्व् आ श्यावास्व् अरुषो वृषा श्यावा अरुषो वृषा ॥
ā yaḥ paprau bhānunā rodasī ubhe dhūmena dhāvate divi | tiras tamo dadṛśa ūrmyāsv ā śyāvāsv aruṣo vṛṣā śyāvā aruṣo vṛṣā ||
He who hath filled both worlds fult with his brilliant shine, who hastens with his smoke to heaven; He made himself apparent through the gloom by night, the Red Bull in the darksome nights, the Red Bull in the darksome nights.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
बृहद्भिर् अग्ने अर्चिभिः शुक्रेण देव शोचिषा । भरद्वाजे समिधानो यविष्ठ्य रेवन् नः शुक्र दीदिहि द्युमत् पावक दीदिहि ॥
bṛhadbhir agne arcibhiḥ śukreṇa deva śociṣā | bharadvāje samidhāno yaviṣṭhya revan naḥ śukra dīdihi dyumat pāvaka dīdihi ||
O Agni, with thy lofty beams, with thy pure brilliancy, O God, Kindled, Most Youthful One! by Bharadvaja's hand, shine on us, O pure God, with wealth, shine, Purifier! splendidly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वासां गृहपतिर् विशाम् असि त्वम् अग्ने मानुषीणाम् । शतम् पूर्भिर् यविष्ठ पाह्य् अंहसः समेद्धारं शतं हिमा स्तोतृभ्यो ये च ददति ॥
viśvāsāṃ gṛhapatir viśām asi tvam agne mānuṣīṇām | śatam pūrbhir yaviṣṭha pāhy aṃhasaḥ sameddhāraṃ śataṃ himā stotṛbhyo ye ca dadati ||
Thou art the Lord of house and home of all the tribes, O Agni, of all tribes of men. Guard with a hundred forts thy kindler from distress, through hundred winters, Youngest God! and those who make thy singers rich.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं नश् चित्र ऊत्या वसो राधांसि चोदय । अस्य रायस् त्वम् अग्ने रथीर् असि विदा गाधं तुचे तु नः ॥
tvaṃ naś citra ūtyā vaso rādhāṃsi codaya | asya rāyas tvam agne rathīr asi vidā gādhaṃ tuce tu naḥ ||
Wonderful, with thy favouring help, send us thy bounties, gracious Lord. Thou art the Charioteer, Agni, of earthly wealth: find rest and safety for our seed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पर्षि तोकं तनयम् पर्तृभिष् ट्वम् अदब्धैर् अप्रयुत्वभिः । अग्ने हेळांसि दैव्या युयोधि नो ऽदेवानि ह्वरांसि च ॥
parṣi tokaṃ tanayam partṛbhiṣ ṭvam adabdhair aprayutvabhiḥ | agne heḷāṃsi daivyā yuyodhi no 'devāni hvarāṃsi ca ||
With guards unfailing never negligent speed thou our children and our progeny. Keep far from us, O Agni, all celestial wrath and wickedness of godless men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ सखायः सबर्दुघां धेनुम् अजध्वम् उप नव्यसा वचः । सृजध्वम् अनपस्फुराम् ॥
ā sakhāyaḥ sabardughāṃ dhenum ajadhvam upa navyasā vacaḥ | sṛjadhvam anapasphurām ||
Hither, O friends, with newest song drive her who freely pours her milk; Loose her who never turns away;
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
या शर्धाय मारुताय स्वभानवे श्रवो ऽमृत्यु धुक्षत । या मृळीके मरुतां तुराणां या सुम्नैर् एवयावरी ॥
yā śardhāya mārutāya svabhānave śravo 'mṛtyu dhukṣata | yā mṛḷīke marutāṃ turāṇāṃ yā sumnair evayāvarī ||
Who, for the host of Maruts bright with native sheen, hath shed immortal fame like milk; Whom the impetuous Maruts look upon with love, who moves in splendour on their ways.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भरद्वाजायाव धुक्षत द्विता । धेनुं च विश्वदोहसम् इषं च विश्वभोजसम् ॥
bharadvājāyāva dhukṣata dvitā | dhenuṃ ca viśvadohasam iṣaṃ ca viśvabhojasam ||
For Bharadvaja she poured down in days of old The milch-cow yielding milk for all, and food that gives all nourishment.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं व इन्द्रं न सुक्रतुं वरुणम् इव मायिनम् । अर्यमणं न मन्द्रं सृप्रभोजसं विष्णुं न स्तुष आदिशे ॥
taṃ va indraṃ na sukratuṃ varuṇam iva māyinam | aryamaṇaṃ na mandraṃ sṛprabhojasaṃ viṣṇuṃ na stuṣa ādiśe ||
Your friend like Indra passing wise, with magic power like Varuna. Like Aryaman joy-giving, bringing plenteous food like Visnu for my wish, I praise,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वेषं शर्धो न मारुतं तुविष्वण्य् अनर्वाणम् पूषणं सं यथा शता । सं सहस्रा कारिषच् चर्षणिभ्य आं आविर् गूळ्हा वसू करत् सुवेदा नो वसू करत् ॥
tveṣaṃ śardho na mārutaṃ tuviṣvaṇy anarvāṇam pūṣaṇaṃ saṃ yathā śatā | saṃ sahasrā kāriṣac carṣaṇibhya āṃ āvir gūḷhā vasū karat suvedā no vasū karat ||
Bright as the host of Maruts mighty in their roar. May they bring Pusan free from foes; May they bring hither hundreds, thousands for our men: may they bring hidden stores to light, and make wealth easy to be found.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ मा पूषन्न् उप द्रव शंसिषं नु ते अपिकर्ण आघृणे । अघा अर्यो अरातयः ॥
ā mā pūṣann upa drava śaṃsiṣaṃ nu te apikarṇa āghṛṇe | aghā aryo arātayaḥ ||
Haste to me, Pusan, in thine car, bright Deity: I fain would speak: Most sinful is our foeman's hate.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा काकम्बीरम् उद् वृहो वनस्पतिम् अशस्तीर् वि हि नीनशः । मोत सूरो अह एवा चन ग्रीवा आदधते वेः ॥
mā kākambīram ud vṛho vanaspatim aśastīr vi hi nīnaśaḥ | mota sūro aha evā cana grīvā ādadhate veḥ ||
Tear not up by the roots the Kakambira tree: destroy thou all malignity. Let them not snare by day the neck of that Celestial Bird the Sun.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दृतेर् इव ते ऽवृकम् अस्तु सख्यम् । अच्छिद्रस्य दधन्वतः सुपूर्णस्य दधन्वतः ॥
dṛter iva te 'vṛkam astu sakhyam | acchidrasya dadhanvataḥ supūrṇasya dadhanvataḥ ||
Uninjured let thy friendship be, like the smooth surface of a skin, A flawless skin, containing curds, full to the mouth, containing curds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परो हि मर्त्यैर् असि समो देवैर् उत श्रिया । अभि ख्यः पूषन् पृतनासु नस् त्वम् अवा नूनं यथा पुरा ॥
paro hi martyair asi samo devair uta śriyā | abhi khyaḥ pūṣan pṛtanāsu nas tvam avā nūnaṃ yathā purā ||
For thou art high above mankind, in glory equal to the Gods. Therefore, O Pusan, look upon us in the fight: now help us as in days of old.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वामी वामस्य धूतयः प्रणीतिर् अस्तु सूनृता । देवस्य वा मरुतो मर्त्यस्य वेजानस्य प्रयज्यवः ॥
vāmī vāmasya dhūtayaḥ praṇītir astu sūnṛtā | devasya vā maruto martyasya vejānasya prayajyavaḥ ||
May the kind excellence of him the Kind, loud Roarers! be our guide, Be it the God's, O Maruts, or a mortal man's who worships, ye impetuous Ones!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सद्यश् चिद् यस्य चर्कृतिः परि द्यां देवो नैति सूर्यः । त्वेषं शवो दधिरे नाम यज्ञियम् मरुतो वृत्रहं शवो ज्येष्ठं वृत्रहं शवः ॥
sadyaś cid yasya carkṛtiḥ pari dyāṃ devo naiti sūryaḥ | tveṣaṃ śavo dadhire nāma yajñiyam maruto vṛtrahaṃ śavo jyeṣṭhaṃ vṛtrahaṃ śavaḥ ||
They whose high glory in a moment like the God, the Sun, goes round the space of heaven, The Maruts have obtained bright strength, a sacred name, strength that destroys the Vrtras, strength Vrtra-destroying excellent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सकृद् ध द्यौर् अजायत सकृद् भूमिर् अजायत । पृश्न्या दुग्धं सकृत् पयस् तद् अन्यो नानु जायते ॥
sakṛd dha dyaur ajāyata sakṛd bhūmir ajāyata | pṛśnyā dugdhaṃ sakṛt payas tad anyo nānu jāyate ||
Once, only once, the heaven was made, once only once, the earth was formed- Once, only Prsni's milk was shed: no second, after this, is born.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)