Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.9
अहश् च कृष्णम् अहर् अर्जुनं च वि वर्तेते रजसी वेद्याभिः । वैश्वानरो जायमानो न राजावातिरज् ज्योतिषाग्निस् तमांसि ॥
ahaś ca kṛṣṇam ahar arjunaṃ ca vi vartete rajasī vedyābhiḥ | vaiśvānaro jāyamāno na rājāvātiraj jyotiṣāgnis tamāṃsi ||
One half of day is dark, and bright the other: both atmospheres move on by sage devices. Agni Vaisvanara, when born as Sovran, hath with his lustre overcome the darkness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नाहं तन्तुं न वि जानाम्य् ओतुं न यं वयन्ति समरे ऽतमानाः । कस्य स्वित् पुत्र इह वक्त्वानि परो वदात्य् अवरेण पित्रा ॥
nāhaṃ tantuṃ na vi jānāmy otuṃ na yaṃ vayanti samare 'tamānāḥ | kasya svit putra iha vaktvāni paro vadāty avareṇa pitrā ||
I know not either warp or woof, I know not the web they weave when moving to the contest. Whose son shall here speak words that must be spoken without assistance from the Father near him?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स इत् तन्तुं स वि जानात्य् ओतुं स वक्त्वान्य् ऋतुथा वदाति । य ईं चिकेतद् अमृतस्य गोपा अवश् चरन् परो अन्येन पश्यन् ॥
sa it tantuṃ sa vi jānāty otuṃ sa vaktvāny ṛtuthā vadāti | ya īṃ ciketad amṛtasya gopā avaś caran paro anyena paśyan ||
For both the warp and woof he understandeth, and in due time shall speak what should be spoken, Who knoweth as the immortal world's Protector, descending, seeing with no aid from other.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं होता प्रथमः पश्यतेमम् इदं ज्योतिर् अमृतम् मर्त्येषु । अयं स जज्ञे ध्रुव आ निषत्तो ऽमर्त्यस् तन्वा वर्धमानः ॥
ayaṃ hotā prathamaḥ paśyatemam idaṃ jyotir amṛtam martyeṣu | ayaṃ sa jajñe dhruva ā niṣatto 'martyas tanvā vardhamānaḥ ||
He is the Priest, the first of all: behold him. Mid mortal men he is the light immortal. Here was he born, firm-seated in his station Immortal, ever waxing in his body.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ध्रुवं ज्योतिर् निहितं दृशये कम् मनो जविष्ठम् पतयत्स्व् अन्तः । विश्वे देवाः समनसः सकेता एकं क्रतुम् अभि वि यन्ति साधु ॥
dhruvaṃ jyotir nihitaṃ dṛśaye kam mano javiṣṭham patayatsv antaḥ | viśve devāḥ samanasaḥ saketā ekaṃ kratum abhi vi yanti sādhu ||
A firm light hath been set for men to look on: among all things that fly the mind is swiftest. All Gods of one accord, with one intention, move unobstructed to a single purpose.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि मे कर्णा पतयतो वि चक्षुर् वीदं ज्योतिर् हृदय आहितं यत् । वि मे मनश् चरति दूरआधीः किं स्विद् वक्ष्यामि किम् उ नू मनिष्ये ॥
vi me karṇā patayato vi cakṣur vīdaṃ jyotir hṛdaya āhitaṃ yat | vi me manaś carati dūraādhīḥ kiṃ svid vakṣyāmi kim u nū maniṣye ||
Mine ears unclose to hear, mine eye to see him; the light that harbours in my spirit broadens. Far roams my mind whose thoughts are in the distance. What shall I speak, what shall I now imagine?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वे देवा अनमस्यन् भियानास् त्वाम् अग्ने तमसि तस्थिवांसम् । वैश्वानरो ऽवतूतये नो ऽमर्त्यो ऽवतूतये नः ॥
viśve devā anamasyan bhiyānās tvām agne tamasi tasthivāṃsam | vaiśvānaro 'vatūtaye no 'martyo 'vatūtaye naḥ ||
All the Gods bowed them down in fear before thee, Agni, when thou wast dwelling in the darkness. Vaisvanara be gracious to assist us, may the Immortal favour us and help us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)