Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·8·8.19
तं गूर्धया स्वर्णरं देवासो देवम् अरतिं दधन्विरे । देवत्रा हव्यम् ओहिरे ॥
taṃ gūrdhayā svarṇaraṃ devāso devam aratiṃ dadhanvire | devatrā havyam ohire ||
Sing praise to him, the Lord of Light. The Gods have made the God to be their messenger, And sent oblation to Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विभूतरातिं विप्र चित्रशोचिषम् अग्निम् ईळिष्व यन्तुरम् । अस्य मेधस्य सोम्यस्य सोभरे प्रेम् अध्वराय पूर्व्यम् ॥
vibhūtarātiṃ vipra citraśociṣam agnim īḷiṣva yanturam | asya medhasya somyasya sobhare prem adhvarāya pūrvyam ||
Agni, the Bounteous Giver, bright with varied flames, laud thou, O singer Sobhari- Him who controls this sacred food with Soma blent, who hath first claim to sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यजिष्ठं त्वा ववृमहे देवं देवत्रा होतारम् अमर्त्यम् । अस्य यज्ञस्य सुक्रतुम् ॥
yajiṣṭhaṃ tvā vavṛmahe devaṃ devatrā hotāram amartyam | asya yajñasya sukratum ||
Thee have we chosen skill fullest in sacrifice, Immortal Priest among the Gods, Wise finisher of this holy rite:
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऊर्जो नपातं सुभगं सुदीदितिम् अग्निं श्रेष्ठशोचिषम् । स नो मित्रस्य वरुणस्य सो अपाम् आ सुम्नं यक्षते दिवि ॥
ūrjo napātaṃ subhagaṃ sudīditim agniṃ śreṣṭhaśociṣam | sa no mitrasya varuṇasya so apām ā sumnaṃ yakṣate divi ||
The Son of Strength, the blessed, brightly shining One, Agni whose light is excellent. May be by sacrifice win us in heaven the grace of Mitra, Varuna, and the Floods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यः समिधा य आहुती यो वेदेन ददाश मर्तो अग्नये । यो नमसा स्वध्वरः ॥
yaḥ samidhā ya āhutī yo vedena dadāśa marto agnaye | yo namasā svadhvaraḥ ||
The mortal who hath ministered to Agni with oblation, fuel, ritual lore, And reverence, skilled in sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तस्येद् अर्वन्तो रंहयन्त आशवस् तस्य द्युम्नितमं यशः । न तम् अंहो देवकृतं कुतश् चन न मर्त्यकृतं नशत् ॥
tasyed arvanto raṃhayanta āśavas tasya dyumnitamaṃ yaśaḥ | na tam aṃho devakṛtaṃ kutaś cana na martyakṛtaṃ naśat ||
Verily swift to run are his fleet-footed steeds, and most resplendent fame is his. No trouble caused by Gods or wrought by mortal man from any side o'ertaketh him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्वग्नयो वो अग्निभिः स्याम सूनो सहस ऊर्जाम् पते । सुवीरस् त्वम् अस्मयुः ॥
svagnayo vo agnibhiḥ syāma sūno sahasa ūrjām pate | suvīras tvam asmayuḥ ||
May we by thine own fires be well supplied with fire, O Son of Strength, O Lord of Might: Thou as our Friend hast worthy men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रशंसमानो अतिथिर् न मित्रियो ऽग्नी रथो न वेद्यः । त्वे क्षेमासो अपि सन्ति साधवस् त्वं राजा रयीणाम् ॥
praśaṃsamāno atithir na mitriyo 'gnī ratho na vedyaḥ | tve kṣemāso api santi sādhavas tvaṃ rājā rayīṇām ||
Agni, who praises like a guest of friendly mind, is as a car that brings us gear. Also in thee is found perfect security thou art the Sovran Lord of wealth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सो अद्धा दाश्वध्वरो ऽग्ने मर्तः सुभग स प्रशंस्यः । स धीभिर् अस्तु सनिता ॥
so addhā dāśvadhvaro 'gne martaḥ subhaga sa praśaṃsyaḥ | sa dhībhir astu sanitā ||
That man, moreover, merits praise who brings, auspicious Agni, sacrificial gifts May he win riches by his thoughts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्य त्वम् ऊर्ध्वो अध्वराय तिष्ठसि क्षयद्वीरः स साधते । सो अर्वद्भिः सनिता स विपन्युभिः स शूरैः सनिता कृतम् ॥
yasya tvam ūrdhvo adhvarāya tiṣṭhasi kṣayadvīraḥ sa sādhate | so arvadbhiḥ sanitā sa vipanyubhiḥ sa śūraiḥ sanitā kṛtam ||
He for whose sacrifice thou standest up erect is prosperous and rules o'er men. He wins with coursers and with singers killed in song: with heroes he obtains the prize.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्याग्निर् वपुर् गृहे स्तोमं चनो दधीत विश्ववार्यः । हव्या वा वेविषद् विषः ॥
yasyāgnir vapur gṛhe stomaṃ cano dadhīta viśvavāryaḥ | havyā vā veviṣad viṣaḥ ||
He in whose dwelling Agni is chief ornament, and, all-desired, loves his laud well, And zealously tends his offerings-
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विप्रस्य वा स्तुवतः सहसो यहो मक्षूतमस्य रातिषु । अवोदेवम् उपरिमर्त्यं कृधि वसो विविदुषो वचः ॥
viprasya vā stuvataḥ sahaso yaho makṣūtamasya rātiṣu | avodevam uparimartyaṃ kṛdhi vaso vividuṣo vacaḥ ||
His, or the lauding sage's word, his, Son of Strength! who Is most prompt with sacred gifts, Set thou beneath the Gods, Vasu, above mankind, the speech of the intelligent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो अग्निं हव्यदातिभिर् नमोभिर् वा सुदक्षम् आविवासति । गिरा वाजिरशोचिषम् ॥
yo agniṃ havyadātibhir namobhir vā sudakṣam āvivāsati | girā vājiraśociṣam ||
He who with sacrificial gifts or homage bringeth very skilful Agni nigh, Or him who flashes fast with song,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
समिधा यो निशिती दाशद् अदितिं धामभिर् अस्य मर्त्यः । विश्वेत् स धीभिः सुभगो जनां अति द्युम्नैर् उद्न इव तारिषत् ॥
samidhā yo niśitī dāśad aditiṃ dhāmabhir asya martyaḥ | viśvet sa dhībhiḥ subhago janāṃ ati dyumnair udna iva tāriṣat ||
The mortal who with blazing fuel, as his laws command, adores the Perfect God, Blest with his thoughts in splendour shall exceed all men, as though he overpassed the floods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तद् अग्ने द्युम्नम् आ भर यत् सासहत् सदने कं चिद् अत्रिणम् । मन्युं जनस्य दूढ्यः ॥
tad agne dyumnam ā bhara yat sāsahat sadane kaṃ cid atriṇam | manyuṃ janasya dūḍhyaḥ ||
Give us the splendour, Agni, which may overcome each greedy fiend in our abode, The wrath of evil-hearted folk.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
येन चष्टे वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा येन नासत्या भगः । वयं तत् ते शवसा गातुवित्तमा इन्द्रत्वोता विधेमहि ॥
yena caṣṭe varuṇo mitro aryamā yena nāsatyā bhagaḥ | vayaṃ tat te śavasā gātuvittamā indratvotā vidhemahi ||
That, wherewith Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman, the Asvins, Bhaga give us light, That may we, by thy power finding best furtherance, worship, O Indra, helped by thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते घेद् अग्ने स्वाध्यो ये त्वा विप्र निदधिरे नृचक्षसम् । विप्रासो देव सुक्रतुम् ॥
te ghed agne svādhyo ye tvā vipra nidadhire nṛcakṣasam | viprāso deva sukratum ||
O Agni, most devout are they, the sages who have set thee Sage exceeding wise, O God, for men to look upon:
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त इद् वेदिं सुभग त आहुतिं ते सोतुं चक्रिरे दिवि । त इद् वाजेभिर् जिग्युर् महद् धनं ये त्वे कामं न्येरिरे ॥
ta id vediṃ subhaga ta āhutiṃ te sotuṃ cakrire divi | ta id vājebhir jigyur mahad dhanaṃ ye tve kāmaṃ nyerire ||
Who have arranged thine altar Blessed God, at morn brought thine oblation, pressed the juice. They by their deeds of strength have won diem, mighty wealth, who have set all their hope in thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भद्रो नो अग्निर् आहुतो भद्रा रातिः सुभग भद्रो अध्वरः । भद्रा उत प्रशस्तयः ॥
bhadro no agnir āhuto bhadrā rātiḥ subhaga bhadro adhvaraḥ | bhadrā uta praśastayaḥ ||
May Agni worshipped bring us bliss, may the gift, Blessed One, and sacrifice bring bliss; Yea, may our praises bring us bliss.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भद्रम् मनः कृणुष्व वृत्रतूर्ये येना समत्सु सासहः । अव स्थिरा तनुहि भूरि शर्धतां वनेमा ते अभिष्टिभिः ॥
bhadram manaḥ kṛṇuṣva vṛtratūrye yenā samatsu sāsahaḥ | ava sthirā tanuhi bhūri śardhatāṃ vanemā te abhiṣṭibhiḥ ||
Show forth the mind that brings success in war with fiends, wherewith thou conquerest in fight. Bring down the many firm hopes of our enemies, and let us vanquish with thine aid.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ईळे गिरा मनुर्हितं यं देवा दूतम् अरतिं न्येरिरे । यजिष्ठं हव्यवाहनम् ॥
īḷe girā manurhitaṃ yaṃ devā dūtam aratiṃ nyerire | yajiṣṭhaṃ havyavāhanam ||
I praise with song the Friend of man, whom Gods sent down to be herald and messenger, Best worshipper, bearer of our gifts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तिग्मजम्भाय तरुणाय राजते प्रयो गायस्य् अग्नये । यः पिंशते सूनृताभिः सुवीर्यम् अग्निर् घृतेभिर् आहुतः ॥
tigmajambhāya taruṇāya rājate prayo gāyasy agnaye | yaḥ piṃśate sūnṛtābhiḥ suvīryam agnir ghṛtebhir āhutaḥ ||
Thou unto sharp-toothed Agni, Young and Radiant God, proclaimest with thy song the feast- Agni, who for our sweet strains moulds heroic strength when sacred oil is offered him,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यदी घृतेभिर् आहुतो वाशीम् अग्निर् भरत उच् चाव च । असुर इव निर्णिजम् ॥
yadī ghṛtebhir āhuto vāśīm agnir bharata uc cāva ca | asura iva nirṇijam ||
While, served with sacrificial oil, now upward and now downward Agni moves his sword, As doth the Asura his robe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो हव्यान्य् ऐरयता मनुर्हितो देव आसा सुगन्धिना । विवासते वार्याणि स्वध्वरो होता देवो अमर्त्यः ॥
yo havyāny airayatā manurhito deva āsā sugandhinā | vivāsate vāryāṇi svadhvaro hotā devo amartyaḥ ||
The God, the Friend of man, who bears our gifts to heaven, the God with his sweet-smelling mouth, Distributes, skilled in sacrifice, his precious things, Invoking Priest, Immortal God.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अग्ने मर्त्यस् त्वं स्याम् अहम् मित्रमहो अमर्त्यः । सहसः सूनव् आहुत ॥
yad agne martyas tvaṃ syām aham mitramaho amartyaḥ | sahasaḥ sūnav āhuta ||
Son of Strength, Agni, if thou wert the mortal, bright as Mitra, I worshipped with our gifts! And I were the Immortal God
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न त्वा रासीयाभिशस्तये वसो न पापत्वाय सन्त्य । न मे स्तोतामतीवा न दुर्हितः स्याद् अग्ने न पापया ॥
na tvā rāsīyābhiśastaye vaso na pāpatvāya santya | na me stotāmatīvā na durhitaḥ syād agne na pāpayā ||
I would not give thee up, Vasu, to calumny, or misery, O Bounteous One. My worshipper should feel no hunger or distress, nor, Agni, should he live in sin.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पितुर् न पुत्रः सुभृतो दुरोण आ देवां एतु प्र णो हविः ॥
pitur na putraḥ subhṛto duroṇa ā devāṃ etu pra ṇo haviḥ ||
Like a son cherished in his father's house, Let our oblation rise unto the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तवाहम् अग्न ऊतिभिर् नेदिष्ठाभिः सचेय जोषम् आ वसो । सदा देवस्य मर्त्यः ॥
tavāham agna ūtibhir nediṣṭhābhiḥ saceya joṣam ā vaso | sadā devasya martyaḥ ||
With thine immediate aid may I, excellent Agni, ever gain my wish A mortal with a God to help.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव क्रत्वा सनेयं तव रातिभिर् अग्ने तव प्रशस्तिभिः । त्वाम् इद् आहुः प्रमतिं वसो ममाग्ने हर्षस्व दातवे ॥
tava kratvā saneyaṃ tava rātibhir agne tava praśastibhiḥ | tvām id āhuḥ pramatiṃ vaso mamāgne harṣasva dātave ||
O Agni, by thy wisdom, by thy bounties, by thy leading may I gather wealth. Excellent Agni, thou art called my Providence: delight thou to be liberal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र सो अग्ने तवोतिभिः सुवीराभिस् तिरते वाजभर्मभिः । यस्य त्वं सख्यम् आवरः ॥
pra so agne tavotibhiḥ suvīrābhis tirate vājabharmabhiḥ | yasya tvaṃ sakhyam āvaraḥ ||
Agni, he conquers by thine aid that brings him store of noble heroes and great strength, Whose bond of friendship is thy choice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव द्रप्सो नीलवान् वाश ऋत्विय इन्धानः सिष्णव् आ ददे । त्वम् महीनाम् उषसाम् असि प्रियः क्षपो वस्तुषु राजसि ॥
tava drapso nīlavān vāśa ṛtviya indhānaḥ siṣṇav ā dade | tvam mahīnām uṣasām asi priyaḥ kṣapo vastuṣu rājasi ||
Thy spark is black and crackling, kindled in due time, O Bounteous, it is taken up. Thou art the dear Friend of the mighty Mornings: thou shinest in glimmerings of the night.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् आगन्म सोभरयः सहस्रमुष्कं स्वभिष्टिम् अवसे । सम्राजं त्रासदस्यवम् ॥
tam āganma sobharayaḥ sahasramuṣkaṃ svabhiṣṭim avase | samrājaṃ trāsadasyavam ||
We Sobharis have come to him, for succour, who is good to help with thousand powers, The Sovran, Trasadasyu's Friend.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्य ते अग्ने अन्ये अग्नय उपक्षितो वया इव । विपो न द्युम्ना नि युवे जनानां तव क्षत्राणि वर्धयन् ॥
yasya te agne anye agnaya upakṣito vayā iva | vipo na dyumnā ni yuve janānāṃ tava kṣatrāṇi vardhayan ||
O Agni, thou on whom all other fires depend, as branches on the parent stem, I make the treasures of the folk, like songs, mine own, while I exalt thy sovran might.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यम् आदित्यासो अद्रुहः पारं नयथ मर्त्यम् । मघोनां विश्वेषां सुदानवः ॥
yam ādityāso adruhaḥ pāraṃ nayatha martyam | maghonāṃ viśveṣāṃ sudānavaḥ ||
The mortal whom, Adityas, ye, Guilelew, lead to the farther bank Of all the princes, Bounteous Ones
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यूयं राजानः कं चिच् चर्षणीसहः क्षयन्तम् मानुषां अनु । वयं ते वो वरुण मित्रार्यमन् स्यामेद् ऋतस्य रथ्यः ॥
yūyaṃ rājānaḥ kaṃ cic carṣaṇīsahaḥ kṣayantam mānuṣāṃ anu | vayaṃ te vo varuṇa mitrāryaman syāmed ṛtasya rathyaḥ ||
Whoe'er he be, Man-ruling Kings! the Regent of the race of men- May we, O Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman, like him be furtherers of your law.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अदान् मे पौरुकुत्स्यः पञ्चाशतं त्रसदस्युर् वधूनाम् । मंहिष्ठो अर्यः सत्पतिः ॥
adān me paurukutsyaḥ pañcāśataṃ trasadasyur vadhūnām | maṃhiṣṭho aryaḥ satpatiḥ ||
A gift of fifty female slaves hath Trasadasyu given me, Purukutsa's son, Most liberal, kind, lord of the brave.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत मे प्रयियोर् वयियोः सुवास्त्वा अधि तुग्वनि । तिसॄणां सप्ततीनां श्यावः प्रणेता भुवद् वसुर् दियानाम् पतिः ॥
uta me prayiyor vayiyoḥ suvāstvā adhi tugvani | tisṝṇāṃ saptatīnāṃ śyāvaḥ praṇetā bhuvad vasur diyānām patiḥ ||
And Syava too for me led forth a strong steed at Suvastu's ford: A herd of three times seventy kine, good lord of gifts, he gave to me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)