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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79

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  1. Ṛgveda 1.79.1, English HE in mid-air's expanse hath golden tresses; a raging serpent, like the rushing tempest: Purely refulgent, knowing well the morning; like honourable dames, true, active workers. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 1.79.2, English Thy well-winged flashes strengthen in their manner, when the black Bull hath bellowed round about us. With drops that bless and seem to smile he cometh: the waters fall, the clouds utter their thunder. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 1.79.3, English When he comes streaming with the milk of worship, conducting by directest paths of Order Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna, Parijman fill the hide full where lies the nether press-stone. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 1.79.4, English O Agni, thou who art the lord of wealth in kine, thou Son of Strength, Vouchsafe to us, O Jatavedas, high renown. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 1.79.5, English He, Agni, kindled, good and wise, must be exalted in our song: Shine, thou of many forms, shine radiantly on us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 1.79.6, English O Agni, shining of thyself by night and when the morning breaks, Burn, thou whose teeth are sharp, against the Raksasas. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 1.79.7, English Adorable in all our rites, favour us, Agni, with thine aid, When the great hymn is chanted forth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 1.79.8, English Bring to us ever-conquering wealth, wealth, Agni, worthy of our choice, In all our frays invincible. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 1.79.9, English Give us, O Agni, through thy grace wealth that supporteth all our life, Thy favour so that we may live. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 1.79.10, English O Gotama, desiring bliss present thy songs composed with care To Agni of the pointed flames. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 1.79.11, English May the man fall, O Agni, who near or afar assaileth us: Do thou increase and prosper us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 1.79.12, English Keen and swift Agni, thousand-eyed, chaseth the Raksasas afar: He singeth, herald meet for lauds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 1.79.1हिर॑ण्यकेशो॒ रज॑सो विसा॒रेऽहि॒र्धुनि॒र्वात॑ इव॒ ध्रजी॑मान् । शुचि॑भ्राजा उ॒षसो॒ नवे॑दा॒ यश॑स्वतीरप॒स्युवो॒ न स॒त्याः ॥
  2. 1.79.2आ ते॑ सुप॒र्णा अ॑मिनन्तँ॒ एवै॑ः कृ॒ष्णो नो॑नाव वृष॒भो यदी॒दम् । शि॒वाभि॒र्न स्मय॑मानाभि॒रागा॒त्पत॑न्ति॒ मिह॑ः स्त॒नय॑न्त्य॒भ्रा ॥
  3. 1.79.3यदी॑मृ॒तस्य॒ पय॑सा॒ पिया॑नो॒ नय॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ प॒थिभी॒ रजि॑ष्ठैः । अ॒र्य॒मा मि॒त्रो वरु॑ण॒ः परि॑ज्मा॒ त्वचं॑ पृञ्च॒न्त्युप॑रस्य॒ योनौ॑ ॥
  4. 1.79.4अग्ने॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑त॒ ईशा॑नः सहसो यहो । अ॒स्मे धे॑हि जातवेदो॒ महि॒ श्रव॑ः ॥
  5. 1.79.5स इ॑धा॒नो वसु॑ष्क॒विर॒ग्निरी॒ळेन्यो॑ गि॒रा । रे॒वद॒स्मभ्यं॑ पुर्वणीक दीदिहि ॥
  6. 1.79.6क्ष॒पो रा॑जन्नु॒त त्मनाग्ने॒ वस्तो॑रु॒तोषस॑ः । स ति॑ग्मजम्भ र॒क्षसो॑ दह॒ प्रति॑ ॥
  7. 1.79.7अवा॑ नो अग्न ऊ॒तिभि॑र्गाय॒त्रस्य॒ प्रभ॑र्मणि । विश्वा॑सु धी॒षु व॑न्द्य ॥
  8. 1.79.8आ नो॑ अग्ने र॒यिं भ॑र सत्रा॒साहं॒ वरे॑ण्यम् । विश्वा॑सु पृ॒त्सु दु॒ष्टर॑म् ॥
  9. 1.79.9आ नो॑ अग्ने सुचे॒तुना॑ र॒यिं वि॒श्वायु॑पोषसम् । मा॒र्डी॒कं धे॑हि जी॒वसे॑ ॥
  10. 1.79.10प्र पू॒तास्ति॒ग्मशो॑चिषे॒ वाचो॑ गोतमा॒ग्नये॑ । भर॑स्व सुम्न॒युर्गिर॑ः ॥
  11. 1.79.11यो नो॑ अग्नेऽभि॒दास॒त्यन्ति॑ दू॒रे प॑दी॒ष्ट सः । अ॒स्माक॒मिद्वृ॒धे भ॑व ॥
  12. 1.79.12स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्षो विच॑र्षणिर॒ग्नी रक्षां॑सि सेधति । होता॑ गृणीत उ॒क्थ्य॑ः ॥