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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25

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  1. Ṛgveda 5.25.1, English I WILL sing near, for grace, your God Agni, for he is good to us. Son of the Brands, may he give gifts, and, righteous, save us from the foe. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 5.25.2, English For be is true, whom men of old enkindled, and the Gods themselves, The Priest with the delicious tongue, rich with the light of glorious beams. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 5.25.3, English With wisdom that surpasseth all, with gracious will most excellent, O Agni, worthy of our choice, shine wealth on us through hymns of praise. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 5.25.4, English Agni is King, for he extends to mortals and to Gods alike. Agni is bearer of our gifts. Worship ye Agni with your thoughts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 5.25.5, English Agni gives to the worshipper a son, the best, of mightiest fame, Of deep devotion, ne'er subdued, bringer of glory to his sire. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 5.25.6, English Agni bestows the hero-lord who conquers with the men in fight. Agni bestows the fleet-foot steed, the victor never overcome. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 5.25.7, English The mightiest song is Agni's: shine on high, thou who art rich in light. Like the Chief Consort of a King, riches and strength proceed -from thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 5.25.8, English Resplendent are thy rays of light: loud is thy voice like pressing-stones. Yea, of itself thy thunder goes forth like the roaring of the heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 5.25.9, English Thus, seeking riches, have we paid homage to Agni Conqueror. May he, most wise, as with a ship, carry us over all our foes. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 5.25.1अच्छा॑ वो अ॒ग्निमव॑से दे॒वं गा॑सि॒ स नो॒ वसु॑ः । रास॑त्पु॒त्र ऋ॑षू॒णामृ॒तावा॑ पर्षति द्वि॒षः ॥
  2. 5.25.2स हि स॒त्यो यं पूर्वे॑ चिद्दे॒वास॑श्चि॒द्यमी॑धि॒रे । होता॑रं म॒न्द्रजि॑ह्व॒मित्सु॑दी॒तिभि॑र्वि॒भाव॑सुम् ॥
  3. 5.25.3स नो॑ धी॒ती वरि॑ष्ठया॒ श्रेष्ठ॑या च सुम॒त्या । अग्ने॑ रा॒यो दि॑दीहि नः सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑र्वरेण्य ॥
  4. 5.25.4अ॒ग्निर्दे॒वेषु॑ राजत्य॒ग्निर्मर्ते॑ष्वावि॒शन् । अ॒ग्निर्नो॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नो॒ऽग्निं धी॒भिः स॑पर्यत ॥
  5. 5.25.5अ॒ग्निस्तु॒विश्र॑वस्तमं तु॒विब्र॑ह्माणमुत्त॒मम् । अ॒तूर्तं॑ श्राव॒यत्प॑तिं पु॒त्रं द॑दाति दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
  6. 5.25.6अ॒ग्निर्द॑दाति॒ सत्प॑तिं सा॒साह॒ यो यु॒धा नृभि॑ः । अ॒ग्निरत्यं॑ रघु॒ष्यदं॒ जेता॑र॒मप॑राजितम् ॥
  7. 5.25.7यद्वाहि॑ष्ठं॒ तद॒ग्नये॑ बृ॒हद॑र्च विभावसो । महि॑षीव॒ त्वद्र॒यिस्त्वद्वाजा॒ उदी॑रते ॥
  8. 5.25.8तव॑ द्यु॒मन्तो॑ अ॒र्चयो॒ ग्रावे॑वोच्यते बृ॒हत् । उ॒तो ते॑ तन्य॒तुर्य॑था स्वा॒नो अ॑र्त॒ त्मना॑ दि॒वः ॥
  9. 5.25.9ए॒वाँ अ॒ग्निं व॑सू॒यव॑ः सहसा॒नं व॑वन्दिम । स नो॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विष॒ः पर्ष॑न्ना॒वेव॑ सु॒क्रतु॑ः ॥