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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7

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  1. Ṛgveda 5.7.1, English OFFER to Agni, O my friends, your seemly food, your seemly praise; To him supremest o'er the folk, the Son of Strength, the mighty Lord: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 5.7.2, English Him in whose presence, when they meet in full assembly, men rejoice; Even him whom worthy ones inflame, and living creatures bring to life. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 5.7.3, English When we present to him the food and sacrificial gifts of men, He by the might of splendour grasps the holy Ordinance's rein. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 5.7.4, English He gives a signal in the night even to him who is afar, When he, the Bright, unchanged by old, consumes the sovrans of the wood. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 5.7.5, English He in whose service on the ways they offer up their drops of sweat, On him is their high kin have they mounted, as ridges on the earth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 5.7.6, English Whom, sought of many, mortal man hath found to be the Stay of all; He who gives flavour to our food, the home of every man that lives. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 5.7.7, English Even as a herd that crops the grass he shears the field and wilderness, With flashing teeth and beard of gold, deft with his unabated might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 5.7.8, English For him, to whom, bright as an axe he, as to Atri, hath flashed forth, Hath the well-bearing Mother borne, producing when her time is come. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 5.7.9, English Agni to whom the oil is shed by him thou lovest to support, Bestow upon these mortals fame and splendour and intelligence. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 5.7.10, English Such zeal hath he, resistless one: he gained the cattle given by thee. Agni, may Atri overcome the Dasyus who bestow no gifts, subdue the men who give no food. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 5.7.1सखा॑य॒ः सं व॑ः स॒म्यञ्च॒मिषं॒ स्तोमं॑ चा॒ग्नये॑ । वर्षि॑ष्ठाय क्षिती॒नामू॒र्जो नप्त्रे॒ सह॑स्वते ॥
  2. 5.7.2कुत्रा॑ चि॒द्यस्य॒ समृ॑तौ र॒ण्वा नरो॑ नृ॒षद॑ने । अर्ह॑न्तश्चि॒द्यमि॑न्ध॒ते सं॑ज॒नय॑न्ति ज॒न्तव॑ः ॥
  3. 5.7.3सं यदि॒षो वना॑महे॒ सं ह॒व्या मानु॑षाणाम् । उ॒त द्यु॒म्नस्य॒ शव॑स ऋ॒तस्य॑ र॒श्मिमा द॑दे ॥
  4. 5.7.4स स्मा॑ कृणोति के॒तुमा नक्तं॑ चिद्दू॒र आ स॒ते । पा॒व॒को यद्वन॒स्पती॒न्प्र स्मा॑ मि॒नात्य॒जर॑ः ॥
  5. 5.7.5अव॑ स्म॒ यस्य॒ वेष॑णे॒ स्वेदं॑ प॒थिषु॒ जुह्व॑ति । अ॒भीमह॒ स्वजे॑न्यं॒ भूमा॑ पृ॒ष्ठेव॑ रुरुहुः ॥
  6. 5.7.6यं मर्त्य॑ः पुरु॒स्पृहं॑ वि॒दद्विश्व॑स्य॒ धाय॑से । प्र स्वाद॑नं पितू॒नामस्त॑तातिं चिदा॒यवे॑ ॥
  7. 5.7.7स हि ष्मा॒ धन्वाक्षि॑तं॒ दाता॒ न दात्या प॒शुः । हिरि॑श्मश्रु॒ः शुचि॑दन्नृ॒भुरनि॑भृष्टतविषिः ॥
  8. 5.7.8शुचि॑ः ष्म॒ यस्मा॑ अत्रि॒वत्प्र स्वधि॑तीव॒ रीय॑ते । सु॒षूर॑सूत मा॒ता क्रा॒णा यदा॑न॒शे भग॑म् ॥
  9. 5.7.9आ यस्ते॑ सर्पिरासु॒तेऽग्ने॒ शमस्ति॒ धाय॑से । ऐषु॑ द्यु॒म्नमु॒त श्रव॒ आ चि॒त्तं मर्त्ये॑षु धाः ॥
  10. 5.7.10इति॑ चिन्म॒न्युम॒ध्रिज॒स्त्वादा॑त॒मा प॒शुं द॑दे । आद॑ग्ने॒ अपृ॑ण॒तोऽत्रि॑ः सासह्या॒द्दस्यू॑नि॒षः सा॑सह्या॒न्नॄन् ॥