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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16

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  1. Ṛgveda 6.16.1, English PRIEST of all sacrifices hast thou been appointed by the Gods, Agni, amid the race of man. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 6.16.2, English So with thy joyous tongues for us sacrifice nobly in this rite. Bring thou the Gods and worship them. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 6.16.3, English For well, O God, Disposer, thou knowest, straight on, the paths and ways, Agni, most wise in sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 6.16.4, English Thee, too, hath Bharata of old, with mighty men, implored for bliss. And worshipped thee the worshipful. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 6.16.5, English Thou givest these abundant boons to Divodasa pouring forth, To Bharadvaja offering gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 6.16.6, English Do thou, Immortal Messenger, bring hither the Celestial Folk; Hearing the singer's eulogy. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 6.16.7, English Mortals with pious thought implore thee, Agni, God, at holy rites, To come unto the feast of Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 6.16.8, English I glorify thine aspect and the might of thee the Bountilul. All those who love shall joy in thee, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 6.16.9, English Invoker placed by Manus, thou, Agni, art near, the wisest Priest: Pay worship to the Tribes of Heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 6.16.10, English Come, Agni, lauded, to the feast; come to the offering of the gifts. As Priest be seated on the grass. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 6.16.11, English So, Angiras, we make thee strong with fuel and with holy oil. Blaze high, thou youngest of the Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 6.16.12, English For us thou winnest, Agni, God, heroic strength exceeding great, Far-spreading and of high renown. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 6.16.13, English Agni, Atharvan brought thee forth, by rubbing, from the lotus-flower, The head of Visva, of the Priest. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 6.16.14, English Thee. Vrtra's slayer, breaker down of castles, hath Atharvan's son, Dadhyac the Rsi, lighted up. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 6.16.15, English The hero Pathya kindled thee the Dasyus'. most destructive foe, Winner of spoil in every fight. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 6.16.16, English Come, here, O Agni, will I sing verily other songs to thee, And with these drops shalt thou grow strong. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 6.16.17, English Where'er tby mind applies itself, vigour preeminent bast thou: There wilt thou gain a dwelling-place. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 6.16.18, English Not for a moment only lasts thy bounty, good to many a one! Our service therefore shalt thou gain. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 6.16.19, English Agni, the Bharata, hath been sought, the Vrtra-slayer, marked of all, Yea, Divodasa's Hero Lord. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 6.16.20, English For he gave riches that surpass in greatness all the things of earth, Fighting untroubled, unsubdued. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 6.16.21, English Thou, Agni, as in days of old, with recent glory, gathered light, Hast overspread the lofty heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 6.16.22, English Bring to your Agni, O my friends, boldly your laud and sacrifice: Give the Disposer praise and song. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 6.16.23, English For as sagacious Herald he hath sat through every age of man, Oblation-bearing messenger. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 6.16.24, English Bring those Two Kings whose ways are pure, Adityas, and the Marut host, Excellent God! and Heaven and Earth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 6.16.25, English For strong and active mortal man, excellent, Agni, is the look Of thee Immortal, Son of Strength Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 6.16.26, English Rich through his wisdom, noblest be the giver serving thee to-day: The man hath brought his hymn of praise. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 6.16.27, English These, Agni, these are helped by thee, who strong and active all their lives, O'ercome the malice of the foe, fight down the malice of the foe. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 6.16.28, English May Agni with his pointed blaze cast down each fierce devouring fiend May Agni win us wealth by war. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 6.16.29, English O active Jatavedas, bring riches with store of hero sons: Slay thou the demons, O Most Wise. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 6.16.30, English Keep us, O Jatavedas, from the troubling of the man of sin: Guard us thou Sage who knowest prayer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 6.16.31, English Whatever sinner, Agni, brings oblations to procure our death, Save us from woe that he would work. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 6.16.32, English Drive from us with thy tongue, O God, the man who doeth evil deeds, The mortal who would strike us dead. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 6.16.33, English Give shelter reaching far and wide to Bharadvaja, conquering Lord! Agni, send wealth most excellent. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  34. Ṛgveda 6.16.34, English May Agni slay the Vrtras,-fain for riches, through the lord of song, Served with oblation, kindled, bright. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  35. Ṛgveda 6.16.35, English His Father's Father, shining in his Mother's everlasting side, Set on the seat of holy Law. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  36. Ṛgveda 6.16.36, English O active Jatavedas, bring devotion that wins progeny, Agni, that it may shine to heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  37. Ṛgveda 6.16.37, English O Child of Strength, to thee whose look is lovely we with dainty food, O Agni, have poured forth our songs. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  38. Ṛgveda 6.16.38, English To thee for shelter are we come, as to the shade from fervent heat Agni, who glitterest like gold. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  39. Ṛgveda 6.16.39, English Mighty as one who slays with shafts, or like a bull with sharpened horn, Agni, thou breakest down the forts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  40. Ṛgveda 6.16.40, English Whom, like an infant newly born, devourer, in their arms they bear, Men's Agni, skilled in holy rites. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  41. Ṛgveda 6.16.41, English Bear to the banquet of the Gods the God best finder-out of wealth, Let him he seated in his place. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  42. Ṛgveda 6.16.42, English In Jatavedas kindle ye the dear guest who hath now appeared In a soft place, the homestead's Lord. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  43. Ṛgveda 6.16.43, English Harness, O Agni, O thou God, thy steeds which are most excellent: They bear thee as thy spirit wills. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  44. Ṛgveda 6.16.44, English Come hither, bring the Gods to us to taste the sacrificial feast, To drink the draught of Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  45. Ṛgveda 6.16.45, English O Agni of the Bharatas, blaze high with everlasting might, Shine forth and gleam, Eternal One. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  46. Ṛgveda 6.16.46, English The mortal man who serves the God with banquet, and, bringing gifts at sacrifice, lauds Agni, May well attract, with prayer and hands uplifted, the Priest of Heaven and Earth, true Sacrificer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  47. Ṛgveda 6.16.47, English Agni, we bring thee, with our hymn, oblation fashioned in the heart. Let these be oxen unto thee, let these be bulls and kine to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  48. Ṛgveda 6.16.48, English The Gods enkindle Agni, best slayer of Vrtra, first in rank, The Mighty, One who brings us wealth and crushes down the Raksasas. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 6.16.1त्वम॑ग्ने य॒ज्ञानां॒ होता॒ विश्वे॑षां हि॒तः । दे॒वेभि॒र्मानु॑षे॒ जने॑ ॥
  2. 6.16.2स नो॑ म॒न्द्राभि॑रध्व॒रे जि॒ह्वाभि॑र्यजा म॒हः । आ दे॒वान्व॑क्षि॒ यक्षि॑ च ॥
  3. 6.16.3वेत्था॒ हि वे॑धो॒ अध्व॑नः प॒थश्च॑ दे॒वाञ्ज॑सा । अग्ने॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ सुक्रतो ॥
  4. 6.16.4त्वामी॑ळे॒ अध॑ द्वि॒ता भ॑र॒तो वा॒जिभि॑ः शु॒नम् । ई॒जे य॒ज्ञेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिय॑म् ॥
  5. 6.16.5त्वमि॒मा वार्या॑ पु॒रु दिवो॑दासाय सुन्व॒ते । भ॒रद्वा॑जाय दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
  6. 6.16.6त्वं दू॒तो अम॑र्त्य॒ आ व॑हा॒ दैव्यं॒ जन॑म् । शृ॒ण्वन्विप्र॑स्य सुष्टु॒तिम् ॥
  7. 6.16.7त्वाम॑ग्ने स्वा॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ मर्ता॑सो दे॒ववी॑तये । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ दे॒वमी॑ळते ॥
  8. 6.16.8तव॒ प्र य॑क्षि सं॒दृश॑मु॒त क्रतुं॑ सु॒दान॑वः । विश्वे॑ जुषन्त का॒मिन॑ः ॥
  9. 6.16.9त्वं होता॒ मनु॑र्हितो॒ वह्नि॑रा॒सा वि॒दुष्ट॑रः । अग्ने॒ यक्षि॑ दि॒वो विश॑ः ॥
  10. 6.16.10अग्न॒ आ या॑हि वी॒तये॑ गृणा॒नो ह॒व्यदा॑तये । नि होता॑ सत्सि ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥
  11. 6.16.11तं त्वा॑ स॒मिद्भि॑रङ्गिरो घृ॒तेन॑ वर्धयामसि । बृ॒हच्छो॑चा यविष्ठ्य ॥
  12. 6.16.12स न॑ः पृ॒थु श्र॒वाय्य॒मच्छा॑ देव विवाससि । बृ॒हद॑ग्ने सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥
  13. 6.16.13त्वाम॑ग्ने॒ पुष्क॑रा॒दध्यथ॑र्वा॒ निर॑मन्थत । मू॒र्ध्नो विश्व॑स्य वा॒घत॑ः ॥
  14. 6.16.14तमु॑ त्वा द॒ध्यङ्ङृषि॑ः पु॒त्र ई॑धे॒ अथ॑र्वणः । वृ॒त्र॒हणं॑ पुरंद॒रम् ॥
  15. 6.16.15तमु॑ त्वा पा॒थ्यो वृषा॒ समी॑धे दस्यु॒हन्त॑मम् । ध॒नं॒ज॒यं रणे॑रणे ॥
  16. 6.16.16एह्यू॒ षु ब्रवा॑णि॒ तेऽग्न॑ इ॒त्थेत॑रा॒ गिर॑ः । ए॒भिर्व॑र्धास॒ इन्दु॑भिः ॥
  17. 6.16.17यत्र॒ क्व॑ च ते॒ मनो॒ दक्षं॑ दधस॒ उत्त॑रम् । तत्रा॒ सद॑ः कृणवसे ॥
  18. 6.16.18न॒हि ते॑ पू॒र्तम॑क्षि॒पद्भुव॑न्नेमानां वसो । अथा॒ दुवो॑ वनवसे ॥
  19. 6.16.19आग्निर॑गामि॒ भार॑तो वृत्र॒हा पु॑रु॒चेत॑नः । दिवो॑दासस्य॒ सत्प॑तिः ॥
  20. 6.16.20स हि विश्वाति॒ पार्थि॑वा र॒यिं दाश॑न्महित्व॒ना । व॒न्वन्नवा॑तो॒ अस्तृ॑तः ॥
  21. 6.16.21स प्र॑त्न॒वन्नवी॑य॒साग्ने॑ द्यु॒म्नेन॑ सं॒यता॑ । बृ॒हत्त॑तन्थ भा॒नुना॑ ॥
  22. 6.16.22प्र व॑ः सखायो अ॒ग्नये॒ स्तोमं॑ य॒ज्ञं च॑ धृष्णु॒या । अर्च॒ गाय॑ च वे॒धसे॑ ॥
  23. 6.16.23स हि यो मानु॑षा यु॒गा सीद॒द्धोता॑ क॒विक्र॑तुः । दू॒तश्च॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥
  24. 6.16.24ता राजा॑ना॒ शुचि॑व्रतादि॒त्यान्मारु॑तं ग॒णम् । वसो॒ यक्षी॒ह रोद॑सी ॥
  25. 6.16.25वस्वी॑ ते अग्ने॒ संदृ॑ष्टिरिषय॒ते मर्त्या॑य । ऊर्जो॑ नपाद॒मृत॑स्य ॥
  26. 6.16.26क्रत्वा॒ दा अ॑स्तु॒ श्रेष्ठो॒ऽद्य त्वा॑ व॒न्वन्सु॒रेक्णा॑ः । मर्त॑ आनाश सुवृ॒क्तिम् ॥
  27. 6.16.27ते ते॑ अग्ने॒ त्वोता॑ इ॒षय॑न्तो॒ विश्व॒मायु॑ः । तर॑न्तो अ॒र्यो अरा॑तीर्व॒न्वन्तो॑ अ॒र्यो अरा॑तीः ॥
  28. 6.16.28अ॒ग्निस्ति॒ग्मेन॑ शो॒चिषा॒ यास॒द्विश्वं॒ न्य१॒॑त्रिण॑म् । अ॒ग्निर्नो॑ वनते र॒यिम् ॥
  29. 6.16.29सु॒वीरं॑ र॒यिमा भ॑र॒ जात॑वेदो॒ विच॑र्षणे । ज॒हि रक्षां॑सि सुक्रतो ॥
  30. 6.16.30त्वं न॑ः पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ जात॑वेदो अघाय॒तः । रक्षा॑ णो ब्रह्मणस्कवे ॥
  31. 6.16.31यो नो॑ अग्ने दु॒रेव॒ आ मर्तो॑ व॒धाय॒ दाश॑ति । तस्मा॑न्नः पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ॥
  32. 6.16.32त्वं तं दे॑व जि॒ह्वया॒ परि॑ बाधस्व दु॒ष्कृत॑म् । मर्तो॒ यो नो॒ जिघां॑सति ॥
  33. 6.16.33भ॒रद्वा॑जाय स॒प्रथ॒ः शर्म॑ यच्छ सहन्त्य । अग्ने॒ वरे॑ण्यं॒ वसु॑ ॥
  34. 6.16.34अ॒ग्निर्वृ॒त्राणि॑ जङ्घनद्द्रविण॒स्युर्वि॑प॒न्यया॑ । समि॑द्धः शु॒क्र आहु॑तः ॥
  35. 6.16.35गर्भे॑ मा॒तुः पि॒तुष्पि॒ता वि॑दिद्युता॒नो अ॒क्षरे॑ । सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥
  36. 6.16.36ब्रह्म॑ प्र॒जाव॒दा भ॑र॒ जात॑वेदो॒ विच॑र्षणे । अग्ने॒ यद्दी॒दय॑द्दि॒वि ॥
  37. 6.16.37उप॑ त्वा र॒ण्वसं॑दृशं॒ प्रय॑स्वन्तः सहस्कृत । अग्ने॑ ससृ॒ज्महे॒ गिर॑ः ॥
  38. 6.16.38उप॑ च्छा॒यामि॑व॒ घृणे॒रग॑न्म॒ शर्म॑ ते व॒यम् । अग्ने॒ हिर॑ण्यसंदृशः ॥
  39. 6.16.39य उ॒ग्र इ॑व शर्य॒हा ति॒ग्मशृ॑ङ्गो॒ न वंस॑गः । अग्ने॒ पुरो॑ रु॒रोजि॑थ ॥
  40. 6.16.40आ यं हस्ते॒ न खा॒दिनं॒ शिशुं॑ जा॒तं न बिभ्र॑ति । वि॒शाम॒ग्निं स्व॑ध्व॒रम् ॥
  41. 6.16.41प्र दे॒वं दे॒ववी॑तये॒ भर॑ता वसु॒वित्त॑मम् । आ स्वे योनौ॒ नि षी॑दतु ॥
  42. 6.16.42आ जा॒तं जा॒तवे॑दसि प्रि॒यं शि॑शी॒ताति॑थिम् । स्यो॒न आ गृ॒हप॑तिम् ॥
  43. 6.16.43अग्ने॑ यु॒क्ष्वा हि ये तवाश्वा॑सो देव सा॒धव॑ः । अरं॒ वह॑न्ति म॒न्यवे॑ ॥
  44. 6.16.44अच्छा॑ नो या॒ह्या व॑हा॒भि प्रयां॑सि वी॒तये॑ । आ दे॒वान्सोम॑पीतये ॥
  45. 6.16.45उद॑ग्ने भारत द्यु॒मदज॑स्रेण॒ दवि॑द्युतत् । शोचा॒ वि भा॑ह्यजर ॥
  46. 6.16.46वी॒ती यो दे॒वं मर्तो॑ दुव॒स्येद॒ग्निमी॑ळीताध्व॒रे ह॒विष्मा॑न् । होता॑रं सत्य॒यजं॒ रोद॑स्योरुत्ता॒नह॑स्तो॒ नम॒सा वि॑वासेत् ॥
  47. 6.16.47आ ते॑ अग्न ऋ॒चा ह॒विर्हृ॒दा त॒ष्टं भ॑रामसि । ते ते॑ भवन्तू॒क्षण॑ ऋष॒भासो॑ व॒शा उ॒त ॥
  48. 6.16.48अ॒ग्निं दे॒वासो॑ अग्रि॒यमि॒न्धते॑ वृत्र॒हन्त॑मम् । येना॒ वसू॒न्याभृ॑ता तृ॒ळ्हा रक्षां॑सि वा॒जिना॑ ॥