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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48

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  1. Ṛgveda 6.48.1, English SING to your Agni with each song, at every sacrifice, for strength. Come, let us praise the Wise and Everlasting God, even as a well-beloved Friend, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 6.48.2, English The Son of Strength; for is he not our gracious Lord? Let us serve him who bears our gifts. In battle may he be our help and strengthener, yea, be the saviour of our lives. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 6.48.3, English Agni, thou beamest forth with light, great Hero, never changed by time. Shining, pure Agni! with a light that never fades, beam with thy fair beams brilliantly. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 6.48.4, English Thou worshippest great Gods: bring them without delay by wisdom and thy wondrous power. O Agni, make them turn hither to succour us. Give strength, and win it for thyself. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 6.48.5, English He whom floods, stones, and trees support, the offspring of eternal Law; He who when rubbed with force is brought to life by men upon the lofty height of earth; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 6.48.6, English He who hath filled both worlds fult with his brilliant shine, who hastens with his smoke to heaven; He made himself apparent through the gloom by night, the Red Bull in the darksome nights, the Red Bull in the darksome nights. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 6.48.7, English O Agni, with thy lofty beams, with thy pure brilliancy, O God, Kindled, Most Youthful One! by Bharadvaja's hand, shine on us, O pure God, with wealth, shine, Purifier! splendidly. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 6.48.8, English Thou art the Lord of house and home of all the tribes, O Agni, of all tribes of men. Guard with a hundred forts thy kindler from distress, through hundred winters, Youngest God! and those who make thy singers rich. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 6.48.9, English Wonderful, with thy favouring help, send us thy bounties, gracious Lord. Thou art the Charioteer, Agni, of earthly wealth: find rest and safety for our seed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 6.48.10, English With guards unfailing never negligent speed thou our children and our progeny. Keep far from us, O Agni, all celestial wrath and wickedness of godless men. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 6.48.11, English Hither, O friends, with newest song drive her who freely pours her milk; Loose her who never turns away; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 6.48.12, English Who, for the host of Maruts bright with native sheen, hath shed immortal fame like milk; Whom the impetuous Maruts look upon with love, who moves in splendour on their ways. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 6.48.13, English For Bharadvaja she poured down in days of old The milch-cow yielding milk for all, and food that gives all nourishment. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 6.48.14, English Your friend like Indra passing wise, with magic power like Varuna. Like Aryaman joy-giving, bringing plenteous food like Visnu for my wish, I praise, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 6.48.15, English Bright as the host of Maruts mighty in their roar. May they bring Pusan free from foes; May they bring hither hundreds, thousands for our men: may they bring hidden stores to light, and make wealth easy to be found. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 6.48.16, English Haste to me, Pusan, in thine car, bright Deity: I fain would speak: Most sinful is our foeman's hate. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 6.48.17, English Tear not up by the roots the Kakambira tree: destroy thou all malignity. Let them not snare by day the neck of that Celestial Bird the Sun. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 6.48.18, English Uninjured let thy friendship be, like the smooth surface of a skin, A flawless skin, containing curds, full to the mouth, containing curds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 6.48.19, English For thou art high above mankind, in glory equal to the Gods. Therefore, O Pusan, look upon us in the fight: now help us as in days of old. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 6.48.20, English May the kind excellence of him the Kind, loud Roarers! be our guide, Be it the God's, O Maruts, or a mortal man's who worships, ye impetuous Ones! Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 6.48.21, English They whose high glory in a moment like the God, the Sun, goes round the space of heaven, The Maruts have obtained bright strength, a sacred name, strength that destroys the Vrtras, strength Vrtra-destroying excellent. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 6.48.22, English Once, only once, the heaven was made, once only once, the earth was formed- Once, only Prsni's milk was shed: no second, after this, is born. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 6.48.1य॒ज्ञाय॑ज्ञा वो अ॒ग्नये॑ गि॒रागि॑रा च॒ दक्ष॑से । प्रप्र॑ व॒यम॒मृतं॑ जा॒तवे॑दसं प्रि॒यं मि॒त्रं न शं॑सिषम् ॥
  2. 6.48.2ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑तं॒ स हि॒नायम॑स्म॒युर्दाशे॑म ह॒व्यदा॑तये । भुव॒द्वाजे॑ष्ववि॒ता भुव॑द्वृ॒ध उ॒त त्रा॒ता त॒नूना॑म् ॥
  3. 6.48.3वृषा॒ ह्य॑ग्ने अ॒जरो॑ म॒हान्वि॒भास्य॒र्चिषा॑ । अज॑स्रेण शो॒चिषा॒ शोशु॑चच्छुचे सुदी॒तिभि॒ः सु दी॑दिहि ॥
  4. 6.48.4म॒हो दे॒वान्यज॑सि॒ यक्ष्या॑नु॒षक्तव॒ क्रत्वो॒त दं॒सना॑ । अ॒र्वाच॑ः सीं कृणुह्य॒ग्नेऽव॑से॒ रास्व॒ वाजो॒त वं॑स्व ॥
  5. 6.48.5यमापो॒ अद्र॑यो॒ वना॒ गर्भ॑मृ॒तस्य॒ पिप्र॑ति । सह॑सा॒ यो म॑थि॒तो जाय॑ते॒ नृभि॑ः पृथि॒व्या अधि॒ सान॑वि ॥
  6. 6.48.6आ यः प॒प्रौ भा॒नुना॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे धू॒मेन॑ धावते दि॒वि । ति॒रस्तमो॑ ददृश॒ ऊर्म्या॒स्वा श्या॒वास्व॑रु॒षो वृषा श्या॒वा अ॑रु॒षो वृषा॑ ॥
  7. 6.48.7बृ॒हद्भि॑रग्ने अ॒र्चिभि॑ः शु॒क्रेण॑ देव शो॒चिषा॑ । भ॒रद्वा॑जे समिधा॒नो य॑विष्ठ्य रे॒वन्न॑ः शुक्र दीदिहि द्यु॒मत्पा॑वक दीदिहि ॥
  8. 6.48.8विश्वा॑सां गृ॒हप॑तिर्वि॒शाम॑सि॒ त्वम॑ग्ने॒ मानु॑षीणाम् । श॒तं पू॒र्भिर्य॑विष्ठ पा॒ह्यंह॑सः समे॒द्धारं॑ श॒तं हिमा॑ः स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ ये च॒ दद॑ति ॥
  9. 6.48.9त्वं न॑श्चि॒त्र ऊ॒त्या वसो॒ राधां॑सि चोदय । अ॒स्य रा॒यस्त्वम॑ग्ने र॒थीर॑सि वि॒दा गा॒धं तु॒चे तु न॑ः ॥
  10. 6.48.10पर्षि॑ तो॒कं तन॑यं प॒र्तृभि॒ष्ट्वमद॑ब्धै॒रप्र॑युत्वभिः । अग्ने॒ हेळां॑सि॒ दैव्या॑ युयोधि॒ नोऽदे॑वानि॒ ह्वरां॑सि च ॥
  11. 6.48.11आ स॑खायः सब॒र्दुघां॑ धे॒नुम॑जध्व॒मुप॒ नव्य॑सा॒ वच॑ः । सृ॒जध्व॒मन॑पस्फुराम् ॥
  12. 6.48.12या शर्धा॑य॒ मारु॑ताय॒ स्वभा॑नवे॒ श्रवोऽमृ॑त्यु॒ धुक्ष॑त । या मृ॑ळी॒के म॒रुतां॑ तु॒राणां॒ या सु॒म्नैरे॑व॒याव॑री ॥
  13. 6.48.13भ॒रद्वा॑जा॒याव॑ धुक्षत द्वि॒ता । धे॒नुं च॑ वि॒श्वदो॑हस॒मिषं॑ च वि॒श्वभो॑जसम् ॥
  14. 6.48.14तं व॒ इन्द्रं॒ न सु॒क्रतुं॒ वरु॑णमिव मा॒यिन॑म् । अ॒र्य॒मणं॒ न म॒न्द्रं सृ॒प्रभो॑जसं॒ विष्णुं॒ न स्तु॑ष आ॒दिशे॑ ॥
  15. 6.48.15त्वे॒षं शर्धो॒ न मारु॑तं तुवि॒ष्वण्य॑न॒र्वाणं॑ पू॒षणं॒ सं यथा॑ श॒ता । सं स॒हस्रा॒ कारि॑षच्चर्ष॒णिभ्य॒ आँ आ॒विर्गू॒ळ्हा वसू॑ करत्सु॒वेदा॑ नो॒ वसू॑ करत् ॥
  16. 6.48.16आ मा॑ पूष॒न्नुप॑ द्रव॒ शंसि॑षं॒ नु ते॑ अपिक॒र्ण आ॑घृणे । अ॒घा अ॒र्यो अरा॑तयः ॥
  17. 6.48.17मा का॑क॒म्बीर॒मुद्वृ॑हो॒ वन॒स्पति॒मश॑स्ती॒र्वि हि नीन॑शः । मोत सूरो॒ अह॑ ए॒वा च॒न ग्री॒वा आ॒दध॑ते॒ वेः ॥
  18. 6.48.18दृते॑रिव तेऽवृ॒कम॑स्तु स॒ख्यम् । अच्छि॑द्रस्य दध॒न्वत॒ः सुपू॑र्णस्य दध॒न्वत॑ः ॥
  19. 6.48.19प॒रो हि मर्त्यै॒रसि॑ स॒मो दे॒वैरु॒त श्रि॒या । अ॒भि ख्य॑ः पूष॒न्पृत॑नासु न॒स्त्वमवा॑ नू॒नं यथा॑ पु॒रा ॥
  20. 6.48.20वा॒मी वा॒मस्य॑ धूतय॒ः प्रणी॑तिरस्तु सू॒नृता॑ । दे॒वस्य॑ वा मरुतो॒ मर्त्य॑स्य वेजा॒नस्य॑ प्रयज्यवः ॥
  21. 6.48.21स॒द्यश्चि॒द्यस्य॑ चर्कृ॒तिः परि॒ द्यां दे॒वो नैति॒ सूर्य॑ः । त्वे॒षं शवो॑ दधिरे॒ नाम॑ य॒ज्ञियं॑ म॒रुतो॑ वृत्र॒हं शवो॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ वृत्र॒हं शव॑ः ॥
  22. 6.48.22स॒कृद्ध॒ द्यौर॑जायत स॒कृद्भूमि॑रजायत । पृश्न्या॑ दु॒ग्धं स॒कृत्पय॒स्तद॒न्यो नानु॑ जायते ॥