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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.19.1, English SING praise to him, the Lord of Light. The Gods have made the God to be their messenger, And sent oblation to Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.19.2, English Agni, the Bounteous Giver, bright with varied flames, laud thou, O singer Sobhari- Him who controls this sacred food with Soma blent, who hath first claim to sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.19.3, English Thee have we chosen skill fullest in sacrifice, Immortal Priest among the Gods, Wise finisher of this holy rite: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.19.4, English The Son of Strength, the blessed, brightly shining One, Agni whose light is excellent. May be by sacrifice win us in heaven the grace of Mitra, Varuna, and the Floods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.19.5, English The mortal who hath ministered to Agni with oblation, fuel, ritual lore, And reverence, skilled in sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.19.6, English Verily swift to run are his fleet-footed steeds, and most resplendent fame is his. No trouble caused by Gods or wrought by mortal man from any side o'ertaketh him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.19.7, English May we by thine own fires be well supplied with fire, O Son of Strength, O Lord of Might: Thou as our Friend hast worthy men. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.19.8, English Agni, who praises like a guest of friendly mind, is as a car that brings us gear. Also in thee is found perfect security thou art the Sovran Lord of wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.19.9, English That man, moreover, merits praise who brings, auspicious Agni, sacrificial gifts May he win riches by his thoughts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.19.10, English He for whose sacrifice thou standest up erect is prosperous and rules o'er men. He wins with coursers and with singers killed in song: with heroes he obtains the prize. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.19.11, English He in whose dwelling Agni is chief ornament, and, all-desired, loves his laud well, And zealously tends his offerings- Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.19.12, English His, or the lauding sage's word, his, Son of Strength! who Is most prompt with sacred gifts, Set thou beneath the Gods, Vasu, above mankind, the speech of the intelligent. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.19.13, English He who with sacrificial gifts or homage bringeth very skilful Agni nigh, Or him who flashes fast with song, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.19.14, English The mortal who with blazing fuel, as his laws command, adores the Perfect God, Blest with his thoughts in splendour shall exceed all men, as though he overpassed the floods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.19.15, English Give us the splendour, Agni, which may overcome each greedy fiend in our abode, The wrath of evil-hearted folk. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.19.16, English That, wherewith Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman, the Asvins, Bhaga give us light, That may we, by thy power finding best furtherance, worship, O Indra, helped by thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.19.17, English O Agni, most devout are they, the sages who have set thee Sage exceeding wise, O God, for men to look upon: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.19.18, English Who have arranged thine altar Blessed God, at morn brought thine oblation, pressed the juice. They by their deeds of strength have won diem, mighty wealth, who have set all their hope in thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.19.19, English May Agni worshipped bring us bliss, may the gift, Blessed One, and sacrifice bring bliss; Yea, may our praises bring us bliss. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.19.20, English Show forth the mind that brings success in war with fiends, wherewith thou conquerest in fight. Bring down the many firm hopes of our enemies, and let us vanquish with thine aid. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.19.21, English I praise with song the Friend of man, whom Gods sent down to be herald and messenger, Best worshipper, bearer of our gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.19.22, English Thou unto sharp-toothed Agni, Young and Radiant God, proclaimest with thy song the feast- Agni, who for our sweet strains moulds heroic strength when sacred oil is offered him, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.19.23, English While, served with sacrificial oil, now upward and now downward Agni moves his sword, As doth the Asura his robe. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.19.24, English The God, the Friend of man, who bears our gifts to heaven, the God with his sweet-smelling mouth, Distributes, skilled in sacrifice, his precious things, Invoking Priest, Immortal God. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.19.25, English Son of Strength, Agni, if thou wert the mortal, bright as Mitra, I worshipped with our gifts! And I were the Immortal God Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.19.26, English I would not give thee up, Vasu, to calumny, or misery, O Bounteous One. My worshipper should feel no hunger or distress, nor, Agni, should he live in sin. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.19.27, English Like a son cherished in his father's house, Let our oblation rise unto the Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.19.28, English With thine immediate aid may I, excellent Agni, ever gain my wish A mortal with a God to help. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.19.29, English O Agni, by thy wisdom, by thy bounties, by thy leading may I gather wealth. Excellent Agni, thou art called my Providence: delight thou to be liberal. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.19.30, English Agni, he conquers by thine aid that brings him store of noble heroes and great strength, Whose bond of friendship is thy choice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 8.19.31, English Thy spark is black and crackling, kindled in due time, O Bounteous, it is taken up. Thou art the dear Friend of the mighty Mornings: thou shinest in glimmerings of the night. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 8.19.32, English We Sobharis have come to him, for succour, who is good to help with thousand powers, The Sovran, Trasadasyu's Friend. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 8.19.33, English O Agni, thou on whom all other fires depend, as branches on the parent stem, I make the treasures of the folk, like songs, mine own, while I exalt thy sovran might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  34. Ṛgveda 8.19.34, English The mortal whom, Adityas, ye, Guilelew, lead to the farther bank Of all the princes, Bounteous Ones Ralph T.H. Griffith
  35. Ṛgveda 8.19.35, English Whoe'er he be, Man-ruling Kings! the Regent of the race of men- May we, O Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman, like him be furtherers of your law. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  36. Ṛgveda 8.19.36, English A gift of fifty female slaves hath Trasadasyu given me, Purukutsa's son, Most liberal, kind, lord of the brave. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  37. Ṛgveda 8.19.37, English And Syava too for me led forth a strong steed at Suvastu's ford: A herd of three times seventy kine, good lord of gifts, he gave to me. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.19.1तं गू॑र्धया॒ स्व॑र्णरं दे॒वासो॑ दे॒वम॑र॒तिं द॑धन्विरे । दे॒व॒त्रा ह॒व्यमोहि॑रे ॥
  2. 8.19.2विभू॑तरातिं विप्र चि॒त्रशो॑चिषम॒ग्निमी॑ळिष्व य॒न्तुर॑म् । अ॒स्य मेध॑स्य सो॒म्यस्य॑ सोभरे॒ प्रेम॑ध्व॒राय॒ पूर्व्य॑म् ॥
  3. 8.19.3यजि॑ष्ठं त्वा ववृमहे दे॒वं दे॑व॒त्रा होता॑र॒मम॑र्त्यम् । अ॒स्य य॒ज्ञस्य॑ सु॒क्रतु॑म् ॥
  4. 8.19.4ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑तं सु॒भगं॑ सु॒दीदि॑तिम॒ग्निं श्रेष्ठ॑शोचिषम् । स नो॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ सो अ॒पामा सु॒म्नं य॑क्षते दि॒वि ॥
  5. 8.19.5यः स॒मिधा॒ य आहु॑ती॒ यो वेदे॑न द॒दाश॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒ग्नये॑ । यो नम॑सा स्वध्व॒रः ॥
  6. 8.19.6तस्येदर्व॑न्तो रंहयन्त आ॒शव॒स्तस्य॑ द्यु॒म्नित॑मं॒ यश॑ः । न तमंहो॑ दे॒वकृ॑तं॒ कुत॑श्च॒न न मर्त्य॑कृतं नशत् ॥
  7. 8.19.7स्व॒ग्नयो॑ वो अ॒ग्निभि॒ः स्याम॑ सूनो सहस ऊर्जां पते । सु॒वीर॒स्त्वम॑स्म॒युः ॥
  8. 8.19.8प्र॒शंस॑मानो॒ अति॑थि॒र्न मि॒त्रियो॒ऽग्नी रथो॒ न वेद्य॑ः । त्वे क्षेमा॑सो॒ अपि॑ सन्ति सा॒धव॒स्त्वं राजा॑ रयी॒णाम् ॥
  9. 8.19.9सो अ॒द्धा दा॒श्व॑ध्व॒रोऽग्ने॒ मर्त॑ः सुभग॒ स प्र॒शंस्य॑ः । स धी॒भिर॑स्तु॒ सनि॑ता ॥
  10. 8.19.10यस्य॒ त्वमू॒र्ध्वो अ॑ध्व॒राय॒ तिष्ठ॑सि क्ष॒यद्वी॑र॒ः स सा॑धते । सो अर्व॑द्भि॒ः सनि॑ता॒ स वि॑प॒न्युभि॒ः स शूरै॒ः सनि॑ता कृ॒तम् ॥
  11. 8.19.11यस्या॒ग्निर्वपु॑र्गृ॒हे स्तोमं॒ चनो॒ दधी॑त वि॒श्ववा॑र्यः । ह॒व्या वा॒ वेवि॑ष॒द्विष॑ः ॥
  12. 8.19.12विप्र॑स्य वा स्तुव॒तः स॑हसो यहो म॒क्षूत॑मस्य रा॒तिषु॑ । अ॒वोदे॑वमु॒परि॑मर्त्यं कृधि॒ वसो॑ विवि॒दुषो॒ वच॑ः ॥
  13. 8.19.13यो अ॒ग्निं ह॒व्यदा॑तिभि॒र्नमो॑भिर्वा सु॒दक्ष॑मा॒विवा॑सति । गि॒रा वा॑जि॒रशो॑चिषम् ॥
  14. 8.19.14स॒मिधा॒ यो निशि॑ती॒ दाश॒ददि॑तिं॒ धाम॑भिरस्य॒ मर्त्य॑ः । विश्वेत्स धी॒भिः सु॒भगो॒ जनाँ॒ अति॑ द्यु॒म्नैरु॒द्न इ॑व तारिषत् ॥
  15. 8.19.15तद॑ग्ने द्यु॒म्नमा भ॑र॒ यत्सा॒सह॒त्सद॑ने॒ कं चि॑द॒त्रिण॑म् । म॒न्युं जन॑स्य दू॒ढ्य॑ः ॥
  16. 8.19.16येन॒ चष्टे॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा येन॒ नास॑त्या॒ भग॑ः । व॒यं तत्ते॒ शव॑सा गातु॒वित्त॑मा॒ इन्द्र॑त्वोता विधेमहि ॥
  17. 8.19.17ते घेद॑ग्ने स्वा॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ ये त्वा॑ विप्र निदधि॒रे नृ॒चक्ष॑सम् । विप्रा॑सो देव सु॒क्रतु॑म् ॥
  18. 8.19.18त इद्वेदिं॑ सुभग॒ त आहु॑तिं॒ ते सोतुं॑ चक्रिरे दि॒वि । त इद्वाजे॑भिर्जिग्युर्म॒हद्धनं॒ ये त्वे कामं॑ न्येरि॒रे ॥
  19. 8.19.19भ॒द्रो नो॑ अ॒ग्निराहु॑तो भ॒द्रा रा॒तिः सु॑भग भ॒द्रो अ॑ध्व॒रः । भ॒द्रा उ॒त प्रश॑स्तयः ॥
  20. 8.19.20भ॒द्रं मन॑ः कृणुष्व वृत्र॒तूर्ये॒ येना॑ स॒मत्सु॑ सा॒सह॑ः । अव॑ स्थि॒रा त॑नुहि॒ भूरि॒ शर्ध॑तां व॒नेमा॑ ते अ॒भिष्टि॑भिः ॥
  21. 8.19.21ईळे॑ गि॒रा मनु॑र्हितं॒ यं दे॒वा दू॒तम॑र॒तिं न्ये॑रि॒रे । यजि॑ष्ठं हव्य॒वाह॑नम् ॥
  22. 8.19.22ति॒ग्मज॑म्भाय॒ तरु॑णाय॒ राज॑ते॒ प्रयो॑ गायस्य॒ग्नये॑ । यः पिं॒शते॑ सू॒नृता॑भिः सु॒वीर्य॑म॒ग्निर्घृ॒तेभि॒राहु॑तः ॥
  23. 8.19.23यदी॑ घृ॒तेभि॒राहु॑तो॒ वाशी॑म॒ग्निर्भर॑त॒ उच्चाव॑ च । असु॑र इव नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥
  24. 8.19.24यो ह॒व्यान्यैर॑यता॒ मनु॑र्हितो दे॒व आ॒सा सु॑ग॒न्धिना॑ । विवा॑सते॒ वार्या॑णि स्वध्व॒रो होता॑ दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः ॥
  25. 8.19.25यद॑ग्ने॒ मर्त्य॒स्त्वं स्याम॒हं मि॑त्रमहो॒ अम॑र्त्यः । सह॑सः सूनवाहुत ॥
  26. 8.19.26न त्वा॑ रासीया॒भिश॑स्तये वसो॒ न पा॑प॒त्वाय॑ सन्त्य । न मे॑ स्तो॒ताम॑ती॒वा न दुर्हि॑त॒ः स्याद॑ग्ने॒ न पा॒पया॑ ॥
  27. 8.19.27पि॒तुर्न पु॒त्रः सुभृ॑तो दुरो॒ण आ दे॒वाँ ए॑तु॒ प्र णो॑ ह॒विः ॥
  28. 8.19.28तवा॒हम॑ग्न ऊ॒तिभि॒र्नेदि॑ष्ठाभिः सचेय॒ जोष॒मा व॑सो । सदा॑ दे॒वस्य॒ मर्त्य॑ः ॥
  29. 8.19.29तव॒ क्रत्वा॑ सनेयं॒ तव॑ रा॒तिभि॒रग्ने॒ तव॒ प्रश॑स्तिभिः । त्वामिदा॑हु॒ः प्रम॑तिं वसो॒ ममाग्ने॒ हर्ष॑स्व॒ दात॑वे ॥
  30. 8.19.30प्र सो अ॑ग्ने॒ तवो॒तिभि॑ः सु॒वीरा॑भिस्तिरते॒ वाज॑भर्मभिः । यस्य॒ त्वं स॒ख्यमा॒वर॑ः ॥
  31. 8.19.31तव॑ द्र॒प्सो नील॑वान्वा॒श ऋ॒त्विय॒ इन्धा॑नः सिष्ण॒वा द॑दे । त्वं म॑ही॒नामु॒षसा॑मसि प्रि॒यः क्ष॒पो वस्तु॑षु राजसि ॥
  32. 8.19.32तमाग॑न्म॒ सोभ॑रयः स॒हस्र॑मुष्कं स्वभि॒ष्टिमव॑से । स॒म्राजं॒ त्रास॑दस्यवम् ॥
  33. 8.19.33यस्य॑ ते अग्ने अ॒न्ये अ॒ग्नय॑ उप॒क्षितो॑ व॒या इ॑व । विपो॒ न द्यु॒म्ना नि यु॑वे॒ जना॑नां॒ तव॑ क्ष॒त्राणि॑ व॒र्धय॑न् ॥
  34. 8.19.34यमा॑दित्यासो अद्रुहः पा॒रं नय॑थ॒ मर्त्य॑म् । म॒घोनां॒ विश्वे॑षां सुदानवः ॥
  35. 8.19.35यू॒यं रा॑जान॒ः कं चि॑च्चर्षणीसह॒ः क्षय॑न्तं॒ मानु॑षाँ॒ अनु॑ । व॒यं ते वो॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्रार्य॑म॒न्स्यामेदृ॒तस्य॑ र॒थ्य॑ः ॥
  36. 8.19.36अदा॑न्मे पौरुकु॒त्स्यः प॑ञ्चा॒शतं॑ त्र॒सद॑स्युर्व॒धूना॑म् । मंहि॑ष्ठो अ॒र्यः सत्प॑तिः ॥
  37. 8.19.37उ॒त मे॑ प्र॒यियो॑र्व॒यियो॑ः सु॒वास्त्वा॒ अधि॒ तुग्व॑नि । ति॒सॄ॒णां स॑प्तती॒नां श्या॒वः प्र॑णे॒ता भु॑व॒द्वसु॒र्दिया॑नां॒ पति॑ः ॥