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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.23.1, English WORSHIP thou Jatavedas, pray to him who willingly accepts, Whose smoke wanders at will, and none may grasp his flame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.23.2, English Thou, all men's friend, Visvamanas, exaltest Agni with thy song, The Giver, and his flames with which no cars contend. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.23.3, English Whose resolute assault, to win vigour and food, deserves our praise,- Through whose discovering power the priest obtaineth wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.23.4, English Up springs the imperishable flame, the flame of the Refulgent One Most bright, with glowing jaws and glory in his train. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.23.5, English Skilled in fair sacrifice, extolled, arise in Godlike loveliness, Shining with lofty splendour, with effulgent light. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.23.6, English Called straight to our oblations, come, O Agni, through our eulogies, As thou hast been our envoy bearing up our gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.23.7, English I call your Agni, from of old Invoking Priest of living men: Him with this song I laud and magnify for you. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.23.8, English Whom, wondrous wise, they animate with solemn rites and his fair form, Kind as a friend to men who keep the holy Law. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.23.9, English Him, true to Law, who perfecteth the sacrifice,. Law-loving ones! Ye with your song have gratified in the place of prayer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.23.10, English May all our sacrifices go to him the truest Angiras, Who is among mankind the most illustrious Priest. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.23.11, English Imperishable Agni, thine are all these high enkindled lights, Like horses and like stallions showing forth their strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.23.12, English So give us, Lord of Power and Might, riches combined with hero strength, And guard us with our sons and grand. sons in our frays. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.23.13, English Soon as the eager Lord of men is friendly unto Manti's race, Agni averteth from us all the demon host. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.23.14, English O Hero Agni, Lord of men, on hearing this new laud of mine, Burn down the Raksasas, enchanters, with thy flame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.23.15, English No mortal foe can e'er prevail by arts of magic over him Who serveth Agni well with sacrificial gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.23.16, English Vyasva the sage, who sought the Bull, hath won thee, finder of good things: As such may we enkindle thee for ample wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.23.17, English Usana Kavya stablished thee, O Agni, as Invoking Priest: Thee, Jatavedas, Sacrificing Priest for man. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.23.18, English All Deities of one accord appointed thee their messenger: Thou, God, through hearing, hadst first claim to sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.23.19, English Him may the mortal hero make his own immortal messenger. Far-spreading, Purifier, him whose path is black. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.23.20, English With lifted ladles let us call him splendid with his brilliant flame, Men's ancient Agni, wasting not, adorable. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.23.21, English The man who pays the worship due to him with sacrificial gifts Obtains both plenteous nourishment and hero fame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.23.22, English To Jatavedas Agni, chief in sacrifices, first of all With homage goes the ladle rich with sacred gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.23.23, English Even as Vyatya did, may we with these most high and liberal hymns Pay worship unto Agni of the splendid flame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.23.24, English Now sing, as Sthurayupa sang, with lands to him who spreadeth far, To Agni of the home, O Rsi, Vyasva's son. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.23.25, English As welcome guest of human kind, as offspring of the forest kings, The sages worship ancient Agni for his aid. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.23.26, English For men's oblations brought to him who is the mighty Lord of all, Sit, Agni, mid our homage, on the sacred grass. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.23.27, English Grant us abundant. treasures, grant the opulence which many crave, With store of heroes, progeny, and high renown. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.23.28, English Agni, Most Youthful of the Gods, send evermore the gift of wealth Unto Varosusaman and to all his folk. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.23.29, English A mighty Conqueror art thou, O Agni, so disclose to us Food in our herds of kine and gain of ample wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.23.30, English Thou, Agni, art a glorious God: bring hither Mitra, Varuna, Imperial Sovrans, holy-minded, true to Law. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.23.1ईळि॑ष्वा॒ हि प्र॑ती॒व्यं१॒॑ यज॑स्व जा॒तवे॑दसम् । च॒रि॒ष्णुधू॑म॒मगृ॑भीतशोचिषम् ॥
  2. 8.23.2दा॒मानं॑ विश्वचर्षणे॒ऽग्निं वि॑श्वमनो गि॒रा । उ॒त स्तु॑षे॒ विष्प॑र्धसो॒ रथा॑नाम् ॥
  3. 8.23.3येषा॑माबा॒ध ऋ॒ग्मिय॑ इ॒षः पृ॒क्षश्च॑ नि॒ग्रभे॑ । उ॒प॒विदा॒ वह्नि॑र्विन्दते॒ वसु॑ ॥
  4. 8.23.4उद॑स्य शो॒चिर॑स्थाद्दीदि॒युषो॒ व्य१॒॑जर॑म् । तपु॑र्जम्भस्य सु॒द्युतो॑ गण॒श्रिय॑ः ॥
  5. 8.23.5उदु॑ तिष्ठ स्वध्वर॒ स्तवा॑नो दे॒व्या कृ॒पा । अ॒भि॒ख्या भा॒सा बृ॑ह॒ता शु॑शु॒क्वनि॑ः ॥
  6. 8.23.6अग्ने॑ या॒हि सु॑श॒स्तिभि॑र्ह॒व्या जुह्वा॑न आनु॒षक् । यथा॑ दू॒तो ब॒भूथ॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥
  7. 8.23.7अ॒ग्निं व॑ः पू॒र्व्यं हु॑वे॒ होता॑रं चर्षणी॒नाम् । तम॒या वा॒चा गृ॑णे॒ तमु॑ वः स्तुषे ॥
  8. 8.23.8य॒ज्ञेभि॒रद्भु॑तक्रतुं॒ यं कृ॒पा सू॒दय॑न्त॒ इत् । मि॒त्रं न जने॒ सुधि॑तमृ॒ताव॑नि ॥
  9. 8.23.9ऋ॒तावा॑नमृतायवो य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नं गि॒रा । उपो॑ एनं जुजुषु॒र्नम॑सस्प॒दे ॥
  10. 8.23.10अच्छा॑ नो॒ अङ्गि॑रस्तमं य॒ज्ञासो॑ यन्तु सं॒यत॑ः । होता॒ यो अस्ति॑ वि॒क्ष्वा य॒शस्त॑मः ॥
  11. 8.23.11अग्ने॒ तव॒ त्ये अ॑ज॒रेन्धा॑नासो बृ॒हद्भाः । अश्वा॑ इव॒ वृष॑णस्तविषी॒यव॑ः ॥
  12. 8.23.12स त्वं न॑ ऊर्जां पते र॒यिं रा॑स्व सु॒वीर्य॑म् । प्राव॑ नस्तो॒के तन॑ये स॒मत्स्वा ॥
  13. 8.23.13यद्वा उ॑ वि॒श्पति॑ः शि॒तः सुप्री॑तो॒ मनु॑षो वि॒शि । विश्वेद॒ग्निः प्रति॒ रक्षां॑सि सेधति ॥
  14. 8.23.14श्रु॒ष्ट्य॑ग्ने॒ नव॑स्य मे॒ स्तोम॑स्य वीर विश्पते । नि मा॒यिन॒स्तपु॑षा र॒क्षसो॑ दह ॥
  15. 8.23.15न तस्य॑ मा॒यया॑ च॒न रि॒पुरी॑शीत॒ मर्त्य॑ः । यो अ॒ग्नये॑ द॒दाश॑ ह॒व्यदा॑तिभिः ॥
  16. 8.23.16व्य॑श्वस्त्वा वसु॒विद॑मुक्ष॒ण्युर॑प्रीणा॒दृषि॑ः । म॒हो रा॒ये तमु॑ त्वा॒ समि॑धीमहि ॥
  17. 8.23.17उ॒शना॑ का॒व्यस्त्वा॒ नि होता॑रमसादयत् । आ॒य॒जिं त्वा॒ मन॑वे जा॒तवे॑दसम् ॥
  18. 8.23.18विश्वे॒ हि त्वा॑ स॒जोष॑सो दे॒वासो॑ दू॒तमक्र॑त । श्रु॒ष्टी दे॑व प्रथ॒मो य॒ज्ञियो॑ भुवः ॥
  19. 8.23.19इ॒मं घा॑ वी॒रो अ॒मृतं॑ दू॒तं कृ॑ण्वीत॒ मर्त्य॑ः । पा॒व॒कं कृ॒ष्णव॑र्तनिं॒ विहा॑यसम् ॥
  20. 8.23.20तं हु॑वेम य॒तस्रु॑चः सु॒भासं॑ शु॒क्रशो॑चिषम् । वि॒शाम॒ग्निम॒जरं॑ प्र॒त्नमीड्य॑म् ॥
  21. 8.23.21यो अ॑स्मै ह॒व्यदा॑तिभि॒राहु॑तिं॒ मर्तोऽवि॑धत् । भूरि॒ पोषं॒ स ध॑त्ते वी॒रव॒द्यश॑ः ॥
  22. 8.23.22प्र॒थ॒मं जा॒तवे॑दसम॒ग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यम् । प्रति॒ स्रुगे॑ति॒ नम॑सा ह॒विष्म॑ती ॥
  23. 8.23.23आभि॑र्विधेमा॒ग्नये॒ ज्येष्ठा॑भिर्व्यश्व॒वत् । मंहि॑ष्ठाभिर्म॒तिभि॑ः शु॒क्रशो॑चिषे ॥
  24. 8.23.24नू॒नम॑र्च॒ विहा॑यसे॒ स्तोमे॑भिः स्थूरयूप॒वत् । ऋषे॑ वैयश्व॒ दम्या॑या॒ग्नये॑ ॥
  25. 8.23.25अति॑थिं॒ मानु॑षाणां सू॒नुं वन॒स्पती॑नाम् । विप्रा॑ अ॒ग्निमव॑से प्र॒त्नमी॑ळते ॥
  26. 8.23.26म॒हो विश्वाँ॑ अ॒भि ष॒तो॒३॒॑ऽभि ह॒व्यानि॒ मानु॑षा । अग्ने॒ नि ष॑त्सि॒ नम॒साधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥
  27. 8.23.27वंस्वा॑ नो॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु वंस्व॑ रा॒यः पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑ः । सु॒वीर्य॑स्य प्र॒जाव॑तो॒ यश॑स्वतः ॥
  28. 8.23.28त्वं व॑रो सु॒षाम्णेऽग्ने॒ जना॑य चोदय । सदा॑ वसो रा॒तिं य॑विष्ठ॒ शश्व॑ते ॥
  29. 8.23.29त्वं हि सु॑प्र॒तूरसि॒ त्वं नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिष॑ः । म॒हो रा॒यः सा॒तिम॑ग्ने॒ अपा॑ वृधि ॥
  30. 8.23.30अग्ने॒ त्वं य॒शा अ॒स्या मि॒त्रावरु॑णा वह । ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॑ पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥