Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74
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- Ṛgveda 8.74.1, English EXERTING all our strength with thoughts of power we glorify in speech Agni your dear familiar Friend, the darling Guest in every home. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.2, English Whom, served with sacrificial oil like Mitra, men presenting gifts Eulogize with their songs of praise Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.3, English Much-lauded Jatavedas, him who bears oblations up to heaven Prepared in service of the Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.4, English To noblest Agni, Friend of man, best Vrtra-slayer, are we come, Him in whose presence Rksa's son, mighty Srutarvan, waxes great; Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.5, English To deathless Jatavedas, meet for praise, adored, with sacred oil, Visible through the gloom of night Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.6, English Even Agni whom these priestly men worship with sacrificial gifts, With lifted ladles offering them. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.7, English O Agni, this our newest hymn hath been addressed from us to thee, O cheerful Guest, well-born, most wise, worker of wonders, ne'er deceived. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.8, English Agni, may it be dear to thee, most grateful, and exceeding sweet: Grow mightier, eulogized therewith. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.9, English Splendid with splendours may it be, and in the battle with the foe Add loftier glory to thy fame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.10, English Steed, cow, a lord of heroes, bright like Indra, who shall fill the car. Whose high renown ye celebrate, and people praise each glorious deed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.11, English Thou whom Gopavana made glad with song, O Agni Angiras, Hear this my call, thou Holy One. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.12, English Thou whom the priestly folk implore to aid the gathering of the spoil, Such be thou in the fight with foes. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.13, English I, called to him who reels with joy, Srutarvan, Rksa's son, shall stroke The heads of four presented steeds, like the long wool of fleecy rams. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.14, English Four coursers with a splendid car, Savistha's horses, fleet of foot, Shall bring me to the sacred feast, as flying steeds brought Tugra's son. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.74.15, English The very truth do I declare to thee, Parusni, mighty flood. Waters! no man is there who gives more horses than Savistha gives. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- 8.74.1वि॒शोवि॑शो वो॒ अति॑थिं वाज॒यन्त॑ः पुरुप्रि॒यम् । अ॒ग्निं वो॒ दुर्यं॒ वच॑ः स्तु॒षे शू॒षस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः ॥
- 8.74.2यं जना॑सो ह॒विष्म॑न्तो मि॒त्रं न स॒र्पिरा॑सुतिम् । प्र॒शंस॑न्ति॒ प्रश॑स्तिभिः ॥
- 8.74.3पन्यां॑सं जा॒तवे॑दसं॒ यो दे॒वता॒त्युद्य॑ता । ह॒व्यान्यैर॑यद्दि॒वि ॥
- 8.74.4आग॑न्म वृत्र॒हन्त॑मं॒ ज्येष्ठ॑म॒ग्निमान॑वम् । यस्य॑ श्रु॒तर्वा॑ बृ॒हन्ना॒र्क्षो अनी॑क॒ एध॑ते ॥
- 8.74.5अ॒मृतं॑ जा॒तवे॑दसं ति॒रस्तमां॑सि दर्श॒तम् । घृ॒ताह॑वन॒मीड्य॑म् ॥
- 8.74.6स॒बाधो॒ यं जना॑ इ॒मे॒३॒॑ऽग्निं ह॒व्येभि॒रीळ॑ते । जुह्वा॑नासो य॒तस्रु॑चः ॥
- 8.74.7इ॒यं ते॒ नव्य॑सी म॒तिरग्ने॒ अधा॑य्य॒स्मदा । मन्द्र॒ सुजा॑त॒ सुक्र॒तोऽमू॑र॒ दस्माति॑थे ॥
- 8.74.8सा ते॑ अग्ने॒ शंत॑मा॒ चनि॑ष्ठा भवतु प्रि॒या । तया॑ वर्धस्व॒ सुष्टु॑तः ॥
- 8.74.9सा द्यु॒म्नैर्द्यु॒म्निनी॑ बृ॒हदुपो॑प॒ श्रव॑सि॒ श्रव॑ः । दधी॑त वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥
- 8.74.10अश्व॒मिद्गां र॑थ॒प्रां त्वे॒षमिन्द्रं॒ न सत्प॑तिम् । यस्य॒ श्रवां॑सि॒ तूर्व॑थ॒ पन्य॑म्पन्यं च कृ॒ष्टय॑ः ॥
- 8.74.11यं त्वा॑ गो॒पव॑नो गि॒रा चनि॑ष्ठदग्ने अङ्गिरः । स पा॑वक श्रुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥
- 8.74.12यं त्वा॒ जना॑स॒ ईळ॑ते स॒बाधो॒ वाज॑सातये । स बो॑धि वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥
- 8.74.13अ॒हं हु॑वा॒न आ॒र्क्षे श्रु॒तर्व॑णि मद॒च्युति॑ । शर्धां॑सीव स्तुका॒विनां॑ मृ॒क्षा शी॒र्षा च॑तु॒र्णाम् ॥
- 8.74.14मां च॒त्वार॑ आ॒शव॒ः शवि॑ष्ठस्य द्रवि॒त्नव॑ः । सु॒रथा॑सो अ॒भि प्रयो॒ वक्ष॒न्वयो॒ न तुग्र्य॑म् ॥
- 8.74.15स॒त्यमित्त्वा॑ महेनदि॒ परु॒ष्ण्यव॑ देदिशम् । नेमा॑पो अश्व॒दात॑र॒ः शवि॑ष्ठादस्ति॒ मर्त्य॑ः ॥