Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 149
Rig Veda 1.149 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 5 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 1.149.1
महः स राय एषते पतिर्दन्निन इनस्य वसुनः पद आ | उप धरजन्तमद्रयो विधन्नित
mahaḥ sa rāya eṣate patirdannina inasya vasunaḥ pada ā | upa dhrajantamadrayo vidhannit
Rig Veda 1.149.2
स यो वर्षा नरां न रोदस्योः शरवोभिरस्ति जीवपीतसर्गः | पर यः सस्राणः शिश्रीत योनौ
sa yo vṛṣā narāṃ na rodasyoḥ śravobhirasti jīvapītasarghaḥ | pra yaḥ sasrāṇaḥ śiśrīta yonau
As Steer of men so Steer of earth and heaven by glory, he whose streams all life hath drunken, Who hasting forward rests upon the altar.
Rig Veda 1.149.3
आ यः पुरं नार्मिणीमदीदेदत्यः कविर्नभन्यो नार्व | सूरो न रुरुक्वाञ्छतात्मा
ā yaḥ puraṃ nārmiṇīmadīdedatyaḥ kavirnabhanyo nārva | sūro na rurukvāñchatātmā
He who hath lighted up the joyous castle, wise Courser like the Steed of cloudy heaven, Bright like the Sun, with hundredfold existence.
Rig Veda 1.149.4
अभि दविजन्मा तरी रोचनानि विश्व रजांसि शुशुचनो अस्थात | होता यजिष्ठो अपां सधस्थे
abhi dvijanmā trī rocanāni viśva rajāṃsi śuśucano asthāt | hotā yajiṣṭho apāṃ sadhasthe
He, doubly born, hath spread in his effulgence through the three luminous realms, through all the regions, Best sacrificing Priest where waters gather.
Rig Veda 1.149.5
अयं स होत यो दविजन्मा विश्वा दधे वार्याणि शरवस्या | मर्तो यो अस्मै सुतुको ददाश
ayaṃ sa hota yo dvijanmā viśvā dadhe vāryāṇi śravasyā | marto yo asmai sutuko dadāśa
Priest doubly born, he through his love of glory hath in his keeping all things worth the choosing, The man who brings him gifts hath noble offspring.
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