Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 66
Rig Veda 1.66 — 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 1.66.1
रयिर्न चित्रा सूरो न सन्द्र्गायुर्न पराणो नित्यो नसूनुः | तक्वा न भूर्णिर्वना सिषक्ति पयो न धेनुः शुचिर्विभावा
rayirna citrā sūro na sandṛghāyurna prāṇo nityo nasūnuḥ | takvā na bhūrṇirvanā siṣakti payo na dhenuḥ śucirvibhāvā
Rig Veda 1.66.2
दाधार कषेममोको न रण्वो यवो न पक्वो जेता जनानाम | रषिर्न सतुभ्वा विक्षु परशस्तो वाजी न परीतो वयोदधति
dādhāra kṣemamoko na raṇvo yavo na pakvo jetā janānām | ṛṣirna stubhvā vikṣu praśasto vājī na prīto vayodadhati
He offers safety like a pleasant home, like ripened corn, the Conqueror of men. Like a Seer lauding, famed among the folk; like a steed friendly he vouchsafes us power.
Rig Veda 1.66.3
दुरोकशोचिः करतुर्न नित्यो जायेव योनावरं विश्वस्मै | चित्रो यदभ्राट छवेतो न विक्षु रथो न रुक्मी तवेषः समत्सु
durokaśociḥ kraturna nityo jāyeva yonāvaraṃ viśvasmai | citro yadabhrāṭ chveto na vikṣu ratho na rukmī tveṣaḥ samatsu
With flame insatiate, like eternal might; caring for each one like a dame at home; Bright when he shines forth, whitish mid the folk, like a car, gold-decked, thundering to the fight.
Rig Veda 1.66.4
सेनेव सर्ष्टामं दधात्यस्तुर्न दिद्युत तवेषप्रतीका | यमो ह जातो यमो जनित्वं जारः कनीनां पतिर्जनीनाम
seneva sṛṣṭāmaṃ dadhātyasturna didyut tveṣapratīkā | yamo ha jāto yamo janitvaṃ jāraḥ kanīnāṃ patirjanīnām
He strikes with terror like a dart shot forth, e’en like an archer's arrow tipped with flame; Master of present and of future life, the maidens’ lover and the matrons’ Lord.
Rig Veda 1.66.5
तं वश्चराथा वयं वसत्यास्तं न गावो नक्षन्त इद्धम | सिन्धुर्न कषोदः पर नीचीरैनोन नवन्त गावः सवर्द्र्शीके
taṃ vaścarāthā vayaṃ vasatyāstaṃ na ghāvo nakṣanta iddham | sindhurna kṣodaḥ pra nīcīrainon navanta ghāvaḥ svardṛśīke
To him lead all your ways: may we attain the kindled God as cows their home at eve. He drives the flames below as floods their swell: the rays rise up to the fair place of heaven.
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