Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 74
Rig Veda 1.74 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 9 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 1.74.1
उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरं मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये | आरे अस्मे च शर्ण्वते
upaprayanto adhvaraṃ mantraṃ vocemāghnaye | āre asme ca śṛṇvate
Rig Veda 1.74.2
यः सनीहितीषु पूर्व्यः संजग्मानासु कर्ष्टिषु | अरक्षद दाशुषे गयम
yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjaghmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu | arakṣad dāśuṣe ghayam
Who, from of old, in carnage, when the people gathered, hath preserved His household for the worshipper.
Rig Veda 1.74.3
उत बरुवन्तु जन्तव उदग्निर्व्र्त्रहाजनि | धनंजयो रणे-रणे
uta bruvantu jantava udaghnirvṛtrahājani | dhanaṃjayo raṇe-raṇe
And let men say, Agni is born, e’en he who slayeth Vṛtra, he Who winneth wealth in every fight.
Rig Veda 1.74.4
यस्य दूतो असि कषये वेषि हव्यानि वीतये | दस्मत कर्णोष्यध्वरम
yasya dūto asi kṣaye veṣi havyāni vītaye | dasmat kṛṇoṣyadhvaram
Him in whose house an envoy thou lovest to taste his offered gifts, And strengthenest his sacrifice,
Rig Veda 1.74.5
तमित सुहव्यमङगिरः सुदेवं सहसो यहो | जना आहुः सुबर्हिषम
tamit suhavyamaṅghiraḥ sudevaṃ sahaso yaho | janā āhuḥ subarhiṣam
Him, Aṅgiras, thou Son of Strength, all men call happy in his God, His offerings, and his sacred grass.
Rig Veda 1.74.6
आ च वहासि तानिह देवानुप परशस्तये | हव्या सुश्चन्द्र वीतये
ā ca vahāsi tāniha devānupa praśastaye | havyā suścandra vītaye
Hitherward shalt thou bring these Gods to our laudation and to taste. These offered gifts, fair-shining One.
Rig Veda 1.74.7
न योरुपब्दिरश्व्यः शर्ण्वे रथस्य कच्चन | यदग्नेयासि दूत्यम
na yorupabdiraśvyaḥ śṛṇve rathasya kaccana | yadaghneyāsi dūtyam
When, Agni, on thine embassage thou goest not a sound is heard of steed or straining of thy car.
Rig Veda 1.74.8
तवोतो वाज्यह्रयो.अभि पूर्वस्मादपरः | पर दाश्वानग्ने अस्थात
tvoto vājyahrayo.abhi pūrvasmādaparaḥ | pra dāśvānaghne asthāt
Aided by thee uninjured, strong, one after other, goes he forth: Agni, the offerer forward steps.
Rig Veda 1.74.9
उत दयुमत सुवीर्यं बर्हदग्ने विवाससि | देवेभ्यो देव दाशुषे
uta dyumat suvīryaṃ bṛhadaghne vivāsasi | devebhyo deva dāśuṣe
And splendid strength, heroic, high, Agni, thou grantest from the Gods, Thou God, to him who offers gifts.
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