Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 77
Rig Veda 1.77 — 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 1.77.1
कथा दाशेमाग्नये कास्मै देवजुष्टोच्यते भामिने गीः | यो मर्त्येष्वम्र्त रतावा होता यजिष्ठ इत कर्णोति देवान
kathā dāśemāghnaye kāsmai devajuṣṭocyate bhāmine ghīḥ | yo martyeṣvamṛta ṛtāvā hotā yajiṣṭha it kṛṇoti devān
Rig Veda 1.77.2
यो अध्वरेषु शन्तम रतावा होता तमू नमोभिरा कर्णुध्वम | अग्निर्यद वेर्मर्ताय देवान स चा बोधाति मनसायजाति
yo adhvareṣu śantama ṛtāvā hotā tamū namobhirā kṛṇudhvam | aghniryad vermartāya devān sa cā bodhāti manasāyajāti
Bring him with reverence hither, most propitious in sacrifices, true to Law, the herald; For Agni, when he seeks the Gods for mortals, knows them full well and worships them in spirit.
Rig Veda 1.77.3
स हि करतुः स मर्यः स साधुर्मित्रो न भूदद्भुतस्य रथीः | तं मेधेषु परथमं देवयन्तीर्विश उप बरुवते दस्ममारीः
sa hi kratuḥ sa maryaḥ sa sādhurmitro na bhūdadbhutasya rathīḥ | taṃ medheṣu prathamaṃ devayantīrviśa upa bruvate dasmamārīḥ
For he is mental power, a man, and perfect; he is the bringer, friend-like, of the wondrous. The pious Āryan tribes at sacrifices address them first to him who doeth marvels.
Rig Veda 1.77.4
स नो नर्णां नर्तमो रिशाद अग्निर्गिरो.अवसा वेतु धीतिम | तना च ये मघवानः शविष्ठ वाजप्रसूता इषयन्तमन्म
sa no nṛṇāṃ nṛtamo riśāda aghnirghiro.avasā vetu dhītim | tanā ca ye maghavānaḥ śaviṣṭha vājaprasūtā iṣayantamanma
May Agni, foe-destroyer, manliest Hero, accept with love our hymns and our devotion. So may the liberal lords whose strength is strongest, urged by their riches, stir our thoughts with vigour.
Rig Veda 1.77.5
एवाग्निर्गोतमेभिर्र्तावा विप्रेभिरस्तोष्ट जातवेदाः | स एषु दयुम्नं पीपयत स वाजं स पुष्टिं याति जोषमा चिकित्वान
evāghnirghotamebhirṛtāvā viprebhirastoṣṭa jātavedāḥ | sa eṣu dyumnaṃ pīpayat sa vājaṃ sa puṣṭiṃ yāti joṣamā cikitvān
Thus Agni Jātavedas, true to Order, hath by the priestly Gotamas been lauded. May he augment in them splendour and vigour: observant, as he lists, he gathers increase.
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