Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 98
Rig Veda 1.98 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 3 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 1.98.1
वैश्वानरस्य सुमतौ सयाम राजा हि कं भुवनानामभिश्रीः | इतो जातो विश्वमिदं वि चष्टे वैश्वानरो यतते सूर्येण
vaiśvānarasya sumatau syāma rājā hi kaṃ bhuvanānāmabhiśrīḥ | ito jāto viśvamidaṃ vi caṣṭe vaiśvānaro yatate sūryeṇa
Rig Veda 1.98.2
पर्ष्टो दिवि पर्ष्टो अग्निः पर्थिव्यां पर्ष्टो विश्वा ओषधीरा विवेश | वैश्वानरः सहसा पर्ष्टो अग्निः स नो दिवा स रिषः पातु नक्तम
pṛṣṭo divi pṛṣṭo aghniḥ pṛthivyāṃ pṛṣṭo viśvā oṣadhīrā viveśa | vaiśvānaraḥ sahasā pṛṣṭo aghniḥ sa no divā sa riṣaḥ pātu naktam
Present in heaven, in earth, all-present Agni,—all plants that grow on ground hath he pervaded. May Agni, may Vaiśvānara with vigour, present, preserve us day and night from foemen.
Rig Veda 1.98.3
वैश्वानर तव तत सत्यमस्त्वस्मान रायो मघवानः सचन्ताम | तन नो ...
vaiśvānara tava tat satyamastvasmān rāyo maghavānaḥ sacantām | tan no ...
Be this thy truth, Vaiśvānara, to us-ward: let wealth in rich abundance gather round us. This prayer of ours may Varuṇa grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
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