Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 46
Rig Veda 10.46 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 10 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 10.46.1
पर होता जातो महान नभोविन नर्षद्वा सीददपामुपस्थे | दधिर्यो धायि स ते वयांसि यन्ता वसूनि विधतेतनूपाः
pra hotā jāto mahān nabhovin nṛṣadvā sīdadapāmupasthe | dadhiryo dhāyi sa te vayāṃsi yantā vasūni vidhatetanūpāḥ
Rig Veda 10.46.2
इमं विधन्तो अपां सधस्थे पशुं न नष्टं पदैरनु गमन | गुहा चतन्तमुशिजो नमोभिरिछन्तो धीराभ्र्गवो.अविन्दन
imaṃ vidhanto apāṃ sadhasthe paśuṃ na naṣṭaṃ padairanu ghman | ghuhā catantamuśijo namobhirichanto dhīrābhṛghavo.avindan
Worshipping, seeking him with adoration like some lost creature followed by its footprints, Wise Bhṛgus, yearning in their hearts, pursued him, and found him lurking where the floods are gathered.
Rig Veda 10.46.3
इमं तरितो भूर्यविन्ददिछन वैभूवसो मूर्धन्यघ्न्यायाः | स शेव्र्धो जात आ हर्म्येषु नाभिर्युवाभवति रोचनस्य
imaṃ trito bhūryavindadichan vaibhūvaso mūrdhanyaghnyāyāḥ | sa śevṛdho jāta ā harmyeṣu nābhiryuvābhavati rocanasya
On the Cow's forehead, with laborious searching, Trita, the offspring of Vibhiavas, found him. Born in our houses, Youthful, joy-bestower, he now becomes the central point of brightness.
Rig Veda 10.46.4
मन्द्रं होतारमुशिजो नमोभिः पराञ्चं यज्ञं नेतारमध्वराणाम | विशामक्र्ण्वन्नरतिं पावकं हव्यवाहन्दधतो मानुषेषु
mandraṃ hotāramuśijo namobhiḥ prāñcaṃ yajñaṃ netāramadhvarāṇām | viśāmakṛṇvannaratiṃ pāvakaṃ havyavāhandadhato mānuṣeṣu
Yearning, with homage, they have set and made him blithe Priest among mankind, oblation-bearer, Leader of rites and Purifier, envoy of men, as sacrifice that still advances.
Rig Veda 10.46.5
पर भूर्जयन्तं महां विपोधां मूरा अमूरं पुरान्दर्माणम | नयन्तो गर्भं वनां धियं धुर्हिरिश्मश्रुं नार्वाणं धनर्चम
pra bhūrjayantaṃ mahāṃ vipodhāṃ mūrā amūraṃ purāndarmāṇam | nayanto gharbhaṃ vanāṃ dhiyaṃ dhurhiriśmaśruṃ nārvāṇaṃ dhanarcam
The foolish brought the ne’er-bewildered forward, great, Victor, Song-inspirer, Fort-destroyer. Leading the Youth gold-bearded, like a courser gleaming with wealth, they turned their hymn to profit.
Rig Veda 10.46.6
नि पस्त्यासु तरित सतभूयन परिवीतो योनौ सीददन्तः | अतः संग्र्भ्या विशां दमूना विधर्मणायन्त्रैरीयतेनॄन
ni pastyāsu trita stabhūyan parivīto yonau sīdadantaḥ | ataḥ saṃghṛbhyā viśāṃ damūnā vidharmaṇāyantrairīyatenṝn
Holding his station firmly in the houses, Trita sat down within his home surrounded Thence, as Law bids, departs the Tribes' Companion having collected men with no compulsion.
Rig Veda 10.46.7
अस्याजरासो दमामरित्रा अर्चद्धूमासो अग्नयः पावकाः | शवितीचयः शवात्रासो भुरण्यवो वनर्षदो वायवो नसोमाः
asyājarāso damāmaritrā arcaddhūmāso aghnayaḥ pāvakāḥ | śvitīcayaḥ śvātrāso bhuraṇyavo vanarṣado vāyavo nasomāḥ
His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining, White, waxing in their strength, for ever stirring, and sitting in the wood; like winds are Somas.
Rig Veda 10.46.8
पर जिह्वया भरते वेपो अग्निः पर वयुनानि चेतसाप्र्थिव्याः | तमायवः शुचयन्तं पावकं मन्द्रंहोतारं दधिरे यजिष्ठम
pra jihvayā bharate vepo aghniḥ pra vayunāni cetasāpṛthivyāḥ | tamāyavaḥ śucayantaṃ pāvakaṃ mandraṃhotāraṃ dadhire yajiṣṭham
The tongue of Agni bears away the praisesong, and, through his care for Earth, her operations. Him, bright and radiant, living men have stablished as their blithe Priest, the Chief of Sacrificers.
Rig Veda 10.46.9
दयावा यमग्निं पर्थिवी जनिष्टामापस्त्वष्टा भर्गवोयं सहोभिः | ईळेन्यं परथमं मातरिश्वा देवास्ततक्षुर्मनवे यजत्रम
dyāvā yamaghniṃ pṛthivī janiṣṭāmāpastvaṣṭā bhṛghavoyaṃ sahobhiḥ | īḷenyaṃ prathamaṃ mātariśvā devāstatakṣurmanave yajatram
That Agni, him whom Heaven and Earth engendered, the Waters. Tvaṣṭar, and with might, the Bhṛgus, Him Mātariśvan and the Gods have fashioned holy for man and first to be entreated.
Rig Veda 10.46.10
यं तवा देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहं पुरुस्प्र्हो मानुषासोयजत्रम | स यामन्नग्ने सतुवते वयो धाः पर देवयन्यशसः सं हि पूर्वीः
yaṃ tvā devā dadhire havyavāhaṃ puruspṛho mānuṣāsoyajatram | sa yāmannaghne stuvate vayo dhāḥ pra devayanyaśasaḥ saṃ hi pūrvīḥ
Agni, whom Gods have made oblationbearer, and much-desiring men regard as holy, Give life to him who lauds thee when he worships, and then shall glorious men in troops adore thee.
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