Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 80
Rig Veda 10.80 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 7 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 10.80.1
अग्निः सप्तिं वाजम्भरं ददात्यग्निर्वीरं शरुत्यंकर्मनिष्ठाम | अग्नी रोदसी वि चरत समञ्जन्नग्निर्नारीं वीरकुक्षिं पुरन्धिम
aghniḥ saptiṃ vājambharaṃ dadātyaghnirvīraṃ śrutyaṃkarmaniṣṭhām | aghnī rodasī vi carat samañjannaghnirnārīṃ vīrakukṣiṃ purandhim
Rig Veda 10.80.2
अग्नेरप्नसः समिदस्तु भद्राग्निर्मही रोदसी आ विवेश | अग्निरेकं चोदयत समत्स्वग्निर्व्र्त्राणि दयते पुरूणि
aghnerapnasaḥ samidastu bhadrāghnirmahī rodasī ā viveśa | aghnirekaṃ codayat samatsvaghnirvṛtrāṇi dayate purūṇi
Blest be the wood that feeds the active Agni: within the two great worlds hath Agni entered. Agni impels a single man to battle, and with him rends in pieces many a foeman.
Rig Veda 10.80.3
अग्निर्ह तयं जरतः कर्णमावाग्निरद्भ्यो निरदहज्जरूथम | अग्निरत्रिं घर्म उरुष्यदन्तरग्निर्न्र्मेधम्प्र जयास्र्जत सम
aghnirha tyaṃ jarataḥ karṇamāvāghniradbhyo niradahajjarūtham | aghniratriṃ gharma uruṣyadantaraghnirnṛmedhampra jayāsṛjat sam
Agni rejoiced the car of him who praised lim, and from the waters burnt away jarutha. Agni saved Atri in the fiery cavem, and made Nrmedha rich with troops of children.
Rig Veda 10.80.4
अग्निर्दाद दरविणं वीरपेशा अग्निरषिं यः सहस्रासनोति | अग्निर्दिवि हव्यमा ततानाग्नेर्धामानिविभ्र्ता पुरुत्रा
aghnirdād draviṇaṃ vīrapeśā aghnirṣiṃ yaḥ sahasrāsanoti | aghnirdivi havyamā tatānāghnerdhāmānivibhṛtā purutrā
Agni hath granted wealth that decks the hero, and sent the sage who wins a thousand cattle. Agni hath made oblations rise to heaven: to every place are Agni's laws extended.
Rig Veda 10.80.5
अग्निमुक्थैरषयो वि हवयन्ते.अग्निं नरो यामनिबाधितासः | अग्निं वयो अन्तरिक्षे पतन्तो.अग्निः सहस्रापरि याति गोनाम
aghnimukthairṣayo vi hvayante.aghniṃ naro yāmanibādhitāsaḥ | aghniṃ vayo antarikṣe patanto.aghniḥ sahasrāpari yāti ghonām
With songs of praise the Ṛṣis call on Agni; on Agni, heroes worsted in the foray. Birds flying in the region call on Agni around a thousand cattle Agni wanders.
Rig Veda 10.80.6
अग्निं विश ईळते मानुषीर्या अग्निं मनुषो नहुषो विजाताः | अग्निर्गान्धर्वीं पथ्यां रतस्याग्नेर्गव्यूतिर्घ्र्त आ निषत्ता
aghniṃ viśa īḷate mānuṣīryā aghniṃ manuṣo nahuṣo vijātāḥ | aghnirghāndharvīṃ pathyāṃ ṛtasyāghnerghavyūtirghṛta ā niṣattā
Races of human birth pay Agni worship, men who have sprung from Nahus' line adore him. Stablished in holy oil is Agni's pasture, on the Gandharva path of Law and Order.
Rig Veda 10.80.7
अग्नये बरह्म रभवस्ततक्षुरग्निं महामवोचामा सुव्र्क्तिम | अग्ने पराव जरितारं यविष्ठाग्ने महि दरविणमायजस्व
aghnaye brahma ṛbhavastatakṣuraghniṃ mahāmavocāmā suvṛktim | aghne prāva jaritāraṃ yaviṣṭhāghne mahi draviṇamāyajasva
The Ṛbhus fabricated prayer for Agni, and we with mighty hymns have called on Agni. Agni, Most Youthful God, protect the singer: win us by worship, Agni, great possessions.
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