Rig Veda · Mandala 2 · Sukta 7
Rig Veda 2.7 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 2): Gritsamada and the Bhrigu lineage. This Sukta contains 6 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 2.7.1
शरेष्ठं यविष्ठ भारताग्ने दयुमन्तमा भर | वसो पुरुस्प्र्हं रयिम
śreṣṭhaṃ yaviṣṭha bhāratāghne dyumantamā bhara | vaso puruspṛhaṃ rayim
Rig Veda 2.7.2
मा नो अरातिरीशत देवस्य मर्त्यस्य च | पर्षि तस्या उतद्विषः
mā no arātirīśata devasya martyasya ca | parṣi tasyā utadviṣaḥ
Let no malignity prevail against us, either God's or man's. Save us from this and enmity.
Rig Veda 2.7.3
विश्वा उत तवया वयं धारा उदन्या इव | अति गाहेमहि दविषः
viśvā uta tvayā vayaṃ dhārā udanyā iva | ati ghāhemahi dviṣaḥ
So through thy favour may we force through all our enemies a way, As ’twere through streaming water-floods.
Rig Veda 2.7.4
शुचिः पावक वन्द्यो.अग्ने बर्हद वि रोचसे | तवं घर्तेभिराहुतः
śuciḥ pāvaka vandyo.aghne bṛhad vi rocase | tvaṃ ghṛtebhirāhutaḥ
Thou, Purifier Agni, high shinest forth, bright, adorable, When worshipped with the sacred oil.
Rig Veda 2.7.5
तवं नो असि भारताग्ने वशाभिरुक्षभिः | अष्टापदीभिराहुतः
tvaṃ no asi bhāratāghne vaśābhirukṣabhiḥ | aṣṭāpadībhirāhutaḥ
Ours art thou, Agni, Bhārata, honoured by us with barren cows, With bullocks and with kine in calf
Rig Veda 2.7.6
दर्वन्नः सर्पिरासुतिः परत्नो होता वरेण्यः | सहसस पुत्रो अद्भुतः
drvannaḥ sarpirāsutiḥ pratno hotā vareṇyaḥ | sahasas putro adbhutaḥ
Wood-fed, bedewed with sacred oil, ancient, Invoker, excellent, The Son of Strength, the Wonderful.
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