Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 17
Rig Veda 5.17 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya line. 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 5.17.1
आ यज्ञैर देव मर्त्य इत्था तव्यांसम ऊतये | अग्निं कर्ते सवध्वरे पूरुर ईळीतावसे
ā yajñair deva martya itthā tavyāṃsam ūtaye | aghniṃ kṛte svadhvare pūrur īḷītāvase
Rig Veda 5.17.2
अस्य हि सवयशस्तर आसा विधर्मन मन्यसे | तं नाकं चित्रशोचिषम मन्द्रम परो मनीषया
asya hi svayaśastara āsā vidharman manyase | taṃ nākaṃ citraśociṣam mandram paro manīṣayā
Near him thou seemest mightier still in native glory, set to hold Apart yon flame-hued vault of heaven, lovely beyond the thought of man.
Rig Veda 5.17.3
अस्य वासा उ अर्चिषा य आयुक्त तुजा गिरा | दिवो न यस्य रेतसा बर्हच छोचन्त्य अर्चयः
asya vāsā u arciṣā ya āyukta tujā ghirā | divo na yasya retasā bṛhac chocanty arcayaḥ
Yea, this is by the light of him whom powerful song hath bound to act, Whose beams of splendour flash on high as though they sprang from heavenly seed.
Rig Veda 5.17.4
अस्य करत्वा विचेतसो दस्मस्य वसु रथ आ | अधा विश्वासु हव्यो ऽगनिर विक्षु पर शस्यते
asya kratvā vicetaso dasmasya vasu ratha ā | adhā viśvāsu havyo 'ghnir vikṣu pra śasyate
Wealth loads the Wonder-Worker's car through his, the very wise One's power. Then, meet to be invoked among all tribes, is Agni glorified.
Rig Veda 5.17.5
नू न इद धि वार्यम आसा सचन्त सूरयः | ऊर्जो नपाद अभिष्टये पाहि शग्धि सवस्तय उतैधि पर्त्सु नो वर्धे
nū na id dhi vāryam āsā sacanta sūrayaḥ | ūrjo napād abhiṣṭaye pāhi śaghdhi svastaya utaidhi pṛtsu no vṛdhe
Now, too, the princes shall obtain excellent riches by our lips. Protect us for our welfare: lend thy succour, O thou Son of Strength. Be near in fight to prosper us.
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