Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 18
Rig Veda 5.18 — 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 5.18.1
परातर अग्निः पुरुप्रियो विश सतवेतातिथिः | विश्वानि यो अमर्त्यो हव्या मर्तेषु रण्यति
prātar aghniḥ purupriyo viśa stavetātithiḥ | viśvāni yo amartyo havyā marteṣu raṇyati
Rig Veda 5.18.2
दविताय मर्क्तवाहसे सवस्य दक्षस्य मंहना | इन्दुं स धत्त आनुषक सतोता चित ते अमर्त्य
dvitāya mṛktavāhase svasya dakṣasya maṃhanā | induṃ sa dhatta ānuṣak stotā cit te amartya
For Dvita who receives through wealth of native strength maimed offerings, Thy praiser even gains at once the Soma-drops, Immortal Gods!
Rig Veda 5.18.3
तं वो दीर्घायुशोचिषं गिरा हुवे मघोनाम | अरिष्टो येषां रथो वय अश्वदावन्न ईयते
taṃ vo dīrghāyuśociṣaṃ ghirā huve maghonām | ariṣṭo yeṣāṃ ratho vy aśvadāvann īyate
Nobles, with song I call that car of yours that shines with lengthened life, For, God who givest steeds! that car hither and thither goes unharmed.
Rig Veda 5.18.4
चित्रा वा येषु दीधितिर आसन्न उक्था पान्ति ये | सतीर्णम बर्हिः सवर्णरे शरवांसि दधिरे परि
citrā vā yeṣu dīdhitir āsann ukthā pānti ye | stīrṇam barhiḥ svarṇare śravāṃsi dadhire pari
They who have varied ways of thought, who guard the lauds within their lips, And strew the grass before the light, have decked themselves with high renown.
Rig Veda 5.18.5
ये मे पञ्चाशतं ददुर अश्वानां सधस्तुति | दयुमद अग्ने महि शरवो बर्हत कर्धि मघोनां नर्वद अम्र्त नर्णाम
ye me pañcāśataṃ dadur aśvānāṃ sadhastuti | dyumad aghne mahi śravo bṛhat kṛdhi maghonāṃ nṛvad amṛta nṛṇām
Immortal Agni, give the chiefs, heroes who institute the rite, Heroes’ illustrious, lofty fame, who at the synod met for praise presented me with fifty steeds.
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