Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 20
Rig Veda 5.20 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya line. This Sukta contains 4 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 5.20.1
यम अग्ने वाजसातम तवं चिन मन्यसे रयिम | तं नो गीर्भिः शरवाय्यं देवत्रा पनया युजम
yam aghne vājasātama tvaṃ cin manyase rayim | taṃ no ghīrbhiḥ śravāyyaṃ devatrā panayā yujam
Rig Veda 5.20.2
ये अग्ने नेरयन्ति ते वर्द्धा उग्रस्य शवसः | अप दवेषो अप हवरो ऽनयव्रतस्य सश्चिरे
ye aghne nerayanti te vṛddhā ughrasya śavasaḥ | apa dveṣo apa hvaro 'nyavratasya saścire
Agni, the great who ward not off the anger of thy power and might Stir up the wrath and hatred due to one who holds an alien creed.
Rig Veda 5.20.3
होतारं तवा वर्णीमहे ऽगने दक्षस्य साधनम | यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यं गिरा परयस्वन्तो हवामहे
hotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe 'ghne dakṣasya sādhanam | yajñeṣu pūrvyaṃ ghirā prayasvanto havāmahe
Thee, Agni, would we choose as Priest, the perfecter of strength and skill; We who bring sacred food invoke with song thee Chief at holy rites.
Rig Veda 5.20.4
इत्था यथा त ऊतये सहसावन दिवे-दिवे | राय रताय सुक्रतो गोभिः षयाम सधमादो वीरैः सयाम सधमादः
itthā yathā ta ūtaye sahasāvan dive-dive | rāya ṛtāya sukrato ghobhiḥ ṣyāma sadhamādo vīraiḥ syāma sadhamādaḥ
Here as is needful for thine aid we toil, O Conqueror, day by day, For wealth, for Law. May we rejoice, Most Wise One! at the feast, with kine, rejoice, with heroes, at the feast.
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