Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 23
Rig Veda 5.23 — 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 5.23.1
अग्ने सहन्तम आ भर दयुम्नस्य परासहा रयिम | विश्वा यश चर्षणीर अभ्य रसा वाजेषु सासहत
aghne sahantam ā bhara dyumnasya prāsahā rayim | viśvā yaś carṣaṇīr abhy ṛsā vājeṣu sāsahat
Rig Veda 5.23.2
तम अग्ने पर्तनाषहं रयिं सहस्व आ भर | तवं हि सत्यो अद्भुतो दाता वाजस्य गोमतः
tam aghne pṛtanāṣahaṃ rayiṃ sahasva ā bhara | tvaṃ hi satyo adbhuto dātā vājasya ghomataḥ
Victorious Agni, bring to us the wealth that vanquisheth in war; For thou art wonderful and true, giver of strength in herds of kine.
Rig Veda 5.23.3
विश्वे हि तवा सजोषसो जनासो वर्क्तबर्हिषः | होतारं सद्मसु परियं वयन्ति वार्या पुरु
viśve hi tvā sajoṣaso janāso vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | hotāraṃ sadmasu priyaṃ vyanti vāryā puru
For all the folk with one accord, whose sacred grass is trimmed and strewn, Invite thee to their worship-halls, as a dear Priest, for choicest wealth.
Rig Veda 5.23.4
स हि षमा विश्वचर्षणिर अभिमाति सहो दधे | अग्न एषु कषयेष्व आ रेवन नः शुक्र दीदिहि दयुमत पावक दीदिहि
sa hi ṣmā viśvacarṣaṇir abhimāti saho dadhe | aghna eṣu kṣayeṣv ā revan naḥ śukra dīdihi dyumat pāvaka dīdihi
For he, the God of all men, hath gotten him might that quelleth foes. O Agni, in these homes shine forth, bright God! for our prosperity, shine, Purifier! splendidly.
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