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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 189

RV 1 189.1

अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् । युयोध्य् अ१स्मज् जुहुराणम् एनो भूयिष्ठाꣳ ते नमüक्तिꣳ विधेम

agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhy a1smaj juhurāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṁ te namaüktiṁ vidhema

Agni, lead us by a good path to wealth, O god who knowest all the (ordered) marks; keep far from us the sin that leads astray — we would offer thee the most abundant utterance of homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

BY goodly paths lead us to riches, Agni, God who knowest every sacred duty. Remove the sin that makes us stray and wander. most ample adoration will we bring thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.2

अग्ने त्वम् पारया नव्यो अस्मान् स्वस्तिभिर् अति दुर्गाणि विश्वा । पूश् च पृथ्वी बहुला न उर्वी भवा तोकाय तनयाय शꣳ योः

agne tvam pārayā navyo asmān svastibhir ati durgāṇi viśvā | pūś ca pṛthvī bahulā na urvī bhavā tokāya tanayāya śaṁ yoḥ

Agni, do thou, praised anew, carry us with (thy) blessings across all hard passages; and let there be for us a stronghold, broad, ample, wide — be weal and health for our child and offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lead us anew to happiness, O Agni; lead us beyond all danger and affliction. Be unto us a wide broad ample castle bless, prosper on their way our sons and offspring.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.3

अग्ने त्वम् अस्मद् युयोध्य् अमीवा अनग्नित्रा अभ्य् अमन्त कृष्टीः । पुनर् अस्मभ्यꣳ सुविताय देव क्षाꣳ विश्वेभिर् अमृतेभिर् यजत्र

agne tvam asmad yuyodhy amīvā anagnitrā abhy amanta kṛṣṭīḥ | punar asmabhyaṁ suvitāya deva kṣāṁ viśvebhir amṛtebhir yajatra

Agni, keep the sicknesses away from us; those without Agni as protector — (such) sicknesses have assailed the peoples; (make) the ground again fit for our good faring, O god, together with all the immortals, O worshipful one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Far from us, Agni, put thou all diseases let them strike lauds that have no saving Agni. God, make our home again to be a blessing, with all the Immortal Deities, O Holy.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.4

पाहि नो अग्ने पायुभिर् अजस्रैर् उत प्रिये सदन आ शुशुक्वान् । मा ते भयꣳ जरितारꣳ यविष्ठ नूनꣳ विदन् मापरꣳ सहस्वः

pāhi no agne pāyubhir ajasrair uta priye sadana ā śuśukvān | mā te bhayaṁ jaritāraṁ yaviṣṭha nūnaṁ vidan māparaṁ sahasvaḥ

Protect us, Agni, with thy unwearying protections, blazing up also in thy dear seat; let no fear find thy singer, O youngest one, neither now nor hereafter, O mighty one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Preserve us, Agni, with perpetual succour, refulgent in the dwelling which thou lovest. O Conqueror, most youthful, let no danger touch him who praises thee to-day or after.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.5

मा नो अग्ने ऽव सृजो अघायाविष्यवे रिपवे दुच्छुनायै । मा दत्वते दशते मादते नो मा रीषते सहसावन् परा दाः

mā no agne 'va sṛjo aghāyāviṣyave ripave ducchunāyai | mā datvate daśate mādate no mā rīṣate sahasāvan parā dāḥ

Do not abandon us, Agni, to the malicious, to the greedy, to the cheat, to calamity; nor to the toothed one that bites, nor to the toothless; do not give us over to one who would injure, O thou of strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Give not us up a prey to sin, O Agni, the greedy enemy that brings us trouble; Not to the fanged that bites, not to the toothless: give not us up, thou Conqueror, to the spoiler.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.6

वि घ त्वावाꣳ ऋतजात यꣳसद् गृणानो अग्ने तन्वे३ वरूथम् । विश्वाद् रिरिक्षोर् उत वा निनित्सोर् अभिह्रुताम् असि हि देव विष्पट्

vi gha tvāvām̐ ṛtajāta yaṁsad gṛṇāno agne tanve3 varūtham | viśvād ririkṣor uta vā ninitsor abhihrutām asi hi deva viṣpaṭ

Surely one such as thou, O born of ṛta, when praised, will spread out a shelter for the body, O Agni, from everyone who would harm or would revile; for thou, O god, art the splitter of the crooked.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Such as thou art, born after Law, O Agni when lauded give protection to our bodies, From whosoever would reproach or injure: for thou, God, rescuest from all oppression.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.7

त्वꣳ ताꣳ अग्न उभयान् वि विद्वान् वेषि प्रपित्वे मनुषो यजत्र । अभिपित्वे मनवे शास्यो भूर् मर्मृजेन्य उशिग्भिर् नाक्रः

tvaṁ tām̐ agna ubhayān vi vidvān veṣi prapitve manuṣo yajatra | abhipitve manave śāsyo bhūr marmṛjenya uśigbhir nākraḥ

Thou, Agni, knowing, dost attend to both these sorts at man's forenoon, O worshipful one; at the time of approach thou art to be instructed for man's sake, to be groomed by the Uśijs, like a ... (nākraḥ).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou, well discerning both these classes, comest to men at early morn, O holy Agni. Be thou obedient unto man at evening, to be adorned, as keen, by eager suitors.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 189.8

अवोचाम निवचनान्य् अस्मिन् मानस्य सूनुः सहसाने अग्नौ । वयꣳ सहस्रम् ऋषिभिः सनेम विद्यामेषꣳ वृजनꣳ जीरदानुम्

avocāma nivacanāny asmin mānasya sūnuḥ sahasāne agnau | vayaṁ sahasram ṛṣibhiḥ sanema vidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum

We have uttered our invocations over him, over the mighty Agni — (I,) the son of Māna; may we win a thousand together with the ṛṣis; may we find refreshment, a strong troop, quick-giving.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To him have we addressed our pious speeches, I, Mâna's son, to him victorious Agni. May we gain countless riches with the sages. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)