Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 31

RV 1 31.1

त्वम् अग्ने प्रथमो अङ्गिरा ऋषिर् देवो देवानाम् अभवः शिवः सखा । तव व्रते कवयो विद्मनापसो ऽजायन्त मरुतो भ्राजदृष्टयः

tvam agne prathamo aṅgirā ṛṣir devo devānām abhavaḥ śivaḥ sakhā | tava vrate kavayo vidmanāpaso 'jāyanta maruto bhrājadṛṣṭayaḥ

You, Agni, were the first Aṅgiras, a seer, a god, the kindly friend of the gods. In your ordinance were born the poets, workers of skill, the Maruts with flashing spears.

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RV 1 31.2

त्वम् अग्ने प्रथमो अङ्गिरस्तमः कविर् देवानाम् परि भूषसि व्रतम् । विभुर् विश्वस्मै भुवनाय मेधिरो द्विमाता शयुः कतिधा चिद् आयवे

tvam agne prathamo aṅgirastamaḥ kavir devānām pari bhūṣasi vratam | vibhur viśvasmai bhuvanāya medhiro dvimātā śayuḥ katidhā cid āyave

You, Agni, the first, the most Aṅgiras-like, a poet, attend all round upon the ordinance of the gods — pervading, wise for the whole world, of two mothers, lying (in many places), in how many ways indeed for the son of Āyu!

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RV 1 31.3

त्वम् अग्ने प्रथमो मातरिश्वन आविर् भव सुक्रतूया विवस्वते । अरेजेताꣳ रोदसी होतृवूर्ये ऽसघ्नोर् भारम् अयजो महो वसो

tvam agne prathamo mātariśvana āvir bhava sukratūyā vivasvate | arejetāṁ rodasī hotṛvūrye 'saghnor bhāram ayajo maho vaso

You, Agni, the first, became manifest to Mātariśvan, and by your good resolve to Vivasvat. The two world-halves trembled at the choosing of the hotṛ; you bore the burden, you sacrificed, O great good one.

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RV 1 31.4

त्वम् अग्ने मनवे द्याम् अवाशयः पुरूरवसे सुकृते सुकृत्तरः । श्वात्रेण यत् पित्रोर् मुच्यसे पर्य् आ त्वा पूर्वम् अनयन्न् आपरम् पुनः

tvam agne manave dyām avāśayaḥ purūravase sukṛte sukṛttaraḥ | śvātreṇa yat pitror mucyase pary ā tvā pūrvam anayann āparam punaḥ

You, Agni, made heaven resound for Manu, for Purūravas who did well, being a better doer. When with vigour you are released from the two parents, they led you first forward, then again backward.

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RV 1 31.5

त्वम् अग्ने वृषभः पुष्टिवर्धन उद्यतस्रुचे भवसि श्रवाय्यः । य आहुतिम् परि वेदा वषट्कृतिम् एकायुर् अग्रे विश आविवाससि

tvam agne vṛṣabhaḥ puṣṭivardhana udyatasruce bhavasi śravāyyaḥ | ya āhutim pari vedā vaṣaṭkṛtim ekāyur agre viśa āvivāsasi

You, Agni, are the bull, the increaser of thriving, for him whose ladle is raised you become one worthy of fame — you who know all round the oblation, the making of the vaṣaṭ-call; being of single life, you first seek to win the clan.

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RV 1 31.6

त्वम् अग्ने वृजिनवर्तनिꣳ नरꣳ सक्मन् पिपर्षि विदथे विचर्षणे । यः शूरसाता परितक्म्ये धने दभ्रेभिश् चित् समृता हꣳसि भूयसः

tvam agne vṛjinavartaniṁ naraṁ sakman piparṣi vidathe vicarṣaṇe | yaḥ śūrasātā paritakmye dhane dabhrebhiś cit samṛtā haṁsi bhūyasaḥ

You, Agni, carry across the man of crooked course in companionship, at the rite, O far-ranging one — you who in the winning of heroes, in the contest for prize at the critical moment, slay the more numerous even with a few in the clash.

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RV 1 31.7

त्वꣳ तम् अग्ने अमृतत्व उत्तमे मर्तꣳ दधासि श्रवसे दिवे-दिवे । यस् तातृषाण उभयाय जन्मने मयः कृणोषि प्रय आ च सूरये

tvaṁ tam agne amṛtatva uttame martaṁ dadhāsi śravase dive-dive | yas tātṛṣāṇa ubhayāya janmane mayaḥ kṛṇoṣi praya ā ca sūraye

You, Agni, set that mortal in the highest immortality, for fame, day by day — you who, being eager, make comfort and refreshment for both kinds of birth and for the patron.

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RV 1 31.8

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने सनये धनानाꣳ यशसꣳ कारुꣳ कृणुहि स्तवानः । ऋध्याम कर्मापसा नवेन देवैर् द्यावापृथिवी प्रावतꣳ नः

tvaṁ no agne sanaye dhanānāṁ yaśasaṁ kāruṁ kṛṇuhi stavānaḥ | ṛdhyāma karmāpasā navena devair dyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṁ naḥ

You, Agni, being praised, make our bard glorious for the winning of riches. May we succeed in the work with new labour. O Heaven and Earth, with the gods, help us forward.

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RV 1 31.9

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने पित्रोर् उपस्थ आ देवो देवेष्व् अनवद्य जागृविः । तनूकृद् बोधि प्रमतिश् च कारवे त्वꣳ कल्याण वसु विश्वम् ओपिषे

tvaṁ no agne pitror upastha ā devo deveṣv anavadya jāgṛviḥ | tanūkṛd bodhi pramatiś ca kārave tvaṁ kalyāṇa vasu viśvam opiṣe

You, Agni, in the lap of the two parents, a god among gods, blameless, wakeful — be the maker of (his) body and the provident care for the bard; you, O auspicious one, sow all good things.

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RV 1 31.10

त्वम् अग्ने प्रमतिस् त्वम् पितासि नस् त्वꣳ वयस्कृत् तव जामयो वयम् । सꣳ त्वा रायः शतिनः सꣳ सहस्रिणः सुवीरꣳ यन्ति व्रतपाम् अदाभ्य

tvam agne pramatis tvam pitāsi nas tvaṁ vayaskṛt tava jāmayo vayam | saṁ tvā rāyaḥ śatinaḥ saṁ sahasriṇaḥ suvīraṁ yanti vratapām adābhya

You, Agni, are provident care, you are our father, you are the maker of vigour; we are your kin. Riches numbering hundreds, numbering thousands, converge upon you, who are rich in heroes, the guardian of the ordinance, O undeceivable one.

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RV 1 31.11

त्वाम् अग्ने प्रथमम् आयुम् आयवे देवा अकृण्वन् नहुषस्य विश्पतिम् । इऴाम् अकृण्वन् मनुषस्य शासनीम् पितुर् यत् पुत्रो ममकस्य जायते

tvām agne prathamam āyum āyave devā akṛṇvan nahuṣasya viśpatim | iḻām akṛṇvan manuṣasya śāsanīm pitur yat putro mamakasya jāyate

You, Agni, the gods made the first vital force for man, the clan-lord of Nahuṣa; they made Iḻā the instructress of Manu's offspring, when the son is born from my father.

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RV 1 31.12

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने तव देव पायुभिर् मघोनो रक्ष तन्वश् च वन्द्य । त्राता तोकस्य तनये गवाम् अस्य् अनिमेषꣳ रक्षमाणस् तव व्रते

tvaṁ no agne tava deva pāyubhir maghono rakṣa tanvaś ca vandya | trātā tokasya tanaye gavām asy animeṣaṁ rakṣamāṇas tava vrate

O Agni, guard us with your protections, O god, and the bodies of the bounteous ones, O praiseworthy one. You are the rescuer of offspring, in (the winning of) progeny and cattle, guarding unblinkingly in your ordinance.

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RV 1 31.13

त्वम् अग्ने यज्यवे पायुर् अन्तरो ऽनिषङ्गाय चतुरक्ष इध्यसे । यो रातहव्यो ऽवृकाय धायसे कीरेश् चिन् मन्त्रम् मनसा वनोषि तम्

tvam agne yajyave pāyur antaro 'niṣaṅgāya caturakṣa idhyase | yo rātahavyo 'vṛkāya dhāyase kīreś cin mantram manasā vanoṣi tam

You, Agni, are kindled as the inner protector, with four eyes, for the sacrificer who has no quiver; you who, when the oblation is given, win with your mind the formula even of a feeble man, for his safe nourishment.

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RV 1 31.14

त्वम् अग्न उरुशꣳसाय वाघते स्पार्हꣳ यद् रेक्णः परमꣳ वनोषि तत् । आध्रस्य चित् प्रमतिर् उच्यसे पिता प्र पाकꣳ शास्सि प्र दिशो विदुष्टरः

tvam agna uruśaṁsāya vāghate spārhaṁ yad rekṇaḥ paramaṁ vanoṣi tat | ādhrasya cit pramatir ucyase pitā pra pākaṁ śāssi pra diśo viduṣṭaraḥ

You, Agni, for the loud-praising priest, win that coveted highest inheritance. You are called the provident care, the father, even of the weak man; being more knowing, you instruct the simple one, you point out the directions.

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RV 1 31.15

त्वम् अग्ने प्रयतदक्षिणꣳ नरꣳ वर्मेव स्यूतम् परि पासि विश्वतः । स्वादुक्षद्मा यो वसतौ स्योनकृज् जीवयाजꣳ यजते सोपमा दिवः

tvam agne prayatadakṣiṇaṁ naraṁ varmeva syūtam pari pāsi viśvataḥ | svādukṣadmā yo vasatau syonakṛj jīvayājaṁ yajate sopamā divaḥ

You, Agni, protect on all sides the man who has offered the priestly gift, as a stitched armour (protects) — him who serves sweet food, who makes a pleasant place in his dwelling, who offers the sacrifice of the living: he is the likeness of heaven.

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RV 1 31.16

इमाम् अग्ने शरणिम् मीमृषो न इमम् अध्वानꣳ यम् अगाम दूरात् । आपिः पिता प्रमतिः सोम्यानाम् भृमिर् अस्य् ऋषिकृन् मर्त्यानाम्

imām agne śaraṇim mīmṛṣo na imam adhvānaṁ yam agāma dūrāt | āpiḥ pitā pramatiḥ somyānām bhṛmir asy ṛṣikṛn martyānām

Forgive us this failing, Agni, this road along which we have gone from afar. You are the ally, the father, the provident care of the soma-partakers; you are the stirring one, the maker of seers among mortals.

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RV 1 31.17

मनुष्वद् अग्ने अङ्गिरस्वद् अङ्गिरो ययातिवत् सदने पूर्ववच् छुचे । अच्छ याह्य् आ वहा दैव्यꣳ जनम् आ सादय बर्हिषि यक्षि च प्रियम्

manuṣvad agne aṅgirasvad aṅgiro yayātivat sadane pūrvavac chuce | accha yāhy ā vahā daivyaṁ janam ā sādaya barhiṣi yakṣi ca priyam

As with Manu, Agni, as with the Aṅgirases, O Aṅgiras, as with Yayāti, as of old, in the seat, O bright one — come hither, convey the divine folk, seat them on the barhis, and sacrifice to (what is) dear.

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RV 1 31.18

एतेनाग्ने ब्रह्मणा वावृधस्व शक्ती वा यत् ते चकृमा विदा वा । उत प्र णेष्य् अभि वस्यो अस्मान् सꣳ नः सृज सुमत्या वाजवत्या

etenāgne brahmaṇā vāvṛdhasva śaktī vā yat te cakṛmā vidā vā | uta pra ṇeṣy abhi vasyo asmān saṁ naḥ sṛja sumatyā vājavatyā

Grow strong, Agni, by this formula, whether by our power or by our knowledge we have made it for you. And lead us forward toward what is better; join us with a favour that brings prizes.

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