Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 36

RV 1 36.1

प्र वो यह्वम् पुरूणाꣳ विशाꣳ देवयतीनाम् । अग्निꣳ सूक्तेभिर् वचोभिर् ईमहे यꣳ सीम् इद् अन्य ईऴते

pra vo yahvam purūṇāṁ viśāṁ devayatīnām | agniṁ sūktebhir vacobhir īmahe yaṁ sīm id anya īḻate

We entreat for you with hymns and words the youthful one of the many god-seeking clans, Agni, whom indeed others also invoke.

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RV 1 36.2

जनासो अग्निꣳ दधिरे सहोवृधꣳ हविष्मन्तो विधेम ते । स त्वꣳ नो अद्य सुमना इहाविता भवा वाजेषु सन्त्य

janāso agniṁ dadhire sahovṛdhaṁ haviṣmanto vidhema te | sa tvaṁ no adya sumanā ihāvitā bhavā vājeṣu santya

Men have set Agni (before them), the increaser of strength; with oblations let us worship you. Be you today well-disposed, our helper here in the contests, O true one.

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RV 1 36.3

प्र त्वा दूतꣳ वृणीमहे होतारꣳ विश्ववेदसम् । महस् ते सतो वि चरन्त्य् अर्चयो दिवि स्पृशन्ति भानवः

pra tvā dūtaṁ vṛṇīmahe hotāraṁ viśvavedasam | mahas te sato vi caranty arcayo divi spṛśanti bhānavaḥ

We choose you as messenger, as hotṛ who knows all. Since you are great, your flames range abroad, your beams touch heaven.

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RV 1 36.4

देवासस् त्वा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा सꣳ दूतम् प्रत्नम् इन्धते । विश्वꣳ सो अग्ने जयति त्वया धनꣳ यस् ते ददाश मर्त्यः

devāsas tvā varuṇo mitro aryamā saṁ dūtam pratnam indhate | viśvaṁ so agne jayati tvayā dhanaṁ yas te dadāśa martyaḥ

The gods — Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman — kindle you, the ancient messenger. That mortal who has given to you, O Agni, wins through you every prize.

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RV 1 36.5

मन्द्रो होता गृहपतिर् अग्ने दूतो विशाम् असि । त्वे विश्वा सꣳगतानि व्रता ध्रुवा यानि देवा अकृण्वत

mandro hotā gṛhapatir agne dūto viśām asi | tve viśvā saṁgatāni vratā dhruvā yāni devā akṛṇvata

You are the joyous hotṛ, the lord of the house, Agni, the messenger of the clans. In you are gathered all the fixed ordinances that the gods made.

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RV 1 36.6

त्वे इद् अग्ने सुभगे यविष्ठ्य विश्वम् आ हूयते हविः । स त्वꣳ नो अद्य सुमना उतापरꣳ यक्षि देवान् सुवीर्या

tve id agne subhage yaviṣṭhya viśvam ā hūyate haviḥ | sa tvaṁ no adya sumanā utāparaṁ yakṣi devān suvīryā

In you alone, Agni, blessed and youngest, is every oblation poured. So be you well-disposed to us today and hereafter: sacrifice to the gods (that we may have) good men.

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RV 1 36.7

तꣳ घेम् इत्था नमस्विन उप स्वराजम् आसते । होत्राभिर् अग्निम् मनुषः सम् इन्धते तितिर्वाꣳसो अति स्रिधः

taṁ ghem itthā namasvina upa svarājam āsate | hotrābhir agnim manuṣaḥ sam indhate titirvāṁso ati sridhaḥ

Him indeed, the self-ruling one, do the reverent ones thus attend; with oblations men kindle Agni, having passed beyond failures.

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RV 1 36.8

घ्नन्तो वृत्रम् अतरन् रोदसी अप उरु क्षयाय चक्रिरे । भुवत् कण्वे वृषा द्युम्न्य् आहुतः क्रन्दद् अश्वो गविष्टिषु

ghnanto vṛtram ataran rodasī apa uru kṣayāya cakrire | bhuvat kaṇve vṛṣā dyumny āhutaḥ krandad aśvo gaviṣṭiṣu

Slaying Vṛtra they crossed the two worlds, the waters; they made wide (room) for dwelling. For Kaṇva the bull became brilliant when offered to; the horse neighed in the raids for cattle.

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RV 1 36.9

सꣳ सीदस्व महाꣳ असि शोचस्व देववीतमः । वि धूमम् अग्ने अरुषम् मियेध्य सृज प्रशस्त दर्शतम्

saṁ sīdasva mahām̐ asi śocasva devavītamaḥ | vi dhūmam agne aruṣam miyedhya sṛja praśasta darśatam

Sit down together; you are great. Blaze up, you most attractive of gods (to the gods). Send out, O Agni, your ruddy smoke, O you worthy of the sacrificial meal, O praised one, (the smoke) fair to see.

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RV 1 36.10

यꣳ त्वा देवासो मनवे दधुर् इह यजिष्ठꣳ हव्यवाहन । यꣳ कण्वो मेध्यातिथिर् धनस्पृतꣳ यꣳ वृषा यम् उपस्तुतः

yaṁ tvā devāso manave dadhur iha yajiṣṭhaṁ havyavāhana | yaṁ kaṇvo medhyātithir dhanaspṛtaṁ yaṁ vṛṣā yam upastutaḥ

You whom the gods set down here for Manu as the most sacrificing one, O bearer of oblations; whom Kaṇva, whom Medhyātithi (kindled), the winner of wealth, whom Vṛṣan, whom Upastuta (kindled)—

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RV 1 36.11

यम् अग्निम् मेध्यातिथिः कण्व ईध ऋताद् अधि । तस्य प्रेषो दीदियुस् तम् इमा ऋचस् तम् अग्निꣳ वर्धयामसि

yam agnim medhyātithiḥ kaṇva īdha ṛtād adhi | tasya preṣo dīdiyus tam imā ṛcas tam agniṁ vardhayāmasi

The Agni whom Medhyātithi Kaṇva kindled out of ṛta—his refreshments (or urgings) have shone forth; him these verses (extol), that Agni we make grow.

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RV 1 36.12

रायस् पूर्धि स्वधावो ऽस्ति हि ते ऽग्ने देवेष्व् आप्यम् । त्वꣳ वाजस्य श्रुत्यस्य राजसि स नो मृऴ महाꣳ असि

rāyas pūrdhi svadhāvo 'sti hi te 'gne deveṣv āpyam | tvaṁ vājasya śrutyasya rājasi sa no mṛḻa mahām̐ asi

Fill (us) with riches, O self-powerful one, for you, Agni, have kinship among the gods. You rule over the prize that is renowned: so be gracious to us; you are great.

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RV 1 36.13

ऊर्ध्व ऊ षु ण ऊतये तिष्ठा देवो न सविता । ऊर्ध्वो वाजस्य सनिता यद् अञ्जिभिर् वाघद्भिर् विह्वयामहे

ūrdhva ū ṣu ṇa ūtaye tiṣṭhā devo na savitā | ūrdhvo vājasya sanitā yad añjibhir vāghadbhir vihvayāmahe

Stand upright indeed for our help, like the god Savitṛ; upright as the winner of the prize, when with our anointings we, as chanters, call (you) variously.

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RV 1 36.14

ऊर्ध्वो नः पाह्य् अꣳहसो नि केतुना विश्वꣳ सम् अत्रिणꣳ दह । कृधी न ऊर्ध्वाञ् चरथाय जीवसे विदा देवेषु नो दुवः

ūrdhvo naḥ pāhy aṁhaso ni ketunā viśvaṁ sam atriṇaṁ daha | kṛdhī na ūrdhvāñ carathāya jīvase vidā deveṣu no duvaḥ

Standing upright, protect us from distress; with your beacon burn down every devourer. Make us upright, for moving about, for living; find for us honour among the gods.

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RV 1 36.15

पाहि नो अग्ने रक्षसः पाहि धूर्तेर् अराव्णः । पाहि रीषत उत वा जिघाꣳसतो बृहद्भानो यविष्ठ्य

pāhi no agne rakṣasaḥ pāhi dhūrter arāvṇaḥ | pāhi rīṣata uta vā jighāṁsato bṛhadbhāno yaviṣṭhya

Protect us, Agni, from the demon; protect (us) from the harm of the ungenerous one; protect (us) from him who injures or would slay, O you of broad radiance, most youthful one.

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RV 1 36.16

घनेव विष्वग् वि जह्य् अराव्णस् तपुर्जम्भ यो अस्मध्रुक् । यो मर्त्यः शिशीते अत्य् अक्तुभिर् मा नः स रिपुर् ईशत

ghaneva viṣvag vi jahy arāvṇas tapurjambha yo asmadhruk | yo martyaḥ śiśīte aty aktubhir mā naḥ sa ripur īśata

Like a hammer, strike the ungenerous ones apart in all directions, O you with burning jaws—whoever is treacherous to us. Whatever mortal sharpens himself (against us) through the nights, let that deceiver not have power over us.

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RV 1 36.17

अग्निर् वव्ने सुवीर्यम् अग्निः कण्वाय सौभगम् । अग्निः प्रावन् मित्रोत मेध्यातिथिम् अग्निः साता उपस्तुतम्

agnir vavne suvīryam agniḥ kaṇvāya saubhagam | agniḥ prāvan mitrota medhyātithim agniḥ sātā upastutam

Agni won abundance of heroes, Agni (won) good fortune for Kaṇva; Agni furthered Mitra and Medhyātithi, Agni (furthered) Upastuta in the winning.

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RV 1 36.18

अग्निना तुर्वशꣳ यदुम् परावत उग्रादेवꣳ हवामहे । अग्निर् नयन् नववास्त्वम् बृहद्रथꣳ तुर्वीतिꣳ दस्यवे सहः

agninā turvaśaṁ yadum parāvata ugrādevaṁ havāmahe | agnir nayan navavāstvam bṛhadrathaṁ turvītiṁ dasyave sahaḥ

With Agni we call Turvaśa, Yadu, Ugrādeva from afar; let Agni lead Navavāstva, Bṛhadratha, Turvīti—(and be) might against the Dasyu.

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RV 1 36.19

नि त्वाम् अग्ने मनुर् दधे ज्योतिर् जनाय शश्वते । दीदेथ कण्व ऋतजात उक्षितो यꣳ नमस्यन्ति कृष्टयः

ni tvām agne manur dadhe jyotir janāya śaśvate | dīdetha kaṇva ṛtajāta ukṣito yaṁ namasyanti kṛṣṭayaḥ

Manu installed you, Agni, as a light for every generation of men. You have shone for Kaṇva, born of ṛta, grown strong—you whom the peoples bow to.

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RV 1 36.20

त्वेषासो अग्नेर् अमवन्तो अर्चयो भीमासो न प्रतीतये । रक्षस्विनः सदम् इद् यातुमावतो विश्वꣳ सम् अत्रिणꣳ दह

tveṣāso agner amavanto arcayo bhīmāso na pratītaye | rakṣasvinaḥ sadam id yātumāvato viśvaṁ sam atriṇaṁ daha

Glittering and forceful are Agni's flames, terrible, not to be faced. Ever burn down the demon-ridden, the sorcery-ridden, every devourer.

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