Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 59

RV 1 59.1

वया इद् अग्ने अग्नयस् ते अन्ये त्वे विश्वे अमृता मादयन्ते । वैश्वानर नाभिर् असि क्षितीनाꣳ स्थूणेव जनाꣳ उपमिद् ययन्थ

vayā id agne agnayas te anye tve viśve amṛtā mādayante | vaiśvānara nābhir asi kṣitīnāṁ sthūṇeva janām̐ upamid yayantha

The other fires are only your branches, Agni; in you all the immortals take delight. Vaiśvānara, you are the navel of the settlements; like a standing post you have held up the peoples as a prop.

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RV 1 59.2

मूर्धा दिवो नाभिर् अग्निः पृथिव्या अथाभवद् अरती रोदस्योः । तꣳ त्वा देवासो ऽजनयन्त देवꣳ वैश्वानर ज्योतिर् इद् आर्याय

mūrdhā divo nābhir agniḥ pṛthivyā athābhavad aratī rodasyoḥ | taṁ tvā devāso 'janayanta devaṁ vaiśvānara jyotir id āryāya

Head of heaven, navel of the earth is Agni; so he became the steward of the two worlds. You, that god, the gods begot, Vaiśvānara, as the very light for the Ārya.

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RV 1 59.3

आ सूर्ये न रश्मयो ध्रुवासो वैश्वानरे दधिरे ऽग्ना वसूनि । या पर्वतेष्व् ओषधीष्व् अप्सु या मानुषेष्व् असि तस्य राजा

ā sūrye na raśmayo dhruvāso vaiśvānare dadhire 'gnā vasūni | yā parvateṣv oṣadhīṣv apsu yā mānuṣeṣv asi tasya rājā

As the fixed rays are set in the sun, so have the goods been laid in Agni Vaiśvānara. Whatever is in the mountains, in the plants, in the waters, whatever is among men — of that you are king.

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RV 1 59.4

बृहती इव सूनवे रोदसी गिरो होता मनुष्यो३ न दक्षः । स्वर्वते सत्यशुष्माय पूर्वीर् वैश्वानराय नृतमाय यह्वीः

bṛhatī iva sūnave rodasī giro hotā manuṣyo3 na dakṣaḥ | svarvate satyaśuṣmāya pūrvīr vaiśvānarāya nṛtamāya yahvīḥ

As the two wide worlds (are) for their son, so are the songs — like a skilful human hotṛ — many and mighty songs for Vaiśvānara, possessor of the sun, of true force, most manly.

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

RV 1 59.5

दिवश् चित् ते बृहतो जातवेदो वैश्वानर प्र रिरिचे महित्वम् । राजा कृष्टीनाम् असि मानुषीणाꣳ युधा देवेभ्यो वरिवश् चकर्थ

divaś cit te bṛhato jātavedo vaiśvānara pra ririce mahitvam | rājā kṛṣṭīnām asi mānuṣīṇāṁ yudhā devebhyo varivaś cakartha

Even beyond lofty Heaven your greatness reaches, O Jātavedas Vaiśvānara. You are king of the human communities; by battle you made wide room for the gods.

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RV 1 59.6

प्र नू महित्वꣳ वृषभस्य वोचꣳ यम् पूरवो वृत्रहणꣳ सचन्ते । वैश्वानरो दस्युम् अग्निर् जघन्वाꣳ अधूनोत् काष्ठा अव शम्बरम् भेत्

pra nū mahitvaṁ vṛṣabhasya vocaṁ yam pūravo vṛtrahaṇaṁ sacante | vaiśvānaro dasyum agnir jaghanvām̐ adhūnot kāṣṭhā ava śambaram bhet

Now let me proclaim the greatness of the bull whom the Pūrus attend as Vṛtra-slayer. Agni Vaiśvānara, having smitten the Dasyu, shook the barriers and broke Śambara down.

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RV 1 59.7

वैश्वानरो महिम्ना विश्वकृष्टिर् भरद्वाजेषु यजतो विभावा । शातवनेये शतिनीभिर् अग्निः पुरुणीथे जरते सूनृतावान्

vaiśvānaro mahimnā viśvakṛṣṭir bharadvājeṣu yajato vibhāvā | śātavaneye śatinībhir agniḥ puruṇīthe jarate sūnṛtāvān

Vaiśvānara, by his greatness belonging to all peoples, worthy of worship, far-shining among the Bharadvājas — Agni, rich in generous gifts, is hailed with hundredfold (praises) among Puruṇītha, son of Śatavani.

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