Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 72

RV 1 72.1

नि काव्या वेधसः शश्वतस् कर् हस्ते दधानो नर्या पुरूणि । अग्निर् भुवद् रयिपती रयीणाꣳ सत्रा चक्राणो अमृतानि विश्वा

ni kāvyā vedhasaḥ śaśvatas kar haste dadhāno naryā purūṇi | agnir bhuvad rayipatī rayīṇāṁ satrā cakrāṇo amṛtāni viśvā

He has laid low the poetic powers of the ever-enduring ordainer, holding in his hand many manly things. Agni has become the wealth-lord of riches, wholly fashioning all immortal things.

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RV 1 72.2

अस्मे वत्सम् परि षन्तꣳ न विन्दन्न् इच्छन्तो विश्वे अमृता अमूराः । श्रमयुवः पदव्यो धियꣳधास् तस्थुः पदे परमे चार्व् अग्नेः

asme vatsam pari ṣantaṁ na vindann icchanto viśve amṛtā amūrāḥ | śramayuvaḥ padavyo dhiyaṁdhās tasthuḥ pade parame cārv agneḥ

They did not find in us the calf that was right nearby—all the immortals, undeluded, seeking him. Toiling, tracking his footsteps, holding their thought, they halted at the highest, lovely place of Agni.

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RV 1 72.3

तिस्रो यद् अग्ने शरदस् त्वाम् इच् छुचिꣳ घृतेन शुचयः सपर्यान् । नामानि चिद् दधिरे यज्ञियान्य् असूदयन्त तन्व१ः सुजाताः

tisro yad agne śaradas tvām ic chuciṁ ghṛtena śucayaḥ saparyān | nāmāni cid dadhire yajñiyāny asūdayanta tanva1ḥ sujātāḥ

Since for three autumns, Agni, the pure ones honoured you, the pure one, with ghee, they took to themselves sacrificial names, and being well born they made their bodies right.

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RV 1 72.4

आ रोदसी बृहती वेविदानाः प्र रुद्रिया जभ्रिरे यज्ञियासः । विदन् मर्तो नेमधिता चिकित्वान् अग्निम् पदे परमे तस्थिवाꣳसम्

ā rodasī bṛhatī vevidānāḥ pra rudriyā jabhrire yajñiyāsaḥ | vidan marto nemadhitā cikitvān agnim pade parame tasthivāṁsam

Finding out the two broad worlds, the sacrifice-worthy ones brought forth the powers of Rudra. The mortal, knowing, found Agni in the contest, standing in the highest place.

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RV 1 72.5

सꣳजानाना उप सीदन्न् अभिज्ञु पत्नीवन्तो नमस्यꣳ नमस्यन् । रिरिक्वाꣳसस् तन्वः कृण्वत स्वाः सखा सख्युर् निमिषि रक्षमाणाः

saṁjānānā upa sīdann abhijñu patnīvanto namasyaṁ namasyan | ririkvāṁsas tanvaḥ kṛṇvata svāḥ sakhā sakhyur nimiṣi rakṣamāṇāḥ

Being of one mind, they sat down on bended knee; together with their wives they paid homage to the one to be honoured. Having emptied out their bodies, they made them their own, one friend guarding another in the blink of an eye.

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RV 1 72.6

त्रिः सप्त यद् गुह्यानि त्वे इत् पदाविदन् निहिता यज्ञियासः । तेभी रक्षन्ते अमृतꣳ सजोषाः पशूञ् च स्थातॄञ् चरथꣳ च पाहि

triḥ sapta yad guhyāni tve it padāvidan nihitā yajñiyāsaḥ | tebhī rakṣante amṛtaṁ sajoṣāḥ paśūñ ca sthātṝñ carathaṁ ca pāhi

Since the sacrifice-worthy ones found in you thrice seven hidden steps, deposited (there), by these, of one accord, they guard immortality: protect both the cattle that stand still and what moves.

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RV 1 72.7

विद्वाꣳ अग्ने वयुनानि क्षितीनाꣳ व्य् आनुषक् छुरुधो जीवसे धाः । अन्तर्विद्वाꣳ अध्वनो देवयानान् अतन्द्रो दूतो अभवो हविर्वाट्

vidvām̐ agne vayunāni kṣitīnāṁ vy ānuṣak churudho jīvase dhāḥ | antarvidvām̐ adhvano devayānān atandro dūto abhavo havirvāṭ

Knowing, Agni, the appointed times of the settlements, dispense their sustaining gifts in order, for living. Knowing within the roads that lead to the gods, you became the untiring messenger, carrier of the oblation.

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RV 1 72.8

स्वाध्यो दिव आ सप्त यह्वी रायो दुरो व्य् ऋतज्ञा अजानन् । विदद् गव्यꣳ सरमा दृऴ्हम् ऊर्वꣳ येना नु कम् मानुषी भोजते विट्

svādhyo diva ā sapta yahvī rāyo duro vy ṛtajñā ajānan | vidad gavyaṁ saramā dṛḻham ūrvaṁ yenā nu kam mānuṣī bhojate viṭ

The well-intending seven young ones from heaven, knowers of ṛta, found out the doors of wealth. Saramā found the firm pen full of cattle, whereby indeed the human clan enjoys (it).

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RV 1 72.9

आ ये विश्वा स्वपत्यानि तस्थुः कृण्वानासो अमृतत्वाय गातुम् । मह्ना महद्भिः पृथिवी वि तस्थे माता पुत्रैर् अदितिर् धायसे वेः

ā ye viśvā svapatyāni tasthuḥ kṛṇvānāso amṛtatvāya gātum | mahnā mahadbhiḥ pṛthivī vi tasthe mātā putrair aditir dhāyase veḥ

Those who mounted to all things of good offspring, making a path to immortality—by her greatness the earth spread out with the great ones, the mother Aditi with her sons, to pursue nourishment.

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RV 1 72.10

अधि श्रियꣳ नि दधुश् चारुम् अस्मिन् दिवो यद् अक्षी अमृता अकृण्वन् । अध क्षरन्ति सिन्धवो न सृष्टाः प्र नीचीर् अग्ने अरुषीर् अजानन्

adhi śriyaṁ ni dadhuś cārum asmin divo yad akṣī amṛtā akṛṇvan | adha kṣaranti sindhavo na sṛṣṭāḥ pra nīcīr agne aruṣīr ajānan

They laid upon him a lovely splendour, when the immortals made (him) the two eyes of heaven. Then the rivers flow as if let loose; the ruddy, downward-flowing ones knew (their course), Agni.

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