Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 73

RV 1 73.1

रयिर् न यः पितृवित्तो वयोधाः सुप्रणीतिश् चिकितुषो न शासुः । स्योनशीर् अतिथिर् न प्रीणानो होतेव सद्म विधतो वि तारीत्

rayir na yaḥ pitṛvitto vayodhāḥ supraṇītiś cikituṣo na śāsuḥ | syonaśīr atithir na prīṇāno hoteva sadma vidhato vi tārīt

He who, like wealth inherited from the fathers, is a giver of vigour, of good guidance like the instruction of one who knows—who, like a guest given pleasure, lying at ease, like a hotṛ, extends the seat of the worshipper.

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RV 1 73.2

देवो न यः सविता सत्यमन्मा क्रत्वा निपाति वृजनानि विश्वा । पुरुप्रशस्तो अमतिर् न सत्य आत्मेव शेवो दिधिषाय्यो भूत्

devo na yaḥ savitā satyamanmā kratvā nipāti vṛjanāni viśvā | purupraśasto amatir na satya ātmeva śevo didhiṣāyyo bhūt

He who, like the god Savitṛ, of true thought, protects with his resolve all the enclosures; much-praised, true like an image, dear as one's own self, he has become one to be sought after.

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RV 1 73.3

देवो न यः पृथिवीꣳ विश्वधाया उपक्षेति हितमित्रो न राजा । पुरःसदः शर्मसदो न वीरा अनवद्या पतिजुष्टेव नारी

devo na yaḥ pṛthivīṁ viśvadhāyā upakṣeti hitamitro na rājā | puraḥsadaḥ śarmasado na vīrā anavadyā patijuṣṭeva nārī

He who, like a god, dwells beside the all-nourishing earth, like a king with settled allies; like heroes sitting in front, sitting in shelter; like a blameless wife dear to her husband.

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RV 1 73.4

तꣳ त्वा नरो दम आ नित्यम् इद्धम् अग्ने सचन्त क्षितिषु ध्रुवासु । अधि द्युम्नꣳ नि दधुर् भूर्य् अस्मिन् भवा विश्वायुर् धरुणो रयीणाम्

taṁ tvā naro dama ā nityam iddham agne sacanta kṣitiṣu dhruvāsu | adhi dyumnaṁ ni dadhur bhūry asmin bhavā viśvāyur dharuṇo rayīṇām

You, such as you are, Agni, kindled perpetually in the house, men attend upon in the firm settlements; upon you they have laid abundant splendour. Be the one of all life-spans, the upholder of riches.

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RV 1 73.5

वि पृक्षो अग्ने मघवानो अश्युर् वि सूरयो ददतो विश्वम् आयुः । सनेम वाजꣳ समिथेष्व् अर्यो भागꣳ देवेषु श्रवसे दधानाः

vi pṛkṣo agne maghavāno aśyur vi sūrayo dadato viśvam āyuḥ | sanema vājaṁ samitheṣv aryo bhāgaṁ deveṣu śravase dadhānāḥ

May the bounteous patrons, Agni, attain rich nourishments, may the institutors of the sacrifice attain a full life-span; may we win the prize in the encounters with the rival, setting down among the gods our portion for fame.

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RV 1 73.6

ऋतस्य हि धेनवो वावशानाः स्मदूध्नीः पीपयन्त द्युभक्ताः । परावतः सुमतिम् भिक्षमाणा वि सिन्धवः समया सस्रुर् अद्रिम्

ṛtasya hi dhenavo vāvaśānāḥ smadūdhnīḥ pīpayanta dyubhaktāḥ | parāvataḥ sumatim bhikṣamāṇā vi sindhavaḥ samayā sasrur adrim

For the milk-cows of ṛta, bellowing, with good udders, apportioned by heaven, have swelled with milk; begging the favour (of Agni) from afar, the rivers have flowed apart right through the rock.

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RV 1 73.7

त्वे अग्ने सुमतिम् भिक्षमाणा दिवि श्रवो दधिरे यज्ञियासः । नक्ता च चक्रुर् उषसा विरूपे कृष्णꣳ च वर्णम् अरुणꣳ च सꣳ धुः

tve agne sumatim bhikṣamāṇā divi śravo dadhire yajñiyāsaḥ | naktā ca cakrur uṣasā virūpe kṛṣṇaṁ ca varṇam aruṇaṁ ca saṁ dhuḥ

In you, Agni, begging favour, those worthy of sacrifice have laid their fame in heaven; and they made Night and Dawn of unlike form, and joined together the black colour and the ruddy.

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RV 1 73.8

यान् राये मर्तान् सुषूदो अग्ने ते स्याम मघवानो वयꣳ च । छायेव विश्वम् भुवनꣳ सिसक्ष्य् आपप्रिवान् रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम्

yān rāye martān suṣūdo agne te syāma maghavāno vayaṁ ca | chāyeva viśvam bhuvanaṁ sisakṣy āpaprivān rodasī antarikṣam

Those mortals whom you have sped on to wealth, Agni—may they be bounteous patrons, and we too; like a shadow you follow close upon the whole world, having filled the two worlds and the mid-space.

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RV 1 73.9

अर्वद्भिर् अग्ने अर्वतो नृभिर् नॄन् वीरैर् वीरान् वनुयामा त्वोताः । ईशानासः पितृवित्तस्य रायो वि सूरयः शतहिमा नो अश्युः

arvadbhir agne arvato nṛbhir nṝn vīrair vīrān vanuyāmā tvotāḥ | īśānāsaḥ pitṛvittasya rāyo vi sūrayaḥ śatahimā no aśyuḥ

With steeds, Agni, may we overcome (their) steeds, with men their men, with heroes their heroes, being helped by you; being masters of the wealth found by our fathers, may our patrons live through a hundred winters.

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RV 1 73.10

एता ते अग्न उचथानि वेधो जुष्टानि सन्तु मनसे हृदे च । शकेम रायः सुधुरो यमꣳ ते ऽधि श्रवो देवभक्तꣳ दधानाः

etā te agna ucathāni vedho juṣṭāni santu manase hṛde ca | śakema rāyaḥ sudhuro yamaṁ te 'dhi śravo devabhaktaṁ dadhānāḥ

May these recitations of yours, Agni, O ordainer, be welcome to your mind and to your heart; may we be able, as good draught-animals, to bring your riches under the yoke, setting upon ourselves fame apportioned by the gods.

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