Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 1

RV 10 1.1

अग्रे बृहन्न् उषसाम् ऊर्ध्वो अस्थान् निर्जगन्वान् तमसो ज्योतिषागात् । अग्निर् भानुना रुशता स्वङ्ग आ जातो विश्वा सद्मान्य् अप्राः

agre bṛhann uṣasām ūrdhvo asthān nirjaganvān tamaso jyotiṣāgāt | agnir bhānunā ruśatā svaṅga ā jāto viśvā sadmāny aprāḥ

At the forefront of the dawns, lofty, he has stood up erect; having come out of the darkness, he has come with light. Agni with his gleaming brilliance, fair of limb, at his birth filled all the dwellings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 1.2

स जातो गर्भो असि रोदस्योर् अग्ने चारुर् विभृत ओषधीषु । चित्रः शिशुः परि तमाꣳस्य् अक्तून् प्र मातृभ्यो अधि कनिक्रदद् गाः

sa jāto garbho asi rodasyor agne cārur vibhṛta oṣadhīṣu | citraḥ śiśuḥ pari tamāṁsy aktūn pra mātṛbhyo adhi kanikradad gāḥ

Being born, you are the embryo of the two world-halves, Agni, the lovely one, distributed among the plants. A shining child, roaring, you came forth past the darknesses, past the nights, out from your mothers.

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

RV 10 1.3

विष्णुर् इत्था परमम् अस्य विद्वाञ् जातो बृहन्न् अभि पाति तृतीयम् । आसा यद् अस्य पयो अक्रत स्वꣳ सचेतसो अभ्य् अर्चन्त्य् अत्र

viṣṇur itthā paramam asya vidvāñ jāto bṛhann abhi pāti tṛtīyam | āsā yad asya payo akrata svaṁ sacetaso abhy arcanty atra

Viṣṇu, thus knowing his highest (station), born lofty, guards the third. When with the mouth they have made his milk their own, then the like-minded ones sing in praise here.

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

RV 10 1.4

अत उ त्वा पितुभृतो जनित्रीर् अन्नावृधम् प्रति चरन्त्य् अन्नैः । ता ईम् प्रत्य् एषि पुनर् अन्यरूपा असि त्वꣳ विक्षु मानुषीषु होता

ata u tvā pitubhṛto janitrīr annāvṛdham prati caranty annaiḥ | tā īm praty eṣi punar anyarūpā asi tvaṁ vikṣu mānuṣīṣu hotā

Hence the food-bearing mothers come to you with foods, to you who grow by food. Them you approach again, they having taken another form; you are the hotṛ among the human clans.

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

RV 10 1.5

होतारꣳ चित्ररथम् अध्वरस्य यज्ञस्य-यज्ञस्य केतुꣳ रुशन्तम् । प्रत्यर्धिꣳ देवस्य-देवस्य मह्ना श्रिया त्व् अ१ग्निम् अतिथिꣳ जनानाम्

hotāraṁ citraratham adhvarasya yajñasya-yajñasya ketuṁ ruśantam | pratyardhiṁ devasya-devasya mahnā śriyā tv a1gnim atithiṁ janānām

(Agni,) the hotṛ of shining chariot, the gleaming banner of sacrifice after sacrifice, sharing by his might in the splendour of god after god — Agni, the guest of the peoples.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 1.6

स तु वस्त्राण्य् अध पेशनानि वसानो अग्निर् नाभा पृथिव्याः । अरुषो जातः पद इऴायाः पुरोहितो राजन् यक्षीह देवान्

sa tu vastrāṇy adha peśanāni vasāno agnir nābhā pṛthivyāḥ | aruṣo jātaḥ pada iḻāyāḥ purohito rājan yakṣīha devān

And so Agni, clothing himself in garments and ornaments, (stands) at the navel of the earth; born ruddy at the footstep of Iḻā, as purohita, O king, sacrifice here to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 1.7

आ हि द्यावापृथिवी अग्न उभे सदा पुत्रो न मातरा ततन्थ । प्र याह्य् अच्छोशतो यविष्ठाथा वह सहस्येह देवान्

ā hi dyāvāpṛthivī agna ubhe sadā putro na mātarā tatantha | pra yāhy acchośato yaviṣṭhāthā vaha sahasyeha devān

For you, Agni, have ever stretched over both of these, Heaven and Earth, as a son (embraces) his two parents. Come forth to us who long (for you), O youngest, and then, O mighty one, convey the gods here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition