Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 118

RV 10 118.1

अग्ने हꣳसि न्य् अ१त्रिणꣳ दीद्यन् मर्त्येष्व् आ । स्वे क्षये शुचिव्रत

agne haṁsi ny a1triṇaṁ dīdyan martyeṣv ā | sve kṣaye śucivrata

Agni, you strike down the devourer, shining out among mortals, in your own dwelling, you of pure ordinance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 118.2

उत् तिष्ठसि स्वाहुतो घृतानि प्रति मोदसे । यत् त्वा स्रुचः समस्थिरन्

ut tiṣṭhasi svāhuto ghṛtāni prati modase | yat tvā srucaḥ samasthiran

Thou springest up when worshipped well the drops of butter are thy joy When ladies are brought near to thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 10 118.3

स आहुतो वि रोचते ऽग्निर् ईऴेन्यो गिरा । स्रुचा प्रतीकम् अज्यते

sa āhuto vi rocate 'gnir īḻenyo girā | srucā pratīkam ajyate

He, invoked with oblation, shines out — Agni, to be praised with song; his face is anointed with the ladle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 118.4

घृतेनाग्निः सम् अज्यते मधुप्रतीक आहुतः । रोचमानो विभावसुः

ghṛtenāgniḥ sam ajyate madhupratīka āhutaḥ | rocamāno vibhāvasuḥ

With ghee Agni is anointed, honey-faced, offered to, shining, rich in radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 118.5

जरमाणः सम् इध्यसे देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहन । तꣳ त्वा हवन्त मर्त्याः

jaramāṇaḥ sam idhyase devebhyo havyavāhana | taṁ tvā havanta martyāḥ

Being sung to, you are kindled for the gods, O carrier of oblations; it is you that mortals call upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 118.6

तम् मर्ता अमर्त्यꣳ घृतेनाग्निꣳ सपर्यत । अदाभ्यꣳ गृहपतिम्

tam martā amartyaṁ ghṛtenāgniṁ saparyata | adābhyaṁ gṛhapatim

Him, the immortal — that Agni, O mortals, serve with ghee, the undeceivable lord of the house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 118.7

अदाभ्येन शोचिषाग्ने रक्षस् त्वꣳ दह । गोपा ऋतस्य दीदिहि

adābhyena śociṣāgne rakṣas tvaṁ daha | gopā ṛtasya dīdihi

O Agni, burn the Raksasas with thine unconquerable flame Shine guardian of Eternal Law.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 10 118.8

स त्वम् अग्ने प्रतीकेन प्रत्य् ओष यातुधान्यः । उरुक्षयेषु दीद्यत्

sa tvam agne pratīkena praty oṣa yātudhānyaḥ | urukṣayeṣu dīdyat

You, Agni, with your face burn back the sorceresses, shining among those of wide dwellings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 118.9

तꣳ त्वा गीर्भिर् उरुक्षया हव्यवाहꣳ सम् ईधिरे । यजिष्ठम् मानुषे जने

taṁ tvā gīrbhir urukṣayā havyavāhaṁ sam īdhire | yajiṣṭham mānuṣe jane

You, O wide-dwelling one, they have kindled together with songs as the carrier of oblations, most worthy of sacrifice among the race of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition