Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 122

RV 10 122.1

वसुꣳ न चित्रमहसꣳ गृणीषे वामꣳ शेवम् अतिथिम् अद्विषेण्यम् । स रासते शुरुधो विश्वधायसो ऽग्निर् होता गृहपतिः सुवीर्यम्

vasuṁ na citramahasaṁ gṛṇīṣe vāmaṁ śevam atithim adviṣeṇyam | sa rāsate śurudho viśvadhāyaso 'gnir hotā gṛhapatiḥ suvīryam

I sing of (him as) a good one of brilliant might, dear, kindly, a guest not to be hated. May he grant gifts that nourish all — Agni, the hotṛ, the lord of the house, (and) abundance of heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 122.2

जुषाणो अग्ने प्रति हर्य मे वचो विश्वानि विद्वान् वयुनानि सुक्रतो । घृतनिर्णिग् ब्रह्मणे गातुम् एरय तव देवा अजनयन्न् अनु व्रतम्

juṣāṇo agne prati harya me vaco viśvāni vidvān vayunāni sukrato | ghṛtanirṇig brahmaṇe gātum eraya tava devā ajanayann anu vratam

Pleased, O Agni, welcome my speech in return, knowing all the (fixed) times, O you of good resolve. Robed in ghee, send forth a path for the formulation: the gods generated (it) in accordance with your ordinance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 122.3

सप्त धामानि परियन्न् अमर्त्यो दाशद् दाशुषे सुकृते मामहस्व । सुवीरेण रयिणाग्ने स्वाभुवा यस् त आनट् समिधा तꣳ जुषस्व

sapta dhāmāni pariyann amartyo dāśad dāśuṣe sukṛte māmahasva | suvīreṇa rayiṇāgne svābhuvā yas ta ānaṭ samidhā taṁ juṣasva

Circling the seven dhāmans, immortal, giving to the giver, to the well-doer — show great favour; with wealth rich in heroes and easy to use, O Agni: whoever has reached you with kindling wood, take pleasure in him.

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

RV 10 122.4

यज्ञस्य केतुम् प्रथमम् पुरोहितꣳ हविष्मन्त ईऴते सप्त वाजिनम् । शृण्वन्तम् अग्निꣳ घृतपृष्ठम् उक्षणम् पृणन्तꣳ देवम् पृणते सुवीर्यम्

yajñasya ketum prathamam purohitaṁ haviṣmanta īḻate sapta vājinam | śṛṇvantam agniṁ ghṛtapṛṣṭham ukṣaṇam pṛṇantaṁ devam pṛṇate suvīryam

The banner of the sacrifice, the first, the one set in front, the prize-winner — the seven, bearing oblations, invoke him: Agni who hears, ghee-backed, a bull, the god who bestows abundance of heroes on the one who bestows (on him).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 122.5

त्वꣳ दूतः प्रथमो वरेण्यः स हूयमानो अमृताय मत्स्व । त्वाम् मर्जयन् मरुतो दाशुषो गृहे त्वाꣳ स्तोमेभिर् भृगवो वि रुरुचुः

tvaṁ dūtaḥ prathamo vareṇyaḥ sa hūyamāno amṛtāya matsva | tvām marjayan maruto dāśuṣo gṛhe tvāṁ stomebhir bhṛgavo vi rurucuḥ

You are the messenger, the first, the choiceworthy one; being invoked, take delight for immortality. The Maruts groomed you in the house of the giver; the Bhṛgus made you shine out with praises.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 122.6

इषꣳ दुहन् सुदुघाꣳ विश्वधायसꣳ यज्ञप्रिये यजमानाय सुक्रतो । अग्ने घृतस्नुस् त्रिर् ऋतानि दीद्यद् वर्तिर् यज्ञम् परियन् सुक्रतूयसे

iṣaṁ duhan sudughāṁ viśvadhāyasaṁ yajñapriye yajamānāya sukrato | agne ghṛtasnus trir ṛtāni dīdyad vartir yajñam pariyan sukratūyase

Milking out nourishment, easy to milk, nourishing all, for the sacrificer dear to the sacrifice, O you of good resolve — O Agni, dripping with ghee, shining the ṛta-truths three times, going around the circuit, the sacrifice, you show good resolve.

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

RV 10 122.7

त्वाम् इद् अस्या उषसो व्युष्टिषु दूतꣳ कृण्वाना अयजन्त मानुषाः । त्वाꣳ देवा महयाय्याय वावृधुर् आज्यम् अग्ने निमृजन्तो अध्वरे

tvām id asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭiṣu dūtaṁ kṛṇvānā ayajanta mānuṣāḥ | tvāṁ devā mahayāyyāya vāvṛdhur ājyam agne nimṛjanto adhvare

It was you that men, making (you their) messenger, worshipped at the shinings-forth of this dawn; you the gods made grow for the (deed) to be magnified, smearing on the melted butter, O Agni, at the rite.

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

RV 10 122.8

नि त्वा वसिष्ठा अह्वन्त वाजिनꣳ गृणन्तो अग्ने विदथेषु वेधसः । रायस् पोषꣳ यजमानेषु धारय यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

ni tvā vasiṣṭhā ahvanta vājinaṁ gṛṇanto agne vidatheṣu vedhasaḥ | rāyas poṣaṁ yajamāneṣu dhāraya yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

The Vasiṣṭhas called you down, the prize-winner, singing, O Agni — the ordainers at the ritual assemblies. Hold fast the increase of wealth among the sacrificers. Do you (gods) always protect us with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition