Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 21

RV 10 21.1

आग्निꣳ न स्ववृक्तिभिर् होतारꣳ त्वा वृणीमहे । यज्ञाय स्तीर्णबर्हिषे वि वो मदे शीरम् पावकशोचिषꣳ विवक्षसे

āgniṁ na svavṛktibhir hotāraṁ tvā vṛṇīmahe | yajñāya stīrṇabarhiṣe vi vo made śīram pāvakaśociṣaṁ vivakṣase

Like Agni we choose thee as hotṛ with our own praises, for the sacrifice whose barhis is strewn — in your exhilaration — the keen one of purifying flame: thou growest strong.

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

RV 10 21.2

त्वाम् उ ते स्वाभुवः शुम्भन्त्य् अश्वराधसः । वेति त्वाम् उपसेचनी वि वो मद ऋजीतिर् अग्न आहुतिर् विवक्षसे

tvām u te svābhuvaḥ śumbhanty aśvarādhasaḥ | veti tvām upasecanī vi vo mada ṛjītir agna āhutir vivakṣase

Thee do thy handy ones adorn, whose gift is horses; the sprinkling-ladle attends thee — in your exhilaration — the streaming oblation, O Agni: thou growest strong.

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

RV 10 21.3

त्वे धर्माण आसते जुहूभिः सिञ्चतीर् इव । कृष्णा रूपाण्य् अर्जुना वि वो मदे विश्वा अधि श्रियो धिषे विवक्षसे

tve dharmāṇa āsate juhūbhiḥ siñcatīr iva | kṛṣṇā rūpāṇy arjunā vi vo made viśvā adhi śriyo dhiṣe vivakṣase

In thee the upholders sit, like women pouring with the ladles; black forms and white — in your exhilaration — upon all of them thou settest splendours: thou growest strong.

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RV 10 21.4

यम् अग्ने मन्यसे रयिꣳ सहसावन्न् अमर्त्य । तम् आ नो वाजसातये वि वो मदे यज्ञेषु चित्रम् आ भरा विवक्षसे

yam agne manyase rayiṁ sahasāvann amartya | tam ā no vājasātaye vi vo made yajñeṣu citram ā bharā vivakṣase

What wealth thou judgest (fitting), O Agni, mighty immortal, that bring to us for the winning of the prize — in your exhilaration — brilliant at the sacrifices: thou growest strong.

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RV 10 21.5

अग्निर् जातो अथर्वणा विदद् विश्वानि काव्या । भुवद् दूतो विवस्वतो वि वो मदे प्रियो यमस्य काम्यो विवक्षसे

agnir jāto atharvaṇā vidad viśvāni kāvyā | bhuvad dūto vivasvato vi vo made priyo yamasya kāmyo vivakṣase

Agni, born from Atharvan, found all the wise things; he became the messenger of Vivasvat — in your exhilaration — dear and beloved of Yama: thou growest strong.

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RV 10 21.6

त्वाꣳ यज्ञेष्व् ईऴते ऽग्ने प्रयत्य् अध्वरे । त्वꣳ वसूनि काम्या वि वो मदे विश्वा दधासि दाशुषे विवक्षसे

tvāṁ yajñeṣv īḻate 'gne prayaty adhvare | tvaṁ vasūni kāmyā vi vo made viśvā dadhāsi dāśuṣe vivakṣase

Thee they invoke at the sacrifices, O Agni, when the rite goes forward; thou bestowest all desirable goods — in your exhilaration — upon the worshipper: thou growest strong.

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RV 10 21.7

त्वाꣳ यज्ञेष्व् ऋत्विजꣳ चारुम् अग्ने नि षेदिरे । घृतप्रतीकम् मनुषो वि वो मदे शुक्रꣳ चेतिष्ठम् अक्षभिर् विवक्षसे

tvāṁ yajñeṣv ṛtvijaṁ cārum agne ni ṣedire | ghṛtapratīkam manuṣo vi vo made śukraṁ cetiṣṭham akṣabhir vivakṣase

Thee men have seated at the sacrifices as the dear officiant, ghee-faced — in your exhilaration — bright, most discerning with the eyes: thou growest strong.

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RV 10 21.8

अग्ने शुक्रेण शोचिषोरु प्रथयसे बृहत् । अभिक्रन्दन् वृषायसे वि वो मदे गर्भꣳ दधासि जामिषु विवक्षसे

agne śukreṇa śociṣoru prathayase bṛhat | abhikrandan vṛṣāyase vi vo made garbhaṁ dadhāsi jāmiṣu vivakṣase

Agni, with thy bright flame thou spreadest wide and high; bellowing, thou playest the bull — in your exhilaration — thou placest the embryo in the sisters: thou growest strong.

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