Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 51

RV 10 51.1

महत् तद् उल्बꣳ स्थविरꣳ तद् आसीद् येनाविष्टितः प्रविवेशिथापः । विश्वा अपश्यद् बहुधा ते अग्ने जातवेदस् तन्वो देव एकः

mahat tad ulbaṁ sthaviraṁ tad āsīd yenāviṣṭitaḥ praviveśithāpaḥ | viśvā apaśyad bahudhā te agne jātavedas tanvo deva ekaḥ

Great was that membrane, firm it was, wrapped in which you entered the waters. One god beheld all your bodies in their manifoldness, O Agni Jātavedas.

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RV 10 51.2

को मा ददर्श कतमः स देवो यो मे तन्वो बहुधा पर्यपश्यत् । क्वाह मित्रावरुणा क्षियन्त्य् अग्नेर् विश्वाः समिधो देवयानीः

ko mā dadarśa katamaḥ sa devo yo me tanvo bahudhā paryapaśyat | kvāha mitrāvaruṇā kṣiyanty agner viśvāḥ samidho devayānīḥ

Who has seen me? Which god is he who looked around upon my bodies in their manifoldness? Where, O Mitra and Varuṇa, do all Agni's kindling-woods that lead to the gods abide?

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RV 10 51.3

ऐच्छाम त्वा बहुधा जातवेदः प्रविष्टम् अग्ने अप्स्व् ओषधीषु । तꣳ त्वा यमो अचिकेच् चित्रभानो दशान्तरुष्याद् अतिरोचमानम्

aicchāma tvā bahudhā jātavedaḥ praviṣṭam agne apsv oṣadhīṣu | taṁ tvā yamo acikec citrabhāno daśāntaruṣyād atirocamānam

We were searching for you, Jātavedas, entered in many places, O Agni, into the waters and the plants. Yama detected you, O you of bright radiance, shining out from within the ten dwelling-places.

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RV 10 51.4

होत्राद् अहꣳ वरुण बिभ्यद् आयꣳ नेद् एव मा युनजन्न् अत्र देवाः । तस्य मे तन्वो बहुधा निविष्टा एतम् अर्थꣳ न चिकेताहम् अग्निः

hotrād ahaṁ varuṇa bibhyad āyaṁ ned eva mā yunajann atra devāḥ | tasya me tanvo bahudhā niviṣṭā etam arthaṁ na ciketāham agniḥ

Fearing the hotṛ's office, Varuṇa, I went away, lest the gods should yoke me to it here. My bodies (lie) entered in many places — I, Agni, did not perceive this purpose.

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RV 10 51.5

एहि मनुर् देवयुर् यज्ञकामो ऽरꣳकृत्या तमसि क्षेष्य् अग्ने । सुगान् पथः कृणुहि देवयानान् वह हव्यानि सुमनस्यमानः

ehi manur devayur yajñakāmo 'raṁkṛtyā tamasi kṣeṣy agne | sugān pathaḥ kṛṇuhi devayānān vaha havyāni sumanasyamānaḥ

Come! Manu, devoted to the gods, desirous of sacrifice — having made ready, you dwell in darkness, Agni. Make the god-travelled paths easy to go; carry the oblations, well-minded.

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RV 10 51.6

अग्नेः पूर्वे भ्रातरो अर्थम् एतꣳ रथीवाध्वानम् अन्व् आवरीवुः । तस्माद् भिया वरुण दूरम् आयꣳ गौरो न क्षेप्नोर् अविजे ज्यायाः

agneḥ pūrve bhrātaro artham etaṁ rathīvādhvānam anv āvarīvuḥ | tasmād bhiyā varuṇa dūram āyaṁ gauro na kṣepnor avije jyāyāḥ

Agni's earlier brothers followed this task back and forth, as a charioteer (follows) a road. Therefore out of fear, Varuṇa, I went far away; I shrank back like a gaura-buffalo from the bowman's lash.

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RV 10 51.7

कुर्मस् त आयुर् अजरꣳ यद् अग्ने यथा युक्तो जातवेदो न रिष्याः । अथा वहासि सुमनस्यमानो भागꣳ देवेभ्यो हविषः सुजात

kurmas ta āyur ajaraṁ yad agne yathā yukto jātavedo na riṣyāḥ | athā vahāsi sumanasyamāno bhāgaṁ devebhyo haviṣaḥ sujāta

We make your lifetime unaging, Agni, so that, being yoked, you may not be harmed, Jātavedas. Then, well-minded, you will carry the portion of the oblation to the gods, well-born one.

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RV 10 51.8

प्रयाजान् मे अनुयाजाꣳश् च केवलान् ऊर्जस्वन्तꣳ हविषो दत्त भागम् । घृतꣳ चापाम् पुरुषꣳ चौषधीनाम् अग्नेश् च दीर्घम् आयुर् अस्तु देवाः

prayājān me anuyājām̐ś ca kevalān ūrjasvantaṁ haviṣo datta bhāgam | ghṛtaṁ cāpām puruṣaṁ cauṣadhīnām agneś ca dīrgham āyur astu devāḥ

Give me the fore-offerings and after-offerings as my own, the strength-filled portion of the oblation, and the ghee of the waters and the man of the plants; and let Agni's lifetime be long, O gods.

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RV 10 51.9

तव प्रयाजा अनुयाजाश् च केवल ऊर्जस्वन्तो हविषः सन्तु भागाः । तवाग्ने यज्ञो३ ऽयम् अस्तु सर्वस् तुभ्यꣳ नमन्ताम् प्रदिशश् चतस्रः

tava prayājā anuyājāś ca kevala ūrjasvanto haviṣaḥ santu bhāgāḥ | tavāgne yajño3 'yam astu sarvas tubhyaṁ namantām pradiśaś catasraḥ

Yours be the fore-offerings and after-offerings as your own, the strength-filled portions of the oblation; yours, Agni, be this whole sacrifice; let the four quarters bow to you.

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