Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 88

RV 10 88.1

हविष् पान्तम् अजरꣳ स्वर्विदि दिविस्पृश्य् आहुतꣳ जुष्टम् अग्नौ । तस्य भर्मणे भुवनाय देवा धर्मणे कꣳ स्वधया पप्रथन्त

haviṣ pāntam ajaraṁ svarvidi divispṛśy āhutaṁ juṣṭam agnau | tasya bharmaṇe bhuvanāya devā dharmaṇe kaṁ svadhayā paprathanta

The oblation—to be drunk, unaging—poured into Agni who finds the sun, touching heaven, welcome (to him): for its bearing, for the world, for the ordinance, the gods with their own power spread (it) out for joy.

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RV 10 88.2

गीर्णम् भुवनꣳ तमसापगूऴ्हम् आविः स्वर् अभवज् जाते अग्नौ । तस्य देवाः पृथिवी द्यौर् उतापो ऽरणयन्न् ओषधीः सख्ये अस्य

gīrṇam bhuvanaṁ tamasāpagūḻham āviḥ svar abhavaj jāte agnau | tasya devāḥ pṛthivī dyaur utāpo 'raṇayann oṣadhīḥ sakhye asya

The world was swallowed, hidden away by darkness; the sun became visible when Agni was born. At that the gods, the earth, the heaven and the waters, and the plants rejoiced in his friendship.

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RV 10 88.3

देवेभिर् न्व् इषितो यज्ञियेभिर् अग्निꣳ स्तोषाण्य् अजरम् बृहन्तम् । यो भानुना पृथिवीꣳ द्याम् उतेमाम् आततान रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम्

devebhir nv iṣito yajñiyebhir agniṁ stoṣāṇy ajaram bṛhantam | yo bhānunā pṛthivīṁ dyām utemām ātatāna rodasī antarikṣam

Urged on now by the sacrifice-worthy gods, let me praise Agni, the unaging, the lofty, who with his beam has stretched out the earth and this heaven, the two world-halves and the midspace.

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RV 10 88.4

यो होतासीत् प्रथमो देवजुष्टो यꣳ समाञ्जन्न् आज्येना वृणानाः । स पतत्रीत्वरꣳ स्था जगद् यच् छ्वात्रम् अग्निर् अकृणोज् जातवेदाः

yo hotāsīt prathamo devajuṣṭo yaṁ samāñjann ājyenā vṛṇānāḥ | sa patatrītvaraṁ sthā jagad yac chvātram agnir akṛṇoj jātavedāḥ

He who was the first hotṛ, welcome to the gods, whom, choosing him, they anointed with ghee—he, Agni who knows what is born, made whatever is winged, swift, standing, moving, and thriving.

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RV 10 88.5

यज् जातवेदो भुवनस्य मूर्धन्न् अतिष्ठो अग्ने सह रोचनेन । तꣳ त्वाहेम मतिभिर् गीर्भिर् उक्थैः स यज्ञियो अभवो रोदसिप्राः

yaj jātavedo bhuvanasya mūrdhann atiṣṭho agne saha rocanena | taṁ tvāhema matibhir gīrbhir ukthaiḥ sa yajñiyo abhavo rodasiprāḥ

Since, O Agni who know what is born, you stood at the head of the world together with your shining, we have urged you with thoughts, with songs, with recitations; so you became worthy of the sacrifice, filling the two world-halves.

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RV 10 88.6

मूर्धा भुवो भवति नक्तम् अग्निस् ततः सूर्यो जायते प्रातर् उद्यन् । मायाम् ऊ तु यज्ञियानाम् एताम् अपो यत् तूर्णिश् चरति प्रजानन्

mūrdhā bhuvo bhavati naktam agnis tataḥ sūryo jāyate prātar udyan | māyām ū tu yajñiyānām etām apo yat tūrṇiś carati prajānan

Agni becomes the head of being by night; from him the sun is born, rising in the morning. This indeed is the magic of the sacrifice-worthy ones, that the swift one, knowing, moves at his work.

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RV 10 88.7

दृशेन्यो यो महिना समिद्धो ऽरोचत दिवियोनिर् विभावा । तस्मिन्न् अग्नौ सूक्तवाकेन देवा हविर् विश्व आजुहवुस् तनूपाः

dṛśenyo yo mahinā samiddho 'rocata diviyonir vibhāvā | tasminn agnau sūktavākena devā havir viśva ājuhavus tanūpāḥ

He who, worth seeing, kindled in his greatness, shone out, having his womb in heaven, wide-shining—into that Agni all the gods, guarding their own bodies, poured the oblation with the well-spoken word.

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RV 10 88.8

सूक्तवाकम् प्रथमम् आद् इद् अग्निम् आद् इद् धविर् अजनयन्त देवाः । स एषाꣳ यज्ञो अभवत् तनूपास् तꣳ द्यौर् वेद तम् पृथिवी तम् आपः

sūktavākam prathamam ād id agnim ād id dhavir ajanayanta devāḥ | sa eṣāṁ yajño abhavat tanūpās taṁ dyaur veda tam pṛthivī tam āpaḥ

First the well-spoken word, then Agni, then the oblation the gods generated. That became their sacrifice, the guardian of their bodies; heaven knows it, earth knows it, the waters know it.

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RV 10 88.9

यꣳ देवासो ऽजनयन्ताग्निꣳ यस्मिन्न् आजुहवुर् भुवनानि विश्वा । सो अर्चिषा पृथिवीꣳ द्याम् उतेमाम् ऋजूयमानो अतपन् महित्वा

yaṁ devāso 'janayantāgniṁ yasminn ājuhavur bhuvanāni viśvā | so arciṣā pṛthivīṁ dyām utemām ṛjūyamāno atapan mahitvā

The Agni whom the gods generated, into whom they poured all the worlds—he with his flame, moving straight, heated the earth and this heaven with his greatness.

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RV 10 88.10

स्तोमेन हि दिवि देवासो अग्निम् अजीजनञ् छक्तिभी रोदसिप्राम् । तम् ऊ अकृण्वन् त्रेधा भुवे कꣳ स ओषधीः पचति विश्वरूपाः

stomena hi divi devāso agnim ajījanañ chaktibhī rodasiprām | tam ū akṛṇvan tredhā bhuve kaṁ sa oṣadhīḥ pacati viśvarūpāḥ

For with praise-song the gods in heaven generated Agni, who fills the two world-halves, by their powers. They made him threefold, for being, for joy; he ripens the plants of every form.

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RV 10 88.11

यदेद् एनम् अदधुर् यज्ञियासो दिवि देवाः सूर्यम् आदितेयम् । यदा चरिष्णू मिथुनाव् अभूताम् आद् इत् प्रापश्यन् भुवनानि विश्वा

yaded enam adadhur yajñiyāso divi devāḥ sūryam āditeyam | yadā cariṣṇū mithunāv abhūtām ād it prāpaśyan bhuvanāni viśvā

When the sacrifice-worthy gods set him in heaven as the sun, son of Aditi, when the two roaming ones became a pair, then all the worlds looked forth.

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RV 10 88.12

विश्वस्मा अग्निम् भुवनाय देवा वैश्वानरꣳ केतुम् अह्नाम् अकृण्वन् । आ यस् ततानोषसो विभातीर् अपो ऊर्णोति तमो अर्चिषा यन्

viśvasmā agnim bhuvanāya devā vaiśvānaraṁ ketum ahnām akṛṇvan | ā yas tatānoṣaso vibhātīr apo ūrṇoti tamo arciṣā yan

For the whole world the gods made Agni Vaiśvānara the beacon of the days—he who has stretched out the dawns as they shine forth, and uncovers the darkness with his flame as he goes.

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RV 10 88.13

वैश्वानरꣳ कवयो यज्ञियासो ऽग्निꣳ देवा अजनयन्न् अजुर्यम् । नक्षत्रम् प्रत्नम् अमिनच् चरिष्णु यक्षस्याध्यक्षꣳ तविषम् बृहन्तम्

vaiśvānaraṁ kavayo yajñiyāso 'gniṁ devā ajanayann ajuryam | nakṣatram pratnam aminac cariṣṇu yakṣasyādhyakṣaṁ taviṣam bṛhantam

The sages, the sacrifice-worthy gods, generated Agni Vaiśvānara, who does not age—the ancient roaming star he fixed (in place), the strong and lofty overseer of the mystery.

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RV 10 88.14

वैश्वानरꣳ विश्वहा दीदिवाꣳसम् मन्त्रैर् अग्निꣳ कविम् अच्छा वदामः । यो महिम्ना परिबभूवोर्वी उतावस्ताद् उत देवः परस्तात्

vaiśvānaraṁ viśvahā dīdivāṁsam mantrair agniṁ kavim acchā vadāmaḥ | yo mahimnā paribabhūvorvī utāvastād uta devaḥ parastāt

Vaiśvānara, shining on all days, Agni the sage, we address with formulas—he who by his greatness has encompassed the two wide ones, the god here below and beyond.

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RV 10 88.15

द्वे स्रुती अशृणवम् पितॄणाम् अहꣳ देवानाम् उत मर्त्यानाम् । ताभ्याम् इदꣳ विश्वम् एजत् सम् एति यद् अन्तरा पितरम् मातरꣳ च

dve srutī aśṛṇavam pitṝṇām ahaṁ devānām uta martyānām | tābhyām idaṁ viśvam ejat sam eti yad antarā pitaram mātaraṁ ca

Two paths I have heard of, those of the fathers, mine, those of the gods, and those of mortals. By these two everything that stirs comes together, whatever is between the father and the mother.

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RV 10 88.16

द्वे समीची बिभृतश् चरन्तꣳ शीर्षतो जातम् मनसा विमृष्टम् । स प्रत्यङ् विश्वा भुवनानि तस्थाव् अप्रयुच्छन् तरणिर् भ्राजमानः

dve samīcī bibhṛtaś carantaṁ śīrṣato jātam manasā vimṛṣṭam | sa pratyaṅ viśvā bhuvanāni tasthāv aprayucchan taraṇir bhrājamānaḥ

Two, joined together, carry him who moves, born from the head, wiped clean by thought. He stands facing all the worlds, unwavering, swift, blazing.

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RV 10 88.17

यत्रा वदेते अवरः परश् च यज्ञन्योः कतरो नौ वि वेद । आ शेकुर् इत् सधमादꣳ सखायो नक्षन्त यज्ञꣳ क इदꣳ वि वोचत्

yatrā vadete avaraḥ paraś ca yajñanyoḥ kataro nau vi veda | ā śekur it sadhamādaṁ sakhāyo nakṣanta yajñaṁ ka idaṁ vi vocat

Where the nearer and the farther speak together: which of us two, the leaders of the sacrifice, knows it? The comrades have managed to reach the common feast; they have attained the sacrifice—who will declare this?

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RV 10 88.18

कत्य् अग्नयः कति सूर्यासः कत्य् उषासः कत्य् उ स्विद् आपः । नोपस्पिजꣳ वः पितरो वदामि पृच्छामि वः कवयो विद्मने कम्

katy agnayaḥ kati sūryāsaḥ katy uṣāsaḥ katy u svid āpaḥ | nopaspijaṁ vaḥ pitaro vadāmi pṛcchāmi vaḥ kavayo vidmane kam

How many Agnis, how many suns, how many dawns, and how many waters indeed? I speak to you fathers not in contention; I ask you, sages, only for knowing.

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RV 10 88.19

यावन्मात्रम् उषसो न प्रतीकꣳ सुपर्ण्यो३ वसते मातरिश्वः । तावद् दधात्य् उप यज्ञम् आयन् ब्राह्मणो होतुर् अवरो निषीदन्

yāvanmātram uṣaso na pratīkaṁ suparṇyo3 vasate mātariśvaḥ | tāvad dadhāty upa yajñam āyan brāhmaṇo hotur avaro niṣīdan

As much as the face of Dawn measures, so long do the well-winged ones abide, O Mātariśvan; so much does the brahman priest set in place, coming to the sacrifice, seating himself lower than the hotṛ.

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