Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 91

RV 10 91.1

सꣳ जागृवद्भिर् जरमाण इध्यते दमे दमूना इषयन्न् इऴस् पदे । विश्वस्य होता हविषो वरेण्यो विभुर् विभावा सुषखा सखीयते

saṁ jāgṛvadbhir jaramāṇa idhyate dame damūnā iṣayann iḻas pade | viśvasya hotā haviṣo vareṇyo vibhur vibhāvā suṣakhā sakhīyate

Singing praise together with the wakeful ones, he is kindled in the house, the house-lord, giving vigour at the place of Iḷā—the hotṛ of every oblation, choiceworthy, pervading, wide-shining, a good friend to one who seeks friendship.

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RV 10 91.2

स दर्शतश्रीर् अतिथिर् गृहे-गृहे वने-वने शिश्रिये तक्ववीर् इव । जनꣳ-जनꣳ जन्यो नाति मन्यते विश आ क्षेति विश्यो३ विशꣳ-विशम्

sa darśataśrīr atithir gṛhe-gṛhe vane-vane śiśriye takvavīr iva | janaṁ-janaṁ janyo nāti manyate viśa ā kṣeti viśyo3 viśaṁ-viśam

He of splendour fair to see, a guest in house after house, has taken shelter in wood after wood like a swooping bird of prey. Belonging to the folk, he does not scorn any person; he dwells among the clans, one of the clan, clan by clan.

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RV 10 91.3

सुदक्षो दक्षैः क्रतुनासि सुक्रतुर् अग्ने कविः काव्येनासि विश्ववित् । वसुर् वसूनाꣳ क्षयसि त्वम् एक इद् द्यावा च यानि पृथिवी च पुष्यतः

sudakṣo dakṣaiḥ kratunāsi sukratur agne kaviḥ kāvyenāsi viśvavit | vasur vasūnāṁ kṣayasi tvam eka id dyāvā ca yāni pṛthivī ca puṣyataḥ

Of good skill by your skills, of good resolve by your resolve, O Agni; you are a poet by poetic power, all-knowing. Being good, you alone hold sway over goods, and over whatever Heaven and Earth make thrive.

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RV 10 91.4

प्रजानन्न् अग्ने तव योनिम् ऋत्वियम् इऴायास् पदे घृतवन्तम् आसदः । आ ते चिकित्र उषसाम् इवेतयो ऽरेपसः सूर्यस्येव रश्मयः

prajānann agne tava yonim ṛtviyam iḻāyās pade ghṛtavantam āsadaḥ | ā te cikitra uṣasām ivetayo 'repasaḥ sūryasyeva raśmayaḥ

Knowing the way, O Agni, you sat down in your womb proper to the season, rich in ghee, at the place of Iḷā. Your (rays) have shone forth like the comings of the dawns, spotless, like the beams of the sun.

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RV 10 91.5

तव श्रियो वर्ष्यस्येव विद्युतश् चित्राश् चिकित्र उषसाꣳ न केतवः । यद् ओषधीर् अभिसृष्टो वनानि च परि स्वयꣳ चिनुषे अन्नम् आस्ये

tava śriyo varṣyasyeva vidyutaś citrāś cikitra uṣasāṁ na ketavaḥ | yad oṣadhīr abhisṛṣṭo vanāni ca pari svayaṁ cinuṣe annam āsye

Your splendours, bright like the lightnings of the rain-cloud, have shone forth like the banners of the dawns, when, let loose upon plants and woods, you yourself gather food into your mouth.

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RV 10 91.6

तम् ओषधीर् दधिरे गर्भम् ऋत्वियꣳ तम् आपो अग्निꣳ जनयन्त मातरः । तम् इत् समानꣳ वनिनश् च वीरुधो ऽन्तर्वतीश् च सुवते च विश्वहा

tam oṣadhīr dadhire garbham ṛtviyaṁ tam āpo agniṁ janayanta mātaraḥ | tam it samānaṁ vaninaś ca vīrudho 'ntarvatīś ca suvate ca viśvahā

The plants received him as their embryo in due season; the waters, the mothers, gave birth to him, Agni. The trees and the shrubs likewise bear him, and being pregnant give birth to him always.

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RV 10 91.7

वातोपधूत इषितो वशाꣳ अनु तृषु यद् अन्ना वेविषद् वितिष्ठसे । आ ते यतन्ते रथ्यो३ यथा पृथक् छर्धाꣳस्य् अग्ने अजराणि धक्षतः

vātopadhūta iṣito vaśām̐ anu tṛṣu yad annā veviṣad vitiṣṭhase | ā te yatante rathyo3 yathā pṛthak chardhāṁsy agne ajarāṇi dhakṣataḥ

Fanned by the wind, sped on, following your desires, when greedily you spread abroad, busying yourself with the foods—your ranks strive apart like chariot-teams, O Agni, your unaging hosts, as you burn.

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RV 10 91.8

मेधाकारꣳ विदथस्य प्रसाधनम् अग्निꣳ होतारम् परिभूतमम् मतिम् । तम् इद् अर्भे हविष्य् आ समानम् इत् तम् इन् महे वृणते नान्यꣳ त्वत्

medhākāraṁ vidathasya prasādhanam agniṁ hotāram paribhūtamam matim | tam id arbhe haviṣy ā samānam it tam in mahe vṛṇate nānyaṁ tvat

The maker of inspiration, the accomplisher of the vidatha, Agni the hotṛ, the most encompassing insight — him indeed at the small oblation, him at the ordinary one, him indeed at the great one they choose: no other than thee.

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RV 10 91.9

त्वाम् इद् अत्र वृणते त्वायवो होतारम् अग्ने विदथेषु वेधसः । यद् देवयन्तो दधति प्रयाꣳसि ते हविष्मन्तो मनवो वृक्तबर्हिषः

tvām id atra vṛṇate tvāyavo hotāram agne vidatheṣu vedhasaḥ | yad devayanto dadhati prayāṁsi te haviṣmanto manavo vṛktabarhiṣaḥ

It is thee they choose here, O Agni, those devoted to thee, as hotṛ in the vidathas, they the ritual adepts, when, seeking the gods, they set out offerings for thee — men with oblations, with the barhis twisted off.

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RV 10 91.10

तवाग्ने होत्रꣳ तव पोत्रम् ऋत्वियꣳ तव नेष्ट्रꣳ त्वम् अग्निद् ऋतायतः । तव प्रशास्त्रꣳ त्वम् अध्वरीयसि ब्रह्मा चासि गृहपतिश् च नो दमे

tavāgne hotraṁ tava potram ṛtviyaṁ tava neṣṭraṁ tvam agnid ṛtāyataḥ | tava praśāstraṁ tvam adhvarīyasi brahmā cāsi gṛhapatiś ca no dame

Thine, Agni, is the hotṛ's office, thine the potṛ's in due season, thine the neṣṭṛ's; thou art the agnid of him who follows ṛta. Thine is the praśāstṛ's office, thou servest as adhvaryu, and thou art brahman and lord of the house in our dwelling.

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RV 10 91.11

यस् तुभ्यम् अग्ने अमृताय मर्त्यः समिधा दाशद् उत वा हविष्कृति । तस्य होता भवसि यासि दूत्य१म् उप ब्रूषे यजस्य् अध्वरीयसि

yas tubhyam agne amṛtāya martyaḥ samidhā dāśad uta vā haviṣkṛti | tasya hotā bhavasi yāsi dūtya1m upa brūṣe yajasy adhvarīyasi

Whatever mortal makes offering to thee, Agni, the immortal, with kindling-wood or with the making of an oblation — of him thou becomest hotṛ, thou goest on the errand, thou dost invite, sacrifice, serve as adhvaryu.

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RV 10 91.12

इमा अस्मै मतयो वाचो अस्मद् आꣳ ऋचो गिरः सुष्टुतयः सम् अग्मत । वसूयवो वसवे जातवेदसे वृद्धासु चिद् वर्धनो यासु चाकनत्

imā asmai matayo vāco asmad ām̐ ṛco giraḥ suṣṭutayaḥ sam agmata | vasūyavo vasave jātavedase vṛddhāsu cid vardhano yāsu cākanat

These insights, these words from us, the ṛc-verses, the songs, the good praises, have come together for him; seeking goods, for the good one, for Jātavedas — he who is an increaser even of praises already grown, in which he has taken delight.

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RV 10 91.13

इमाम् प्रत्नाय सुष्टुतिꣳ नवीयसीꣳ वोचेयम् अस्मा उशते शृणोतु नः । भूया अन्तरा हृद्य् अस्य निस्पृशे जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासाः

imām pratnāya suṣṭutiṁ navīyasīṁ voceyam asmā uśate śṛṇotu naḥ | bhūyā antarā hṛdy asya nispṛśe jāyeva patya uśatī suvāsāḥ

This good praise, newer, would I speak for the ancient one, for him who desires it; let him hear us. May it come to touch within his heart, as a desirous, well-clad wife (comes) to her husband.

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RV 10 91.14

यस्मिन्न् अश्वास ऋषभास उक्षणो वशा मेषा अवसृष्टास आहुताः । कीलालपे सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे हृदा मतिꣳ जनये चारुम् अग्नये

yasminn aśvāsa ṛṣabhāsa ukṣaṇo vaśā meṣā avasṛṣṭāsa āhutāḥ | kīlālape somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase hṛdā matiṁ janaye cārum agnaye

In whom horses, bulls, steers, barren cows, rams have been set loose and poured as offerings — for the drinker of kīlāla, for the soma-backed ordainer, with my heart I bring to birth a lovely insight for Agni.

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RV 10 91.15

अहाव्य् अग्ने हविर् आस्ये ते स्रुचीव घृतꣳ चम्वीव सोमः । वाजसनिꣳ रयिम् अस्मे सुवीरम् प्रशस्तꣳ धेहि यशसम् बृहन्तम्

ahāvy agne havir āsye te srucīva ghṛtaṁ camvīva somaḥ | vājasaniṁ rayim asme suvīram praśastaṁ dhehi yaśasam bṛhantam

The oblation has been poured, Agni, into thy mouth, as ghee into the ladle, as soma into the cup. Set for us booty-winning wealth, rich in heroes, praised, glorious, lofty.

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