Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 1

RV 2 1.1

त्वम् अग्ने द्युभिस् त्वम् आशुशुक्षणिस् त्वम् अद्भ्यस् त्वम् अश्मनस् परि । त्वꣳ वनेभ्यस् त्वम् ओषधीभ्यस् त्वꣳ नृणाꣳ नृपते जायसे शुचिः

tvam agne dyubhis tvam āśuśukṣaṇis tvam adbhyas tvam aśmanas pari | tvaṁ vanebhyas tvam oṣadhībhyas tvaṁ nṛṇāṁ nṛpate jāyase śuciḥ

You, Agni, (are born) with the daylights; you, blazing swiftly; you from the waters, you from the stone; you from the woods, you from the plants — you, lord of men, are born pure.

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RV 2 1.2

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

Yours, Agni, is the hotṛ's office, yours the potṛ's office in season, yours the neṣṭṛ's; you are the agnid of him who follows ṛta. Yours is the praśāstṛ's office; you act as adhvaryu; you are the brahman and the householder in our home.

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RV 2 1.3

त्वम् अग्न इन्द्रो वृषभः सताम् असि त्वꣳ विष्णुर् उरुगायो नमस्यः । त्वम् ब्रह्मा रयिविद् ब्रह्मणस् पते त्वꣳ विधर्तः सचसे पुरꣳध्या

tvam agna indro vṛṣabhaḥ satām asi tvaṁ viṣṇur urugāyo namasyaḥ | tvam brahmā rayivid brahmaṇas pate tvaṁ vidhartaḥ sacase puraṁdhyā

You, Agni, are Indra, the bull of the good; you are Viṣṇu, wide-striding, to be revered; you are the brahman, finder of wealth, O Brahmaṇaspati; you, O apportioner, keep company with abundance.

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RV 2 1.4

त्वम् अग्ने राजा वरुणो धृतव्रतस् त्वम् मित्रो भवसि दस्म ईड्यः । त्वम् अर्यमा सत्पतिर् यस्य सम्भुजꣳ त्वम् अꣳशो विदथे देव भाजयुः

tvam agne rājā varuṇo dhṛtavratas tvam mitro bhavasi dasma īḍyaḥ | tvam aryamā satpatir yasya sambhujaṁ tvam aṁśo vidathe deva bhājayuḥ

You, Agni, are king Varuṇa whose commandments hold; you become Mitra, the wondrous one, to be invoked; you are Aryaman, the true lord, whose (gift is) shared enjoyment; you are Aṁśa, the apportioner at the ritual gathering, O god.

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RV 2 1.5

त्वम् अग्ने त्वष्टा विधते सुवीर्यꣳ तव ग्नावो मित्रमहः सजात्यम् । त्वम् आशुहेमा ररिषे स्वश्व्यꣳ त्वꣳ नराꣳ शर्धो असि पुरूवसुः

tvam agne tvaṣṭā vidhate suvīryaṁ tava gnāvo mitramahaḥ sajātyam | tvam āśuhemā rariṣe svaśvyaṁ tvaṁ narāṁ śardho asi purūvasuḥ

You, Agni, are Tvaṣṭṛ, (giving) good heroic strength to the worshipper; yours, O you great as Mitra, is the kinship with the divine wives; you, urging the swift (horses), have granted possession of good horses; you are the might of men, rich in many goods.

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RV 2 1.6

त्वम् अग्ने रुद्रो असुरो महो दिवस् त्वꣳ शर्धो मारुतम् पृक्ष ईशिषे । त्वꣳ वातैर् अरुणैर् यासि शꣳगयस् त्वम् पूषा विधतः पासि नु त्मना

tvam agne rudro asuro maho divas tvaṁ śardho mārutam pṛkṣa īśiṣe | tvaṁ vātair aruṇair yāsi śaṁgayas tvam pūṣā vidhataḥ pāsi nu tmanā

You, Agni, are Rudra, the asura of the great heaven; you, as the Marut host, command nourishing strength; you travel with the ruddy winds, bringing well-being to the household; you are Pūṣan — you indeed protect the worshipper by your own self.

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RV 2 1.7

त्वम् अग्ने द्रविणोदा अरꣳकृते त्वꣳ देवः सविता रत्नधा असि । त्वम् भगो नृपते वस्व ईशिषे त्वम् पायुर् दमे यस् ते ऽविधत्

tvam agne draviṇodā araṁkṛte tvaṁ devaḥ savitā ratnadhā asi | tvam bhago nṛpate vasva īśiṣe tvam pāyur dame yas te 'vidhat

You, Agni, are the giver of wealth to him who does (the rite) fittingly; you are the god Savitṛ, bestower of treasures; you, O lord of men, as Bhaga command good things; you are the protector in the house for the one who has worshipped you.

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RV 2 1.8

त्वाम् अग्ने दम आ विश्पतिꣳ विशस् त्वाꣳ राजानꣳ सुविदत्रम् ऋञ्जते । त्वꣳ विश्वानि स्वनीक पत्यसे त्वꣳ सहस्राणि शता दश प्रति

tvām agne dama ā viśpatiṁ viśas tvāṁ rājānaṁ suvidatram ṛñjate | tvaṁ viśvāni svanīka patyase tvaṁ sahasrāṇi śatā daśa prati

You, Agni, in the house the clans (make) their own as lord of the clan; you they direct toward (themselves) as king, well-knowing; you, O you of fair face, rule over all things; you (match) thousands, hundreds, ten.

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

RV 2 1.9

त्वाम् अग्ने पितरम् इष्टिभिर् नरस् त्वाम् भ्रात्राय शम्या तनूरुचम् । त्वम् पुत्रो भवसि यस् ते ऽविधत् त्वꣳ सखा सुशेवः पास्य् आधृषः

tvām agne pitaram iṣṭibhir naras tvām bhrātrāya śamyā tanūrucam | tvam putro bhavasi yas te 'vidhat tvaṁ sakhā suśevaḥ pāsy ādhṛṣaḥ

You, Agni, men (make) father with their sacrifices, you, of shining body, with ritual labour for brotherhood; you become the son of the one who has worshipped you; you, a most kindly comrade, protect from assault.

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RV 2 1.10

त्वम् अग्न ऋभुर् आके नमस्य१स् त्वꣳ वाजस्य क्षुमतो राय ईशिषे । त्वꣳ वि भास्य् अनु दक्षि दावने त्वꣳ विशिक्षुर् असि यज्ञम् आतनिः

tvam agna ṛbhur āke namasya1s tvaṁ vājasya kṣumato rāya īśiṣe | tvaṁ vi bhāsy anu dakṣi dāvane tvaṁ viśikṣur asi yajñam ātaniḥ

You, Agni, are Ṛbhu, to be revered close at hand; you rule over strength rich in cattle and over riches. You shine out, you blaze for giving; you are the one who would apportion, the extender of the sacrifice.

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

RV 2 1.11

त्वम् अग्ने अदितिर् देव दाशुषे त्वꣳ होत्रा भारती वर्धसे गिरा । त्वम् इऴा शतहिमासि दक्षसे त्वꣳ वृत्रहा वसुपते सरस्वती

tvam agne aditir deva dāśuṣe tvaṁ hotrā bhāratī vardhase girā | tvam iḻā śatahimāsi dakṣase tvaṁ vṛtrahā vasupate sarasvatī

You, Agni, are Aditi for the one who offers, O god; you as Hotrā Bhāratī are strengthened by the song; you are Iḷā of a hundred winters, for capability; you, lord of goods, are Sarasvatī the slayer of Vṛtra.

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RV 2 1.12

त्वम् अग्ने सुभृत उत्तमꣳ वयस् तव स्पार्हे वर्ण आ सꣳदृशि श्रियः । त्वꣳ वाजः प्रतरणो बृहन्न् असि त्वꣳ रयिर् बहुलो विश्वतस् पृथुः

tvam agne subhṛta uttamaṁ vayas tava spārhe varṇa ā saṁdṛśi śriyaḥ | tvaṁ vājaḥ prataraṇo bṛhann asi tvaṁ rayir bahulo viśvatas pṛthuḥ

You, Agni, well tended, are the highest vigour; in your coveted colour, in your appearance, are splendours. You are strength that carries onward, lofty; you are wealth abundant, broad on every side.

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RV 2 1.13

त्वाम् अग्न आदित्यास आस्य१ꣳ त्वाꣳ जिह्वाꣳ शुचयश् चक्रिरे कवे । त्वाꣳ रातिषाचो अध्वरेषु सश्चिरे त्वे देवा हविर् अदन्त्य् आहुतम्

tvām agna ādityāsa āsya1ṁ tvāṁ jihvāṁ śucayaś cakrire kave | tvāṁ rātiṣāco adhvareṣu saścire tve devā havir adanty āhutam

You, Agni, the Ādityas made their mouth; you the shining ones made their tongue, O sage; those who attend on gifts keep close to you at the rites; in you the gods eat the poured oblation.

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RV 2 1.14

त्वे अग्ने विश्वे अमृतासो अद्रुह आसा देवा हविर् अदन्त्य् आहुतम् । त्वया मर्तासः स्वदन्त आसुतिꣳ त्वꣳ गर्भो वीरुधाꣳ जज्ञिषे शुचिः

tve agne viśve amṛtāso adruha āsā devā havir adanty āhutam | tvayā martāsaḥ svadanta āsutiṁ tvaṁ garbho vīrudhāṁ jajñiṣe śuciḥ

In you, Agni, all the immortal, undeceiving gods eat with their mouth the poured oblation; through you mortals make their draught sweet; you are born as the pure embryo of the plants.

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RV 2 1.15

त्वꣳ तान् सꣳ च प्रति चासि मज्मनाग्ने सुजात प्र च देव रिच्यसे । पृक्षो यद् अत्र महिना वि ते भुवद् अनु द्यावापृथिवी रोदसी उभे

tvaṁ tān saṁ ca prati cāsi majmanāgne sujāta pra ca deva ricyase | pṛkṣo yad atra mahinā vi te bhuvad anu dyāvāpṛthivī rodasī ubhe

You are both equal to them and a match for them in bulk, O well-born Agni, and you exceed (them), O god, when your abundance here spreads out by greatness along heaven and earth, both worlds.

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

RV 2 1.16

ये स्तोतृभ्यो गोअग्राम् अश्वपेशसम् अग्ने रातिम् उपसृजन्ति सूरयः । अस्माञ् च ताꣳश् च प्र हि नेषि वस्य आ बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

ye stotṛbhyo goagrām aśvapeśasam agne rātim upasṛjanti sūrayaḥ | asmāñ ca tām̐ś ca pra hi neṣi vasya ā bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

The patrons who release toward the praisers a gift headed by cattle and adorned with horses — us and them, Agni, lead forward to well-being. May we, with good heroes, speak loftily at the council.

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