Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 10

RV 2 10.1

जोहूत्रो अग्निः प्रथमः पितेवेऴस् पदे मनुषा यत् समिद्धः । श्रियꣳ वसानो अमृतो विचेता मर्मृजेन्यः श्रवस्य१ः स वाजी

johūtro agniḥ prathamaḥ piteveḻas pade manuṣā yat samiddhaḥ | śriyaṁ vasāno amṛto vicetā marmṛjenyaḥ śravasya1ḥ sa vājī

Agni, much to be called upon, the first, like a father, when kindled by man in Iḷā's place; clothing himself in splendour, immortal, discerning, to be burnished, seeking fame — he is the prize-winner.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 10.2

श्रूया अग्निश् चित्रभानुर् हवम् मे विश्वाभिर् गीर्भिर् अमृतो विचेताः । श्यावा रथꣳ वहतो रोहिता वोतारुषाह चक्रे विभृत्रः

śrūyā agniś citrabhānur havam me viśvābhir gīrbhir amṛto vicetāḥ | śyāvā rathaṁ vahato rohitā votāruṣāha cakre vibhṛtraḥ

May Agni of bright beams hear my call with all the songs, the immortal, the discerning. Two dark ones draw his chariot, or two red ones, or the ruddy ones; he has been made, borne in many places.

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

RV 2 10.3

उत्तानायाम् अजनयन् सुषूतम् भुवद् अग्निः पुरुपेशासु गर्भः । शिरिणायाꣳ चिद् अक्तुना महोभिर् अपरीवृतो वसति प्रचेताः

uttānāyām ajanayan suṣūtam bhuvad agniḥ purupeśāsu garbhaḥ | śiriṇāyāṁ cid aktunā mahobhir aparīvṛto vasati pracetāḥ

In her who lay outstretched they begot the well-born one; Agni became the embryo in the many-formed ones. Even in the ... one, by night with his greatnesses, unenclosed the far-seeing one dwells.

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

RV 2 10.4

जिघर्म्य् अग्निꣳ हविषा घृतेन प्रतिक्षियन्तम् भुवनानि विश्वा । पृथुꣳ तिरश्चा वयसा बृहन्तꣳ व्यचिष्ठम् अन्नै रभसꣳ दृशानम्

jigharmy agniṁ haviṣā ghṛtena pratikṣiyantam bhuvanāni viśvā | pṛthuṁ tiraścā vayasā bṛhantaṁ vyaciṣṭham annai rabhasaṁ dṛśānam

I besprinkle with oblation, with ghee, Agni who dwells facing all the worlds — broad, lofty with his crosswise vigour, most far-extending, impetuous, to be seen among the foods.

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

RV 2 10.5

आ विश्वतः प्रत्यञ्चꣳ जिघर्म्य् अरक्षसा मनसा तज् जुषेत । मर्यश्रीः स्पृहयद्वर्णो अग्निर् नाभिमृशे तन्वा३ जर्भुराणः

ā viśvataḥ pratyañcaṁ jigharmy arakṣasā manasā taj juṣeta | maryaśrīḥ spṛhayadvarṇo agnir nābhimṛśe tanvā3 jarbhurāṇaḥ

I besprinkle him who faces (me) from every side; may he enjoy that with a mind free of hostility. Agni, with the beauty of a young man, of colour to be envied, not to be touched with the body, flickering.

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

RV 2 10.6

ज्ञेया भागꣳ सहसानो वरेण त्वादूतासो मनुवद् वदेम । अनूनम् अग्निꣳ जुह्वा वचस्या मधुपृचꣳ धनसा जोहवीमि

jñeyā bhāgaṁ sahasāno vareṇa tvādūtāso manuvad vadema | anūnam agniṁ juhvā vacasyā madhupṛcaṁ dhanasā johavīmi

May you, prevailing by (our) choice, acknowledge (your) share; with you as messenger may we speak as Manu did. Agni the unfailing, mingling with honey, winning wealth, I call again and again with the ladle, with eloquence.

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