Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 2

RV 2 2.1

यज्ञेन वर्धत जातवेदसम् अग्निꣳ यजध्वꣳ हविषा तना गिरा । समिधानꣳ सुप्रयसꣳ स्वर्णरꣳ द्युक्षꣳ होतारꣳ वृजनेषु धूर्षदम्

yajñena vardhata jātavedasam agniṁ yajadhvaṁ haviṣā tanā girā | samidhānaṁ suprayasaṁ svarṇaraṁ dyukṣaṁ hotāraṁ vṛjaneṣu dhūrṣadam

With sacrifice strengthen the one who knows all that is born; worship Agni with oblation, with continuous song — him being kindled, rich in dainties, the lord of light, dwelling in heaven, the hotṛ who sits at the pole among the settlements.

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RV 2 2.2

अभि त्वा नक्तीर् उषसो ववाशिरे ऽग्ने वत्सꣳ न स्वसरेषु धेनवः । दिव इवेद् अरतिर् मानुषा युगा क्षपो भासि पुरुवार सꣳयतः

abhi tvā naktīr uṣaso vavāśire 'gne vatsaṁ na svasareṣu dhenavaḥ | diva ived aratir mānuṣā yugā kṣapo bhāsi puruvāra saṁyataḥ

The nights and the dawns have bellowed toward you, Agni, as milch-cows toward the calf in the pastures. Like the wheeling one of heaven, through the human generations, you shine through the unbroken nights, O rich in treasures.

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RV 2 2.3

तꣳ देवा बुध्ने रजसः सुदꣳससꣳ दिवस्पृथिव्योर् अरतिꣳ न्य् एरिरे । रथम् इव वेद्यꣳ शुक्रशोचिषम् अग्निम् मित्रꣳ न क्षितिषु प्रशꣳस्यम्

taṁ devā budhne rajasaḥ sudaṁsasaṁ divaspṛthivyor aratiṁ ny erire | ratham iva vedyaṁ śukraśociṣam agnim mitraṁ na kṣitiṣu praśaṁsyam

Him the gods set down at the base of the airy realm, the one of good deeds, the attendant of heaven and earth — like a chariot to be marked out, of bright flame, Agni, to be praised among the dwellings like Mitra.

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RV 2 2.4

तम् उक्षमाणꣳ रजसि स्व आ दमे चन्द्रम् इव सुरुचꣳ ह्वार आ दधुः । पृश्न्याः पतरꣳ चितयन्तम् अक्षभिः पाथो न पायुꣳ जनसी उभे अनु

tam ukṣamāṇaṁ rajasi sva ā dame candram iva surucaṁ hvāra ā dadhuḥ | pṛśnyāḥ pataraṁ citayantam akṣabhiḥ pātho na pāyuṁ janasī ubhe anu

Him, growing strong in the airy realm, in his own house, they set like the brightly shining moon in the winding (one) — the flier of the dappled (cow), making things visible with his eyes, like the guardian of a ford, along both peoples.

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RV 2 2.5

स होता विश्वम् परि भूत्व् अध्वरꣳ तम् उ हव्यैर् मनुष ऋञ्जते गिरा । हिरिशिप्रो वृधसानासु जर्भुरद् द्यौर् न स्तृभिश् चितयद् रोदसी अनु

sa hotā viśvam pari bhūtv adhvaraṁ tam u havyair manuṣa ṛñjate girā | hiriśipro vṛdhasānāsu jarbhurad dyaur na stṛbhiś citayad rodasī anu

May that hotṛ encompass the whole rite; him indeed men strive to reach with oblations and with song. Golden-jawed, flickering among the growing (woods), like the sky with its stars he makes things visible along the two worlds.

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RV 2 2.6

स नो रेवत् समिधानः स्वस्तये सꣳददस्वान् रयिम् अस्मासु दीदिहि । आ नः कृणुष्व सुविताय रोदसी अग्ने हव्या मनुषो देव वीतये

sa no revat samidhānaḥ svastaye saṁdadasvān rayim asmāsu dīdihi | ā naḥ kṛṇuṣva suvitāya rodasī agne havyā manuṣo deva vītaye

Kindled, shine wealth upon us richly for our well-being, being bountiful. Make both worlds (favourable) to us for good passage, Agni, O god, for the enjoying of men's oblations.

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RV 2 2.7

दा नो अग्ने बृहतो दाः सहस्रिणो दुरो न वाजꣳ श्रुत्या अपा वृधि । प्राची द्यावापृथिवी ब्रह्मणा कृधि स्व१र् ण शुक्रम् उषसो वि दिद्युतः

dā no agne bṛhato dāḥ sahasriṇo duro na vājaṁ śrutyā apā vṛdhi | prācī dyāvāpṛthivī brahmaṇā kṛdhi sva1r ṇa śukram uṣaso vi didyutaḥ

Give us, Agni, of the lofty, give of the thousandfold; uncover strength like doors, with renown. Make heaven and earth forward by the formula; make them flash out bright like the sun of the dawns.

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RV 2 2.8

स इधान उषसो राम्या अनु स्व१र् ण दीदेद् अरुषेण भानुना । होत्राभिर् अग्निर् मनुषः स्वध्वरो राजा विशाम् अतिथिश् चारुर् आयवे

sa idhāna uṣaso rāmyā anu sva1r ṇa dīded aruṣeṇa bhānunā | hotrābhir agnir manuṣaḥ svadhvaro rājā viśām atithiś cārur āyave

He, being kindled along the dark stretch of the dawns, shone like the sun with his ruddy beam; Agni, with the priestly offices of men, of good rite, king of the clans, the guest dear to Āyu.

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RV 2 2.9

एवा नो अग्ने अमृतेषु पूर्व्य धीष् पीपाय बृहद्दिवेषु मानुषा । दुहाना धेनुर् वृजनेषु कारवे त्मना शतिनम् पुरुरूपम् इषणि

evā no agne amṛteṣu pūrvya dhīṣ pīpāya bṛhaddiveṣu mānuṣā | duhānā dhenur vṛjaneṣu kārave tmanā śatinam pururūpam iṣaṇi

So for us, O primeval Agni, has the human thought swelled among the immortals, among those of lofty heaven — a milch-cow yielding for the singer in the settlements, of itself, to send forth a hundredfold, multiform (gift).

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RV 2 2.10

वयम् अग्ने अर्वता वा सुवीर्यम् ब्रह्मणा वा चितयेमा जनाꣳ अति । अस्माकꣳ द्युम्नम् अधि पञ्च कृष्टिषूच्चा स्व१र् ण शुशुचीत दुष्टरम्

vayam agne arvatā vā suvīryam brahmaṇā vā citayemā janām̐ ati | asmākaṁ dyumnam adhi pañca kṛṣṭiṣūccā sva1r ṇa śuśucīta duṣṭaram

May we, Agni, whether with a steed or with a formula, be conspicuous beyond (other) men. May our splendour shine on high among the five peoples, unsurpassable like the sun.

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RV 2 2.11

स नो बोधि सहस्य प्रशꣳस्यो यस्मिन् सुजाता इषयन्त सूरयः । यम् अग्ने यज्ञम् उपयन्ति वाजिनो नित्ये तोके दीदिवाꣳसꣳ स्वे दमे

sa no bodhi sahasya praśaṁsyo yasmin sujātā iṣayanta sūrayaḥ | yam agne yajñam upayanti vājino nitye toke dīdivāṁsaṁ sve dame

Take notice of us, O mighty one, you who are to be praised, in whom the well-born patrons prosper — you whom, Agni, the prize-winning men approach as the sacrifice, shining in the enduring offspring, in your own house.

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RV 2 2.12

उभयासो जातवेदः स्याम ते स्तोतारो अग्ने सूरयश् च शर्मणि । वस्वो रायः पुरुश्चन्द्रस्य भूयसः प्रजावतः स्वपत्यस्य शग्धि नः

ubhayāso jātavedaḥ syāma te stotāro agne sūrayaś ca śarmaṇi | vasvo rāyaḥ puruścandrasya bhūyasaḥ prajāvataḥ svapatyasya śagdhi naḥ

May we both be in your shelter, O Jātavedas — the praisers, Agni, and the patrons. Enable us to have good wealth, riches much-gleaming, more abundant, with progeny, with good offspring.

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RV 2 2.13

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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