Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 4

RV 2 4.1

हुवे वः सुद्योत्मानꣳ सुवृक्तिꣳ विशाम् अग्निम् अतिथिꣳ सुप्रयसम् । मित्र इव यो दिधिषाय्यो भूद् देव आदेवे जने जातवेदाः

huve vaḥ sudyotmānaṁ suvṛktiṁ viśām agnim atithiṁ suprayasam | mitra iva yo didhiṣāyyo bhūd deva ādeve jane jātavedāḥ

I call for you (all) Agni, brightly shining, well praised, the guest of the clans, richly feasted, who has become one to be won over like an ally, a god among the godless folk, knowing (all) births.

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RV 2 4.2

इमꣳ विधन्तो अपाꣳ सधस्थे द्वितादधुर् भृगवो विक्ष्व् आ३योः । एष विश्वान्य् अभ्य् अस्तु भूमा देवानाम् अग्निर् अरतिर् जीराश्वः

imaṁ vidhanto apāṁ sadhasthe dvitādadhur bhṛgavo vikṣv ā3yoḥ | eṣa viśvāny abhy astu bhūmā devānām agnir aratir jīrāśvaḥ

Worshipping him in the common seat of the waters, the Bhṛgus of old set him among the clans of Āyu; let him surpass all things in abundance, Agni, the courier of the gods with swift horses.

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RV 2 4.3

अग्निꣳ देवासो मानुषीषु विक्षु प्रियꣳ धुः क्षेष्यन्तो न मित्रम् । स दीदयद् उशतीर् ऊर्म्या आ दक्षाय्यो यो दास्वते दम आ

agniṁ devāso mānuṣīṣu vikṣu priyaṁ dhuḥ kṣeṣyanto na mitram | sa dīdayad uśatīr ūrmyā ā dakṣāyyo yo dāsvate dama ā

The gods set Agni as a dear one among the human clans, like an ally by men about to settle (there); let him shine through the eager nights, he who is to be made strong in the house of the giver.

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RV 2 4.4

अस्य रण्वा स्वस्येव पुष्टिः सꣳदृष्टिर् अस्य हियानस्य दक्षोः । वि यो भरिभ्रद् ओषधीषु जिह्वाम् अत्यो न रथ्यो दोधवीति वारान्

asya raṇvā svasyeva puṣṭiḥ saṁdṛṣṭir asya hiyānasya dakṣoḥ | vi yo bharibhrad oṣadhīṣu jihvām atyo na rathyo dodhavīti vārān

His thriving is delightful, as of one's own (kin); (delightful) the sight of him when he is urged on and blazing — he who, tossing his tongue about among the plants, shakes his hairs like a chariot-steed.

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RV 2 4.5

आ यन् मे अभ्वꣳ वनदः पनन्तोशिग्भ्यो नामिमीत वर्णम् । स चित्रेण चिकिते रꣳसु भासा जुजुर्वाꣳ यो मुहुर् आ युवा भूत्

ā yan me abhvaṁ vanadaḥ panantośigbhyo nāmimīta varṇam | sa citreṇa cikite raṁsu bhāsā jujurvām̐ yo muhur ā yuvā bhūt

Since they praised to me his monstrous (form), the wood-devourer, he measured out his hue, as it were, for the Uśij; he shows himself with bright radiance, delightfully, he who, grown old, in an instant became young again.

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RV 2 4.6

आ यो वना तातृषाणो न भाति वार् ण पथा रथ्येव स्वानीत् । कृष्णाध्वा तपू रण्वश् चिकेत द्यौर् इव स्मयमानो नभोभिः

ā yo vanā tātṛṣāṇo na bhāti vār ṇa pathā rathyeva svānīt | kṛṣṇādhvā tapū raṇvaś ciketa dyaur iva smayamāno nabhobhiḥ

He who shines out upon the woods like one grown thirsty, who has roared like water on its course, like a chariot-wheel — black-tracked, burning, delightful, he has become visible, like the sky smiling with its clouds.

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RV 2 4.7

स यो व्य् अस्थाद् अभि दक्षद् उर्वीम् पशुर् नैति स्वयुर् अगोपाः । अग्निः शोचिष्माꣳ अतसान्य् उष्णन् कृष्णव्यथिर् अस्वदयन् न भूम

sa yo vy asthād abhi dakṣad urvīm paśur naiti svayur agopāḥ | agniḥ śociṣmām̐ atasāny uṣṇan kṛṣṇavyathir asvadayan na bhūma

He who has spread abroad, burning over the wide (earth), goes like an animal that is its own master, without a herdsman; Agni with his flame, scorching the brushwood, with black swathe, as if he made the ground savoury.

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RV 2 4.8

नू ते पूर्वस्यावसो अधीतौ तृतीये विदथे मन्म शꣳसि । अस्मे अग्ने सꣳयद्वीरम् बृहन्तꣳ क्षुमन्तꣳ वाजꣳ स्वपत्यꣳ रयिꣳ दाः

nū te pūrvasyāvaso adhītau tṛtīye vidathe manma śaṁsi | asme agne saṁyadvīram bṛhantaṁ kṣumantaṁ vājaṁ svapatyaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ

Now, in the recollection of your former aid, a thought has been recited at the third assembly: grant to us, Agni, lofty prize with an unbroken line of heroes, rich in cattle, and wealth with good offspring.

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RV 2 4.9

त्वया यथा गृत्समदासो अग्ने गुहा वन्वन्त उपराꣳ अभि ष्युः । सुवीरासो अभिमातिषाहः स्मत् सूरिभ्यो गृणते तद् वयो धाः

tvayā yathā gṛtsamadāso agne guhā vanvanta uparām̐ abhi ṣyuḥ | suvīrāso abhimātiṣāhaḥ smat sūribhyo gṛṇate tad vayo dhāḥ

(Grant) that by which the Gṛtsamadas, O Agni, prevailing in secret, may overcome those who are lower; rich in heroes, overpowering hostile designs — set that vigour for the patrons together with the singer.

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