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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 7

RV 2 7.1

श्रेष्ठꣳ यविष्ठ भारताग्ने द्युमन्तम् आ भर । वसो पुरुस्पृहꣳ रयिम्

śreṣṭhaṁ yaviṣṭha bhāratāgne dyumantam ā bhara | vaso puruspṛhaṁ rayim

Bring, O youngest Bhārata Agni, the best, brilliant, much-coveted wealth, O good one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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VASU, thou most youthful God, Bharata, Agni, bring us wealth, Excellent, splendid, much-desired.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 7.2

मा नो अरातिर् ईशत देवस्य मर्त्यस्य च । पर्षि तस्या उत द्विषः

mā no arātir īśata devasya martyasya ca | parṣi tasyā uta dviṣaḥ

Let no hostility of god or of mortal have power over us; carry (us) past that and past enmity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let no malignity prevail against us, either God's or man's. Save us from this and enmity.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 7.3

विश्वा उत त्वया वयꣳ धारा उदन्या इव । अति गाहेमहि द्विषः

viśvā uta tvayā vayaṁ dhārā udanyā iva | ati gāhemahi dviṣaḥ

And with you may we swim across all enmities, as across streams of water.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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So through thy favour may we force through all our enemies a way, As 'twere through streaming water-floods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 7.4

शुचिः पावक वन्द्यो ऽग्ने बृहद् वि रोचसे । त्वꣳ घृतेभिर् आहुतः

śuciḥ pāvaka vandyo 'gne bṛhad vi rocase | tvaṁ ghṛtebhir āhutaḥ

Pure, purifying, to be praised, O Agni, you shine out on high, poured over with ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou, Purifier Agni, high shinest forth, bright, adorable, When worshipped with the sacred oil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 7.5

त्वꣳ नो असि भारताग्ने वशाभिर् उक्षभिः । अष्टापदीभिर् आहुतः

tvaṁ no asi bhāratāgne vaśābhir ukṣabhiḥ | aṣṭāpadībhir āhutaḥ

You are ours, O Agni of the Bharatas, offered to with barren cows, with bulls, with eight-footed (cows).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Ours art thou, Agni, Bharata, honoured by us with barren cows, With bullocks and with kine in calf

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 7.6

द्र्वन्नः सर्पिरासुतिः प्रत्नो होता वरेण्यः । सहसस् पुत्रो अद्भुतः

drvannaḥ sarpirāsutiḥ pratno hotā vareṇyaḥ | sahasas putro adbhutaḥ

Eating wood, having melted butter for his draught, the ancient hotṛ, the choiceworthy one, the son of strength, the wondrous one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Wood-fed, bedewed with sacred oil, ancient, Invoker, excellent, The Son of Strength, the Wonderful.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)