Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 1

RV 4 1.1

त्वाꣳ ह्य् अग्ने सदम् इत् समन्यवो देवासो देवम् अरतिꣳ न्येरिर इति क्रत्वा न्येरिरे । अमर्त्यꣳ यजत मर्त्येष्व् आ देवम् आदेवꣳ जनत प्रचेतसꣳ विश्वम् आदेवꣳ जनत प्रचेतसम्

tvāṁ hy agne sadam it samanyavo devāso devam aratiṁ nyerira iti kratvā nyerire | amartyaṁ yajata martyeṣv ā devam ādevaṁ janata pracetasaṁ viśvam ādevaṁ janata pracetasam

For you, Agni, always — the gods, of one zeal, have set up as god, as (their) wheel-runner; thus with resolve they set (you) up. Worship the immortal one among mortals; they begot the god, the god-directed, the forethoughtful; the whole (world) begot the god-directed, forethoughtful one.

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RV 4 1.2

स भ्रातरꣳ वरुणम् अग्न आ ववृत्स्व देवाꣳ अच्छा सुमती यज्ञवनसꣳ ज्येष्ठꣳ यज्ञवनसम् । ऋतावानम् आदित्यꣳ चर्षणीधृतꣳ राजानꣳ चर्षणीधृतम्

sa bhrātaraṁ varuṇam agna ā vavṛtsva devām̐ acchā sumatī yajñavanasaṁ jyeṣṭhaṁ yajñavanasam | ṛtāvānam ādityaṁ carṣaṇīdhṛtaṁ rājānaṁ carṣaṇīdhṛtam

You, Agni, turn hither (your) brother Varuṇa, toward the gods, with good favour — him who loves the sacrifice, the eldest who loves the sacrifice, the ṛta-possessing Āditya, the upholder of the peoples, the king, the upholder of the peoples.

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RV 4 1.3

सखे सखायम् अभ्य् आ ववृत्स्वाशुꣳ न चक्रꣳ रथ्येव रꣳह्यास्मभ्यꣳ दस्म रꣳह्या । अग्ने मृऴीकꣳ वरुणे सचा विदो मरुत्सु विश्वभानुषु । तोकाय तुजे शुशुचान शꣳ कृध्य् अस्मभ्यꣳ दस्म शꣳ कृधि

sakhe sakhāyam abhy ā vavṛtsvāśuṁ na cakraṁ rathyeva raṁhyāsmabhyaṁ dasma raṁhyā | agne mṛḻīkaṁ varuṇe sacā vido marutsu viśvabhānuṣu | tokāya tuje śuśucāna śaṁ kṛdhy asmabhyaṁ dasma śaṁ kṛdhi

O friend, turn the friend hither, like a swift wheel, as charioteers with speed — with speed for us, O wondrous one. Agni, find mercy for us with Varuṇa, and among the all-shining Maruts. For our offspring, for our progeny, O you who blaze, make well-being; make well-being for us, O wondrous one.

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RV 4 1.4

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने वरुणस्य विद्वान् देवस्य हेऴो ऽव यासिसीष्ठाः । यजिष्ठो वह्नितमः शोशुचानो विश्वा द्वेषाꣳसि प्र मुमुग्ध्य् अस्मत्

tvaṁ no agne varuṇasya vidvān devasya heḻo 'va yāsisīṣṭhāḥ | yajiṣṭho vahnitamaḥ śośucāno viśvā dveṣāṁsi pra mumugdhy asmat

You, Agni, being knowing, may you beg off from us the wrath of the god Varuṇa; most worthy to sacrifice, best of conveyers, blazing brightly, loose away from us all hostilities.

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RV 4 1.5

स त्वꣳ नो अग्ने ऽवमो भवोती नेदिष्ठो अस्या उषसो व्युष्टौ । अव यक्ष्व नो वरुणꣳ रराणो वीहि मृऴीकꣳ सुहवो न एधि

sa tvaṁ no agne 'vamo bhavotī nediṣṭho asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭau | ava yakṣva no varuṇaṁ rarāṇo vīhi mṛḻīkaṁ suhavo na edhi

Be you, Agni, the nearest to us with help, closest at the breaking of this dawn: beg off Varuṇa for us, granting freely; give us your grace, be easy for us to call.

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RV 4 1.6

अस्य श्रेष्ठा सुभगस्य सꣳदृग् देवस्य चित्रतमा मर्त्येषु । शुचि घृतꣳ न तप्तम् अघ्न्यायाः स्पार्हा देवस्य मꣳहनेव धेनोः

asya śreṣṭhā subhagasya saṁdṛg devasya citratamā martyeṣu | śuci ghṛtaṁ na taptam aghnyāyāḥ spārhā devasya maṁhaneva dhenoḥ

The sight of this blessed god is the best, the most brilliant among mortals: pure like the heated ghee of the cow, desirable like the bounty of the god's milch-cow.

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RV 4 1.7

त्रिर् अस्य ता परमा सन्ति सत्या स्पार्हा देवस्य जनिमान्य् अग्नेः । अनन्ते अन्तः परिवीत आगाच् छुचिः शुक्रो अर्यो रोरुचानः

trir asya tā paramā santi satyā spārhā devasya janimāny agneḥ | anante antaḥ parivīta āgāc chuciḥ śukro aryo rorucānaḥ

Threefold are those highest, true, desirable births of this god Agni; within the endless he came, enveloped, gleaming, bright, lordly, shining forth.

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RV 4 1.8

स दूतो विश्वेद् अभि वष्टि सद्मा होता हिरण्यरथो रꣳसुजिह्वः । रोहिदश्वो वपुष्यो विभावा सदा रण्वः पितुमतीव सꣳसत्

sa dūto viśved abhi vaṣṭi sadmā hotā hiraṇyaratho raṁsujihvaḥ | rohidaśvo vapuṣyo vibhāvā sadā raṇvaḥ pitumatīva saṁsat

He as messenger desires all the seats; the hotṛ with golden chariot, with delightful tongue, drawn by ruddy horses, a wonder to see, wide-shining, always a joy like an assembly furnished with food.

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RV 4 1.9

स चेतयन् मनुषो यज्ञबन्धुः प्र तम् मह्या रशनया नयन्ति । स क्षेत्य् अस्य दुर्यासु साधन् देवो मर्तस्य सधनित्वम् आप

sa cetayan manuṣo yajñabandhuḥ pra tam mahyā raśanayā nayanti | sa kṣety asya duryāsu sādhan devo martasya sadhanitvam āpa

He, making men aware, the kinsman of the sacrifice — him they lead forward with a great rein; he dwells in this (man's) house, bringing things to fulfilment; the god has attained joint possession with the mortal.

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RV 4 1.10

स तू नो अग्निर् नयतु प्रजानन्न् अच्छा रत्नꣳ देवभक्तꣳ यद् अस्य । धिया यद् विश्वे अमृता अकृण्वन् द्यौष् पिता जनिता सत्यम् उक्षन्

sa tū no agnir nayatu prajānann acchā ratnaṁ devabhaktaṁ yad asya | dhiyā yad viśve amṛtā akṛṇvan dyauṣ pitā janitā satyam ukṣan

Let this Agni then lead us, knowing the way, to the treasure apportioned by the gods, which is his — that which all the immortals made with insight, and which Dyaus the father, the begetter, sprinkled as truth.

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RV 4 1.11

स जायत प्रथमः पस्त्यासु महो बुध्ने रजसो अस्य योनौ । अपाद् अशीर्षा गुहमानो अन्तायोयुवानो वृषभस्य नीऴे

sa jāyata prathamaḥ pastyāsu maho budhne rajaso asya yonau | apād aśīrṣā guhamāno antāyoyuvāno vṛṣabhasya nīḻe

He was born first in the dwellings, at the base of the great (heaven), in the womb of this airspace, footless, headless, hiding both his ends, joining himself again and again in the lair of the bull.

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RV 4 1.12

प्र शर्ध आर्त प्रथमꣳ विपन्याꣳ ऋतस्य योना वृषभस्य नीऴे । स्पार्हो युवा वपुष्यो विभावा सप्त प्रियासो ऽजनयन्त वृष्णे

pra śardha ārta prathamaṁ vipanyām̐ ṛtasya yonā vṛṣabhasya nīḻe | spārho yuvā vapuṣyo vibhāvā sapta priyāso 'janayanta vṛṣṇe

The first might arose, worthy of praise, in the womb of ṛta, in the lair of the bull: desirable, youthful, a wonder to see, wide-shining — the seven dear ones begot (him) for the bull.

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RV 4 1.13

अस्माकम् अत्र पितरो मनुष्या अभि प्र सेदुर् ऋतम् आशुषाणाः । अश्मव्रजाः सुदुघा वव्रे अन्तर् उद् उस्रा आजन्न् उषसो हुवानाः

asmākam atra pitaro manuṣyā abhi pra sedur ṛtam āśuṣāṇāḥ | aśmavrajāḥ sudughā vavre antar ud usrā ājann uṣaso huvānāḥ

Here our fathers, the human ones, sat down toward ṛta, striving after it; the good milkers penned in stone, within the cave — they drove up the ruddy cows, calling upon the dawns.

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RV 4 1.14

ते मर्मृजत ददृवाꣳसो अद्रिꣳ तद् एषाम् अन्ये अभितो वि वोचन् । पश्वयन्त्रासो अभि कारम् अर्चन् विदन्त ज्योतिश् चकृपन्त धीभिः

te marmṛjata dadṛvāṁso adriṁ tad eṣām anye abhito vi vocan | paśvayantrāso abhi kāram arcan vidanta jyotiś cakṛpanta dhībhiḥ

They polished (it), having burst the rock; others round about spoke out that (deed) of theirs; holding the cattle in check they sang toward the work; they found the light, they yearned with their thoughts.

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RV 4 1.15

ते गव्यता मनसा दृध्रम् उब्धꣳ गा येमानम् परि षन्तम् अद्रिम् । दृऴ्हꣳ नरो वचसा दैव्येन व्रजꣳ गोमन्तम् उशिजो वि वव्रुः

te gavyatā manasā dṛdhram ubdhaṁ gā yemānam pari ṣantam adrim | dṛḻhaṁ naro vacasā daivyena vrajaṁ gomantam uśijo vi vavruḥ

They, with a mind set on cows, with divine speech — those men, the Uśijs — opened wide the firm-packed rock that held the cows fast and encompassed them, the hard cow-pen.

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RV 4 1.16

ते मन्वत प्रथमꣳ नाम धेनोस् त्रिः सप्त मातुः परमाणि विन्दन् । तज् जानतीर् अभ्य् अनूषत व्रा आविर् भुवद् अरुणीर् यशसा गोः

te manvata prathamaṁ nāma dhenos triḥ sapta mātuḥ paramāṇi vindan | taj jānatīr abhy anūṣata vrā āvir bhuvad aruṇīr yaśasā goḥ

They thought out the first name of the milch-cow; thrice seven highest (names) of the mother they found; knowing this, the troops (of women) shouted toward it; the ruddy one became manifest with the splendour of the cow.

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RV 4 1.17

नेशत् तमो दुधितꣳ रोचत द्यौर् उद् देव्या उषसो भानुर् अर्त । आ सूर्यो बृहतस् तिष्ठद् अज्राꣳ ऋजु मर्तेषु वृजिना च पश्यन्

neśat tamo dudhitaṁ rocata dyaur ud devyā uṣaso bhānur arta | ā sūryo bṛhatas tiṣṭhad ajrām̐ ṛju marteṣu vṛjinā ca paśyan

The stubborn darkness vanished, heaven shone; up rose the beam of the divine Dawn; Sūrya mounted the plains of the lofty (sky), looking upon the straight and the crooked among mortals.

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RV 4 1.18

आद् इत् पश्चा बुबुधाना व्य् अख्यन्न् आद् इद् रत्नꣳ धारयन्त द्युभक्तम् । विश्वे विश्वासु दुर्यासु देवा मित्र धिये वरुण सत्यम् अस्तु

ād it paścā bubudhānā vy akhyann ād id ratnaṁ dhārayanta dyubhaktam | viśve viśvāsu duryāsu devā mitra dhiye varuṇa satyam astu

Then indeed afterwards, having awakened, they looked out; then indeed they held fast the treasure apportioned by heaven; all the gods in all the houses — O Mitra, O Varuṇa, let there be truth for (our) thought.

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RV 4 1.19

अच्छा वोचेय शुशुचानम् अग्निꣳ होतारꣳ विश्वभरसꣳ यजिष्ठम् । शुच्य् ऊधो अतृणन् न गवाम् अन्धो न पूतम् परिषिक्तम् अꣳशोः

acchā voceya śuśucānam agniṁ hotāraṁ viśvabharasaṁ yajiṣṭham | śucy ūdho atṛṇan na gavām andho na pūtam pariṣiktam aṁśoḥ

I would call hither the blazing Agni, the hotṛ, the all-sustaining, most worthy to sacrifice — as though one had pierced the bright udder of the cows, like the purified juice of the stalk poured about.

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RV 4 1.20

विश्वेषाम् अदितिर् यज्ञियानाꣳ विश्वेषाम् अतिथिर् मानुषाणाम् । अग्निर् देवानाम् अव आवृणानः सुमृऴीको भवतु जातवेदाः

viśveṣām aditir yajñiyānāṁ viśveṣām atithir mānuṣāṇām | agnir devānām ava āvṛṇānaḥ sumṛḻīko bhavatu jātavedāḥ

The Aditi of all who are worthy of sacrifice, the guest of all human beings — may Agni, winning for us the favour of the gods, be gracious, he who knows all that is born.

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