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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 15

RV 4 15.1

अग्निर् होता नो अध्वरे वाजी सन् परि णीयते । देवो देवेषु यज्ञियः

agnir hotā no adhvare vājī san pari ṇīyate | devo deveṣu yajñiyaḥ

Agni, our hotṛ at the rite, being a winner of prizes, is led around; a god among the gods, fit for the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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AGNI the Herald, like a horse, is led forth at our solemn rite, God among Gods adorable.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.2

परि त्रिविष्ट्य् अध्वरꣳ यात्य् अग्नी रथीर् इव । आ देवेषु प्रयो दधत्

pari triviṣṭy adhvaraṁ yāty agnī rathīr iva | ā deveṣu prayo dadhat

Agni goes around the rite three times, like a charioteer, setting the offering among the gods.

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

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Three times unto our solemn rite comes Agni like a charioteer, Bearing the viands to the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.3

परि वाजपतिः कविर् अग्निर् हव्यान्य् अक्रमीत् । दधद् रत्नानि दाशुषे

pari vājapatiḥ kavir agnir havyāny akramīt | dadhad ratnāni dāśuṣe

Agni, the lord of prizes, the poet, has stepped around the oblations, bestowing treasures on the one who offers.

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Round the oblations hath he paced, Agni the Wise, the Lord of Strength, Giving the offerer precious boons.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.4

अयꣳ यः सृञ्जये पुरो दैववाते समिध्यते । द्युमाꣳ अमित्रदम्भनः

ayaṁ yaḥ sṛñjaye puro daivavāte samidhyate | dyumām̐ amitradambhanaḥ

This is he who is kindled in front, among the Sṛñjayas, for Devavāta — brilliant, the deceiver of foes.

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

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He who is kindled eastward for Sr̥injaya, Devavâta's son, Resplendent, tamer of the foe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.5

अस्य घा वीर ईवतो ऽग्नेर् ईशीत मर्त्यः । तिग्मजम्भस्य मीऴ्हुषः

asya ghā vīra īvato 'gner īśīta martyaḥ | tigmajambhasya mīḻhuṣaḥ

Over such an Agni as this may a mortal hero have command — (over him) of the sharp teeth, the bestower of bounty.

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

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So mighty be the Agni whom the mortal hero shall command, With sharpened teeth and bountiful.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.6

तम् अर्वन्तꣳ न सानसिम् अरुषꣳ न दिवः शिशुम् । मर्मृज्यन्ते दिवे-दिवे

tam arvantaṁ na sānasim aruṣaṁ na divaḥ śiśum | marmṛjyante dive-dive

Him they groom day by day, as if he were a prize-winning steed, as if the ruddy child of heaven.

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Day after day they dress him, as they clean a horse who wins the prize. Dress the red Scion of the Sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.7

बोधद् यन् मा हरिभ्याꣳ कुमारः साहदेव्यः । अच्छा न हूत उद् अरम्

bodhad yan mā haribhyāṁ kumāraḥ sāhadevyaḥ | acchā na hūta ud aram

When the boy Sāhadevya roused me with the pair of bays, I rose up as if summoned.

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

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When Sahadeva's princely son with two bay horses thought of me, Summoned by him I drew not back.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.8

उत त्या यजता हरी कुमारात् साहदेव्यात् । प्रयता सद्य आ ददे

uta tyā yajatā harī kumārāt sāhadevyāt | prayatā sadya ā dade

And those two worshipful bays, presented by the boy Sāhadevya, I took at once.

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And truly those two noble bays I straightway took when offered me, From Sahadeva's princely son.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.9

एष वाꣳ देवाव् अश्विना कुमारः साहदेव्यः । दीर्घायुर् अस्तु सोमकः

eṣa vāṁ devāv aśvinā kumāraḥ sāhadevyaḥ | dīrghāyur astu somakaḥ

This boy Sāhadevya is yours, O gods Aśvins: may Somaka be long-lived.

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Long, O ye Aṣvins, may he live, your care, ye Gods, the princely son. Of Sahadeva, Somaka.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 15.10

तꣳ युवꣳ देवाव् अश्विना कुमारꣳ साहदेव्यम् । दीर्घायुषꣳ कृणोतन

taṁ yuvaṁ devāv aśvinā kumāraṁ sāhadevyam | dīrghāyuṣaṁ kṛṇotana

That boy, O gods Aśvins, the son of Sahadeva — make him long-lived.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Cause him the youthful prince, the son of Sahadeva, to enjoy Long life, O Aṣvins, O ye Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)