Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 5

RV 4 5.1

वैश्वानराय मीऴ्हुषे सजोषाः कथा दाशेमाग्नये बृहद् भाः । अनूनेन बृहता वक्षथेनोप स्तभायद् उपमिन् न रोधः

vaiśvānarāya mīḻhuṣe sajoṣāḥ kathā dāśemāgnaye bṛhad bhāḥ | anūnena bṛhatā vakṣathenopa stabhāyad upamin na rodhaḥ

In accord (with others), how shall we give to Vaiśvānara the bestower, to Agni, the lofty light? With unstinting, lofty growth may he prop (it) up, as a supporting post a wall.

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RV 4 5.2

मा निन्दत य इमाम् मह्यꣳ रातिꣳ देवो ददौ मर्त्याय स्वधावान् । पाकाय गृत्सो अमृतो विचेता वैश्वानरो नृतमो यह्वो अग्निः

mā nindata ya imām mahyaṁ rātiṁ devo dadau martyāya svadhāvān | pākāya gṛtso amṛto vicetā vaiśvānaro nṛtamo yahvo agniḥ

Do not blame him who gave this gift to me, a mortal — the god possessed of his own power; to me, the simple one, he the skilled, immortal, discerning, Vaiśvānara, most manly, the mighty Agni.

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RV 4 5.3

साम द्विबर्हा महि तिग्मभृष्टिः सहस्ररेता वृषभस् तुविष्मान् । पदꣳ न गोर् अपगूऴ्हꣳ विविद्वान् अग्निर् मह्यम् प्रेद् उ वोचन् मनीषाम्

sāma dvibarhā mahi tigmabhṛṣṭiḥ sahasraretā vṛṣabhas tuviṣmān | padaṁ na gor apagūḻhaṁ vividvān agnir mahyam pred u vocan manīṣām

Doubly strong, great, sharp-pointed, of a thousand seeds, a bull full of strength — like one who has found the hidden footprint of a cow, Agni has indeed declared the insight to me.

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RV 4 5.4

प्र ताꣳ अग्निर् बभसत् तिग्मजम्भस् तपिष्ठेन शोचिषा यः सुराधाः । प्र ये मिनन्ति वरुणस्य धाम प्रिया मित्रस्य चेततो ध्रुवाणि

pra tām̐ agnir babhasat tigmajambhas tapiṣṭhena śociṣā yaḥ surādhāḥ | pra ye minanti varuṇasya dhāma priyā mitrasya cetato dhruvāṇi

Let Agni of the sharp jaws devour them with hottest flame, (Agni) who is of good bounty — those who violate the dhāman of Varuṇa, the dear firm (laws) of attentive Mitra.

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RV 4 5.5

अभ्रातरो न योषणो व्यन्तः पतिरिपो न जनयो दुरेवाः । पापासः सन्तो अनृता असत्या इदम् पदम् अजनता गभीरम्

abhrātaro na yoṣaṇo vyantaḥ patiripo na janayo durevāḥ | pāpāsaḥ santo anṛtā asatyā idam padam ajanatā gabhīram

Like brotherless women roaming about, like wives of evil ways who deceive their husbands, being wicked, unrighteous, untrue, they have begotten this deep place (for themselves).

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RV 4 5.6

इदम् मे अग्ने कियते पावकामिनते गुरुम् भारꣳ न मन्म । बृहद् दधाथ धृषता गभीरꣳ यह्वम् पृष्ठम् प्रयसा सप्तधातु

idam me agne kiyate pāvakāminate gurum bhāraṁ na manma | bṛhad dadhātha dhṛṣatā gabhīraṁ yahvam pṛṣṭham prayasā saptadhātu

This thought of mine, O purifying Agni — for me who am little and who do no harm — is like a heavy load. You have set (it) lofty, deep, boldly, a mighty seven-layered ridge with offering.

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RV 4 5.7

तम् इन् न्व् ए३व समना समानम् अभि क्रत्वा पुनती धीतिर् अश्याः । ससस्य चर्मन्न् अधि चारु पृश्नेर् अग्रे रुप आरुपितꣳ जबारु

tam in nv e3va samanā samānam abhi kratvā punatī dhītir aśyāḥ | sasasya carmann adhi cāru pṛśner agre rupa ārupitaṁ jabāru

Him indeed let the purifying insight attain, by the same means, the same one, by resolve. Upon the hide of the sasa, upon the lovely (back) of the dappled one, in front, the jabāru set into the rupas.

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RV 4 5.8

प्रवाच्यꣳ वचसः किम् मे अस्य गुहा हितम् उप निणिग् वदन्ति । यद् उस्रियाणाम् अप वार् इव व्रन् पाति प्रियꣳ रुपो अग्रम् पदꣳ वेः

pravācyaṁ vacasaḥ kim me asya guhā hitam upa niṇig vadanti | yad usriyāṇām apa vār iva vran pāti priyaṁ rupo agram padaṁ veḥ

What of this speech of mine is to be proclaimed? They speak of what is set in secret, the hidden thing. When they have uncovered, as it were the water, (the pen) of the ruddy cows, he guards the dear front of the rupa, the footstep of the bird.

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RV 4 5.9

इदम् उ त्यन् महि महाम् अनीकꣳ यद् उस्रिया सचत पूर्व्यꣳ गौः । ऋतस्य पदे अधि दीद्यानꣳ गुहा रघुष्यद् रघुयद् विवेद

idam u tyan mahi mahām anīkaṁ yad usriyā sacata pūrvyaṁ gauḥ | ṛtasya pade adhi dīdyānaṁ guhā raghuṣyad raghuyad viveda

This here is that great face of the great ones, which the ruddy, primordial cow attended; shining in the seat of ṛta, hidden, he, moving swiftly, hastening, found (it).

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RV 4 5.10

अध द्युतानः पित्रोः सचासामनुत गुह्यꣳ चारु पृश्नेः । मातुष् पदे परमे अन्ति षद् गोर् वृष्णः शोचिषः प्रयतस्य जिह्वा

adha dyutānaḥ pitroḥ sacāsāmanuta guhyaṁ cāru pṛśneḥ | mātuṣ pade parame anti ṣad gor vṛṣṇaḥ śociṣaḥ prayatasya jihvā

Then, shining forth in company with his two parents, he took for himself the hidden, lovely (thing) of the dappled one. In the mother's highest place, being near — the tongue of the cow, of the bull, of the flame set forth.

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RV 4 5.11

ऋतꣳ वोचे नमसा पृच्छ्यमानस् तवाशसा जातवेदो यदीदम् । त्वम् अस्य क्षयसि यद् ध विश्वꣳ दिवि यद् उ द्रविणꣳ यत् पृथिव्याम्

ṛtaṁ voce namasā pṛcchyamānas tavāśasā jātavedo yadīdam | tvam asya kṣayasi yad dha viśvaṁ divi yad u draviṇaṁ yat pṛthivyām

Being asked, I speak the truth with homage, by expectation of you, O Jātavedas, if this (is so). You have power over this — over all that exists, over the wealth that is in heaven and that is on earth.

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RV 4 5.12

किꣳ नो अस्य द्रविणꣳ कद् ध रत्नꣳ वि नो वोचो जातवेदश् चिकित्वान् । गुहाध्वनः परमꣳ यन् नो अस्य रेकु पदꣳ न निदाना अगन्म

kiṁ no asya draviṇaṁ kad dha ratnaṁ vi no voco jātavedaś cikitvān | guhādhvanaḥ paramaṁ yan no asya reku padaṁ na nidānā aganma

What is this wealth of ours, what the treasure? Declare (it) to us, discerning Jātavedas. What is the highest (goal) of this road of ours is hidden; blameless (?), we have come, as it were, to an empty footing.

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RV 4 5.13

का मर्यादा वयुना कद् ध वामम् अच्छा गमेम रघवो न वाजम् । कदा नो देवीर् अमृतस्य पत्नीः सूरो वर्णेन ततनन्न् उषासः

kā maryādā vayunā kad dha vāmam acchā gamema raghavo na vājam | kadā no devīr amṛtasya patnīḥ sūro varṇena tatanann uṣāsaḥ

What is the boundary, what the guiding marks, what the desirable thing? May we come to it as swift ones (come) to the prize. When will the goddesses, the wives of the immortal, the Dawns, stretch over us with the color of the sun?

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RV 4 5.14

अनिरेण वचसा फल्ग्वेन प्रतीत्येन कृधुनातृपासः । अधा ते अग्ने किम् इहा वदन्त्य् अनायुधास आसता सचन्ताम्

anireṇa vacasā phalgvena pratītyena kṛdhunātṛpāsaḥ | adhā te agne kim ihā vadanty anāyudhāsa āsatā sacantām

With powerless speech, paltry, (merely) retaliatory, stunted, they are unsatisfied. So, Agni, what do they say to you here? Let them, weaponless, consort with non-being.

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RV 4 5.15

अस्य श्रिये समिधानस्य वृष्णो वसोर् अनीकꣳ दम आ रुरोच । रुशद् वसानः सुदृशीकरूपः क्षितिर् न राया पुरुवारो अद्यौत्

asya śriye samidhānasya vṛṣṇo vasor anīkaṁ dama ā ruroca | ruśad vasānaḥ sudṛśīkarūpaḥ kṣitir na rāyā puruvāro adyaut

For the glory of this kindled bull, the face of the good one has shone in the house. Clothing himself in gleaming (brightness), of fair appearance, he has shone out, rich in desirable things, like a dwelling-place with wealth.

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