Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 6

RV 4 6.1

ऊर्ध्व ऊ षु णो अध्वरस्य होतर् अग्ने तिष्ठ देवताता यजीयान् । त्वꣳ हि विश्वम् अभ्य् असि मन्म प्र वेधसश् चित् तिरसि मनीषाम्

ūrdhva ū ṣu ṇo adhvarasya hotar agne tiṣṭha devatātā yajīyān | tvaṁ hi viśvam abhy asi manma pra vedhasaś cit tirasi manīṣām

Upright, well now, for our rite, O hotṛ Agni, stand in the divine service, as the better sacrificer; for you surpass every thought, you carry forward the insight even of the ritual expert.

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RV 4 6.2

अमूरो होता न्य् असादि विक्ष्व् अ१ग्निर् मन्द्रो विदथेषु प्रचेताः । ऊर्ध्वम् भानुꣳ सवितेवाश्रेन् मेतेव धूमꣳ स्तभायद् उप द्याम्

amūro hotā ny asādi vikṣv a1gnir mandro vidatheṣu pracetāḥ | ūrdhvam bhānuṁ savitevāśren meteva dhūmaṁ stabhāyad upa dyām

The unerring hotṛ has been seated among the clans, Agni the gladdening, the far-perceiving one in the ritual assemblies. He has propped his beam upward like Savitṛ; like a builder he props up the smoke to heaven.

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RV 4 6.3

यता सुजूर्णी रातिनी घृताची प्रदक्षिणिद् देवतातिम् उराणः । उद् उ स्वरुर् नवजा नाक्रः पश्वो अनक्ति सुधितः सुमेकः

yatā sujūrṇī rātinī ghṛtācī pradakṣiṇid devatātim urāṇaḥ | ud u svarur navajā nākraḥ paśvo anakti sudhitaḥ sumekaḥ

Held out, well-burning, gift-bearing, filled with ghee (is the ladle); moving to the right, he has chosen the divine service. Up (stands) the sacrificial post, newly born, not ... ; well-set, well-fixed, it anoints (the limbs) of the animal.

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RV 4 6.4

स्तीर्णे बर्हिषि समिधाने अग्ना ऊर्ध्वो अध्वर्युर् जुजुषाणो अस्थात् । पर्य् अग्निः पशुपा न होता त्रिविष्ट्य् एति प्रदिव उराणः

stīrṇe barhiṣi samidhāne agnā ūrdhvo adhvaryur jujuṣāṇo asthāt | pary agniḥ paśupā na hotā triviṣṭy eti pradiva urāṇaḥ

When the barhis is strewn and Agni is kindled, the adhvaryu has stood upright, well pleased. Agni the hotṛ goes around three times like a herdsman of cattle, choosing (this office) from of old.

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RV 4 6.5

परि त्मना मितद्रुर् एति होताग्निर् मन्द्रो मधुवचा ऋतावा । द्रवन्त्य् अस्य वाजिनो न शोका भयन्ते विश्वा भुवना यद् अभ्राट्

pari tmanā mitadrur eti hotāgnir mandro madhuvacā ṛtāvā | dravanty asya vājino na śokā bhayante viśvā bhuvanā yad abhrāṭ

Of his own accord he goes around with measured pace, the hotṛ Agni, gladdening, sweet-spoken, holding to ṛta. His flames run like prize-horses; all beings are afraid when he has blazed forth.

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RV 4 6.6

भद्रा ते अग्ने स्वनीक सꣳदृग् घोरस्य सतो विषुणस्य चारुः । न यत् ते शोचिस् तमसा वरन्त न ध्वस्मानस् तन्वी३ रेप आ धुः

bhadrā te agne svanīka saṁdṛg ghorasya sato viṣuṇasya cāruḥ | na yat te śocis tamasā varanta na dhvasmānas tanvī3 repa ā dhuḥ

Auspicious, O Agni of fair face, is your appearance, and lovely, though you are terrible and changeable—since darkness does not shut in your flame, nor do the befoulers put a stain on your body.

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RV 4 6.7

न यस्य सातुर् जनितोर् अवारि न मातरापितरा नू चिद् इष्टौ । अधा मित्रो न सुधितः पावको३ ऽग्निर् दीदाय मानुषीषु विक्षु

na yasya sātur janitor avāri na mātarāpitarā nū cid iṣṭau | adhā mitro na sudhitaḥ pāvako3 'gnir dīdāya mānuṣīṣu vikṣu

He whose gain, that of the begetter, was not withheld, nor his two parents ever at the seeking—then Agni, well-set like Mitra, the purifier, has shone among the human clans.

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RV 4 6.8

द्विर् यम् पञ्च जीजनन् सꣳवसानाः स्वसारो अग्निम् मानुषीषु विक्षु । उषर्बुधम् अथर्यो३ न दन्तꣳ शुक्रꣳ स्वासम् परशुꣳ न तिग्मम्

dvir yam pañca jījanan saṁvasānāḥ svasāro agnim mānuṣīṣu vikṣu | uṣarbudham atharyo3 na dantaṁ śukraṁ svāsam paraśuṁ na tigmam

Whom the twice five sisters, dwelling together, engendered—Agni, among the human clans, waking at dawn, like a tooth ... , bright, fair-mouthed, sharp like an axe.

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RV 4 6.9

तव त्ये अग्ने हरितो घृतस्ना रोहितास ऋज्वञ्चः स्वञ्चः । अरुषासो वृषण ऋजुमुष्का आ देवतातिम् अह्वन्त दस्माः

tava tye agne harito ghṛtasnā rohitāsa ṛjvañcaḥ svañcaḥ | aruṣāso vṛṣaṇa ṛjumuṣkā ā devatātim ahvanta dasmāḥ

Those tawny (mares) of yours, Agni, dripping with ghee, ruddy, going straight, moving well, reddish bulls, straight-membered—they, the wondrous ones, have called (the gods) to the divine service.

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RV 4 6.10

ये ह त्ये ते सहमाना अयासस् त्वेषासो अग्ने अर्चयश् चरन्ति । श्येनासो न दुवसनासो अर्थꣳ तुविष्वणसो मारुतꣳ न शर्धः

ye ha tye te sahamānā ayāsas tveṣāso agne arcayaś caranti | śyenāso na duvasanāso arthaṁ tuviṣvaṇaso mārutaṁ na śardhaḥ

Those overpowering, tireless, glittering flames of yours, Agni, that move about—like falcons speeding to their goal, loud-roaring like the Marut host.

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RV 4 6.11

अकारि ब्रह्म समिधान तुभ्यꣳ शꣳसात्य् उक्थꣳ यजते व्य् ऊ धाः । होतारम् अग्निम् मनुषो नि षेदुर् नमस्यन्त उशिजः शꣳसम् आयोः

akāri brahma samidhāna tubhyaṁ śaṁsāty ukthaṁ yajate vy ū dhāḥ | hotāram agnim manuṣo ni ṣedur namasyanta uśijaḥ śaṁsam āyoḥ

The formulation has been made for you, O kindled one; let him recite the hymn, let him sacrifice—and do you apportion (the gifts). The sons of Manu have seated Agni as hotṛ, doing homage, the Uśij (have seated him as) the praise of Āyu.

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