Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 7

RV 4 7.1

अयम् इह प्रथमो धायि धातृभिर् होता यजिष्ठो अध्वरेष्व् ईड्यः । यम् अप्नवानो भृगवो विरुरुचुर् वनेषु चित्रꣳ विभ्वꣳ विशे-विशे

ayam iha prathamo dhāyi dhātṛbhir hotā yajiṣṭho adhvareṣv īḍyaḥ | yam apnavāno bhṛgavo virurucur vaneṣu citraṁ vibhvaṁ viśe-viśe

This one was set here first by the establishers, the hotṛ, the best sacrificer, to be invoked at the rites, whom Apnavāna and the Bhṛgus made shine out in the woods, bright, far-extending, for clan after clan.

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RV 4 7.2

अग्ने कदा त आनुषग् भुवद् देवस्य चेतनम् । अधा हि त्वा जगृभ्रिरे मर्तासो विक्ष्व् ईड्यम्

agne kadā ta ānuṣag bhuvad devasya cetanam | adhā hi tvā jagṛbhrire martāso vikṣv īḍyam

Agni, when will the perceiving of you, the god, come in due succession? For mortals have taken hold of you, to be invoked among the clans.

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RV 4 7.3

ऋतावानꣳ विचेतसम् पश्यन्तो द्याम् इव स्तृभिः । विश्वेषाम् अध्वराणाꣳ हस्कर्तारꣳ दमे-दमे

ṛtāvānaṁ vicetasam paśyanto dyām iva stṛbhiḥ | viśveṣām adhvarāṇāṁ haskartāraṁ dame-dame

Beholding (you) holding to ṛta, discerning, like heaven with its stars, the brightener of all the rites in house after house.

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RV 4 7.4

आशुꣳ दूतꣳ विवस्वतो विश्वा यश् चर्षणीर् अभि । आ जभ्रुः केतुम् आयवो भृगवाणꣳ विशे-विशे

āśuṁ dūtaṁ vivasvato viśvā yaś carṣaṇīr abhi | ā jabhruḥ ketum āyavo bhṛgavāṇaṁ viśe-viśe

The swift messenger of Vivasvat, who (goes) over all peoples—the Āyus brought him here, the beacon, the Bhṛgu-like one, for clan after clan.

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RV 4 7.5

तम् ईꣳ होतारम् आनुषक् चिकित्वाꣳसꣳ नि षेदिरे । रण्वम् पावकशोचिषꣳ यजिष्ठꣳ सप्त धामभिः

tam īṁ hotāram ānuṣak cikitvāṁsaṁ ni ṣedire | raṇvam pāvakaśociṣaṁ yajiṣṭhaṁ sapta dhāmabhiḥ

Him they seated in due succession as hotṛ, the knowing one, the delightful, of purifying flame, the best sacrificer with his seven dhāman.

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RV 4 7.6

तꣳ शश्वतीषु मातृषु वन आ वीतम् अश्रितम् । चित्रꣳ सन्तꣳ गुहा हितꣳ सुवेदꣳ कूचिदर्थिनम्

taṁ śaśvatīṣu mātṛṣu vana ā vītam aśritam | citraṁ santaṁ guhā hitaṁ suvedaṁ kūcidarthinam

Him, (hidden) among the ever-recurring mothers, in the wood, sought out (yet) unattached, being bright, set in secret, easy to find, going wherever (he will).

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RV 4 7.7

ससस्य यद् वियुता सस्मिन्न् ऊधन्न् ऋतस्य धामन् रणयन्त देवाः । महाꣳ अग्निर् नमसा रातहव्यो वेर् अध्वराय सदम् इद् ऋतावा

sasasya yad viyutā sasminn ūdhann ṛtasya dhāman raṇayanta devāḥ | mahām̐ agnir namasā rātahavyo ver adhvarāya sadam id ṛtāvā

When, at the parting of the fodder(?), in the same udder, in the seat of ṛta, the gods took delight — great Agni, to whom the oblation is given with homage, ever the keeper of ṛta, should go forth for the rite.

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RV 4 7.8

वेर् अध्वरस्य दूत्यानि विद्वान् उभे अन्ता रोदसी सꣳचिकित्वान् । दूत ईयसे प्रदिव उराणो विदुष्टरो दिव आरोधनानि

ver adhvarasya dūtyāni vidvān ubhe antā rodasī saṁcikitvān | dūta īyase pradiva urāṇo viduṣṭaro diva ārodhanāni

You pursue the embassies of the rite, knowing (them), having observed both the two ends of the two worlds. As messenger you go, from of old choosing (this office), the more knowing one, (knowing) the ascents of heaven.

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RV 4 7.9

कृष्णꣳ त एम रुशतः पुरो भाश् चरिष्ण्व् अ१र्चिर् वपुषाम् इद् एकम् । यद् अप्रवीता दधते ह गर्भꣳ सद्यश् चिज् जातो भवसीद् उ दूतः

kṛṣṇaṁ ta ema ruśataḥ puro bhāś cariṣṇv a1rcir vapuṣām id ekam | yad apravītā dadhate ha garbhaṁ sadyaś cij jāto bhavasīd u dūtaḥ

Black is your course, though you are gleaming; the light is in front, the moving flame — that is the one (thing) of wonders: that even the unimpregnated one bears the embryo, and, though born only today, you become the messenger.

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RV 4 7.10

सद्यो जातस्य ददृशानम् ओजो यद् अस्य वातो अनुवाति शोचिः । वृणक्ति तिग्माम् अतसेषु जिह्वाꣳ स्थिरा चिद् अन्ना दयते वि जम्भैः

sadyo jātasya dadṛśānam ojo yad asya vāto anuvāti śociḥ | vṛṇakti tigmām ataseṣu jihvāṁ sthirā cid annā dayate vi jambhaiḥ

At once, when born, his strength is seen, when the wind blows along after his flame; he twists his sharp tongue among the brushwood, and with his jaws he tears apart even hard foods.

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RV 4 7.11

तृषु यद् अन्ना तृषुणा ववक्ष तृषुꣳ दूतꣳ कृणुते यह्वो अग्निः । वातस्य मेऴिꣳ सचते निजूर्वन्न् आशुꣳ न वाजयते हिन्वे अर्वा

tṛṣu yad annā tṛṣuṇā vavakṣa tṛṣuṁ dūtaṁ kṛṇute yahvo agniḥ | vātasya meḻiṁ sacate nijūrvann āśuṁ na vājayate hinve arvā

When greedily, with the greedy (flame), he has drawn the foods to himself, the mighty Agni makes (himself) a greedy messenger; devouring, he keeps company with the roar of the wind; like a swift (horse) he is urged to the race — the racer is sped on.

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