Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 1

RV 5 1.1

अबोध्य् अग्निः समिधा जनानाम् प्रति धेनुम् इवायतीम् उषासम् । यह्वा इव प्र वयाम् उज्जिहानाः प्र भानवः सिस्रते नाकम् अच्छ

abodhy agniḥ samidhā janānām prati dhenum ivāyatīm uṣāsam | yahvā iva pra vayām ujjihānāḥ pra bhānavaḥ sisrate nākam accha

Agni has been awakened by the kindling-wood of men, facing Dawn as she comes on like a milk-cow. Like young (trees) shooting up their branches, his beams stretch forth toward the vault of heaven.

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RV 5 1.2

अबोधि होता यजथाय देवान् ऊर्ध्वो अग्निः सुमनाः प्रातर् अस्थात् । समिद्धस्य रुशद् अदर्शि पाजो महान् देवस् तमसो निर् अमोचि

abodhi hotā yajathāya devān ūrdhvo agniḥ sumanāḥ prātar asthāt | samiddhasya ruśad adarśi pājo mahān devas tamaso nir amoci

The hotṛ has awakened, to sacrifice to the gods; upright, well-disposed, Agni has stood up at dawn. The blazing white form of the kindled one has been seen; the great god has been set free from darkness.

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RV 5 1.3

यद् ईꣳ गणस्य रशनाम् अजीगः शुचिर् अङ्क्ते शुचिभिर् गोभिर् अग्निः । आद् दक्षिणा युज्यते वाजयन्त्य् उत्तानाम् ऊर्ध्वो अधयज् जुहूभिः

yad īṁ gaṇasya raśanām ajīgaḥ śucir aṅkte śucibhir gobhir agniḥ | ād dakṣiṇā yujyate vājayanty uttānām ūrdhvo adhayaj juhūbhiḥ

When he has roused the cord of the troop, pure Agni anoints himself with pure (streams of) milk. Then the prize-seeking gift-cow is yoked; upright, he sucked the outstretched one with the ladles.

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

RV 5 1.4

अग्निम् अच्छा देवयताम् मनाꣳसि चक्षूꣳषीव सूर्ये सꣳ चरन्ति । यद् ईꣳ सुवाते उषसा विरूपे श्वेतो वाजी जायते अग्रे अह्नाम्

agnim acchā devayatām manāṁsi cakṣūṁṣīva sūrye saṁ caranti | yad īṁ suvāte uṣasā virūpe śveto vājī jāyate agre ahnām

The thoughts of those devoted to the gods go together toward Agni, as eyes (go) to the sun. When the two Dawns of unlike form bring him forth, the white prize-steed is born at the beginning of the days.

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RV 5 1.5

जनिष्ट हि जेन्यो अग्रे अह्नाꣳ हितो हितेष्व् अरुषो वनेषु । दमे-दमे सप्त रत्ना दधानो ऽग्निर् होता नि षसादा यजीयान्

janiṣṭa hi jenyo agre ahnāṁ hito hiteṣv aruṣo vaneṣu | dame-dame sapta ratnā dadhāno 'gnir hotā ni ṣasādā yajīyān

For the noble one was born at the beginning of the days, the ruddy one, set down among the logs set in place in the woods. Bestowing the seven treasures in house after house, Agni the hotṛ, the better sacrificer, has sat down.

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RV 5 1.6

अग्निर् होता न्य् असीदद् यजीयान् उपस्थे मातुः सुरभा उ लोके । युवा कविः पुरुनिष्ठ ऋतावा धर्ता कृष्टीनाम् उत मध्य इद्धः

agnir hotā ny asīdad yajīyān upasthe mātuḥ surabhā u loke | yuvā kaviḥ puruniṣṭha ṛtāvā dhartā kṛṣṭīnām uta madhya iddhaḥ

Agni the hotṛ, the better sacrificer, has sat down in the lap of his mother, in the fragrant place — young, a poet, standing among many, possessed of ṛta, upholder of the peoples, and kindled in their midst.

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RV 5 1.7

प्र णु त्यꣳ विप्रम् अध्वरेषु साधुम् अग्निꣳ होतारम् ईऴते नमोभिः । आ यस् ततान रोदसी ऋतेन नित्यम् मृजन्ति वाजिनꣳ घृतेन

pra ṇu tyaṁ vipram adhvareṣu sādhum agniṁ hotāram īḻate namobhiḥ | ā yas tatāna rodasī ṛtena nityam mṛjanti vājinaṁ ghṛtena

Now they invoke with reverence that inspired one, effective at the rites, Agni the hotṛ, who has stretched out the two worlds by ṛta; they burnish with ghee the prize-steed that is their own.

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RV 5 1.8

मार्जाल्यो मृज्यते स्वे दमूनाः कविप्रशस्तो अतिथिः शिवो नः । सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभस् तदोजा विश्वाꣳ अग्ने सहसा प्रास्य् अन्यान्

mārjālyo mṛjyate sve damūnāḥ kavipraśasto atithiḥ śivo naḥ | sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabhas tadojā viśvām̐ agne sahasā prāsy anyān

He who is to be burnished is burnished in his own (home), the lord of the house, praised by poets, our kindly guest. The thousand-horned bull with that strength — O Agni, you surpass all others by force.

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RV 5 1.9

प्र सद्यो अग्ने अत्य् एष्य् अन्यान् आविर् यस्मै चारुतमो बभूथ । ईऴेन्यो वपुष्यो विभावा प्रियो विशाम् अतिथिर् मानुषीणाम्

pra sadyo agne aty eṣy anyān āvir yasmai cārutamo babhūtha | īḻenyo vapuṣyo vibhāvā priyo viśām atithir mānuṣīṇām

At once, Agni, you pass beyond the others, for whomever you have shown yourself most lovely: to be invoked, wondrous to look at, wide-shining, the dear guest of the human clans.

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RV 5 1.10

तुभ्यम् भरन्ति क्षितयो यविष्ठ बलिम् अग्ने अन्तित ओत दूरात् । आ भन्दिष्ठस्य सुमतिꣳ चिकिद्धि बृहत् ते अग्ने महि शर्म भद्रम्

tubhyam bharanti kṣitayo yaviṣṭha balim agne antita ota dūrāt | ā bhandiṣṭhasya sumatiṁ cikiddhi bṛhat te agne mahi śarma bhadram

To you, O youngest Agni, the settlements bring tribute, from nearby and also from afar. Take notice of the favour of the one most worthy of praise: lofty is your great and auspicious shelter, Agni.

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RV 5 1.11

आद्य रथम् भानुमो भानुमन्तम् अग्ने तिष्ठ यजतेभिः समन्तम् । विद्वान् पथीनाम् उर्व् अ१न्तरिक्षम् एह देवान् हविरद्याय वक्षि

ādya ratham bhānumo bhānumantam agne tiṣṭha yajatebhiḥ samantam | vidvān pathīnām urv a1ntarikṣam eha devān haviradyāya vakṣi

Today, radiant Agni, mount the radiant chariot surrounded by the worshipful ones. Knowing the paths and the wide midspace, convey the gods here to the eating of the oblation.

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RV 5 1.12

अवोचाम कवये मेध्याय वचो वन्दारु वृषभाय वृष्णे । गविष्ठिरो नमसा स्तोमम् अग्नौ दिवीव रुक्मम् उरुव्यञ्चम् अश्रेत्

avocāma kavaye medhyāya vaco vandāru vṛṣabhāya vṛṣṇe | gaviṣṭhiro namasā stomam agnau divīva rukmam uruvyañcam aśret

We have spoken a word of homage to the poet fit for the offering, to the bull, the male. Gaviṣṭhira with reverence has set his praise-song in Agni, like gold reaching far and wide in heaven.

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