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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 10

RV 5 10.1

अग्न ओजिष्ठम् आ भर द्युम्नम् अस्मभ्यम् अध्रिगो । प्र नो राया परीणसा रत्सि वाजाय पन्थाम्

agna ojiṣṭham ā bhara dyumnam asmabhyam adhrigo | pra no rāyā parīṇasā ratsi vājāya panthām

O Agni, bring us the mightiest splendour, O unrestrainable one; cut open for us a path to the prize with abundant wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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BRING us most mighty splendour thou, Agni, resistless on thy way. With overflowing store of wealth mark out for us a path to strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 10.2

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने अद्भुत क्रत्वा दक्षस्य मꣳहना । त्वे असुर्य१म् आरुहत् क्राणा मित्रो न यज्ञियः

tvaṁ no agne adbhuta kratvā dakṣasya maṁhanā | tve asurya1m āruhat krāṇā mitro na yajñiyaḥ

You for us, O wondrous Agni, by resolve and by the bounty of skill — in you the Asura-power has mounted, acting, like Mitra worthy of worship.

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

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Ours art thou, wondrous Agni, bywisdom and bounteousness of power. The might of Asuras rests on thee, like Mitra worshipful in act.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 10.3

त्वꣳ नो अग्न एषाꣳ गयम् पुष्टिꣳ च वर्धय । ये स्तोमेभिः प्र सूरयो नरो मघान्य् आनशुः

tvaṁ no agna eṣāṁ gayam puṣṭiṁ ca vardhaya | ye stomebhiḥ pra sūrayo naro maghāny ānaśuḥ

Do thou, O Agni, increase the household and the prosperity of these men — the patrons who with their praise-songs have won bounties.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni, increase our means of life, increase the house and home of these, The men, the princes who have won great riches through our hymns of praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 10.4

ये अग्ने चन्द्र ते गिरः शुम्भन्त्य् अश्वराधसः । शुष्मेभिः शुष्मिणो नरो दिवश् चिद् येषाम् बृहत् सुकीर्तिर् बोधति त्मना

ye agne candra te giraḥ śumbhanty aśvarādhasaḥ | śuṣmebhiḥ śuṣmiṇo naro divaś cid yeṣām bṛhat sukīrtir bodhati tmanā

They who, O gleaming Agni, adorn thy songs, having horses as their gift — vigorous men with their vigour, whose high fair fame of itself is known even from heaven.

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

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Bright Agni, they who deck their songs for thee have horses as their meed. The men are mighty in their might, they whose high laud, as that of heaven, awakes thee of its own accord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 10.5

तव त्ये अग्ने अर्चयो भ्राजन्तो यन्ति धृष्णुया । परिज्मानो न विद्युतः स्वानो रथो न वाजयुः

tava tye agne arcayo bhrājanto yanti dhṛṣṇuyā | parijmāno na vidyutaḥ svāno ratho na vājayuḥ

Those flames of thine, O Agni, go blazing boldly, like lightnings circling round, like a roaring chariot seeking the prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Agni, those resplendent flames of thine go valorously forth, Like lightnings flashing round us, like a rattling car that seeks the spoil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 10.6

नू नो अग्न ऊतये सबाधसश् च रातये । अस्माकासश् च सूरयो विश्वा आशास् तरीषणि

nū no agna ūtaye sabādhasaś ca rātaye | asmākāsaś ca sūrayo viśvā āśās tarīṣaṇi

Now, O Agni, (be) for our aid, we who press close, and for (thy) giving, and (may) our patrons (be) — to cross over all the quarters.

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

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Now, Agni, come to succour us; let priests draw nigh to offer gifts; And let the patrons of our rites subdue all regions of the earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 10.7

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने अङ्गिरः स्तुतः स्तवान आ भर । होतर् विभ्वासहꣳ रयिꣳ स्तोतृभ्यः स्तवसे च न उतैधि पृत्सु नो वृधे

tvaṁ no agne aṅgiraḥ stutaḥ stavāna ā bhara | hotar vibhvāsahaṁ rayiṁ stotṛbhyaḥ stavase ca na utaidhi pṛtsu no vṛdhe

Do thou, O Agni Aṅgiras, praised and being praised, bring to us, O hotṛ, wealth that overcomes the mighty, for the praisers; and be present for us to be praised, for our increase in battles.

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

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Bring to us, Agni, Angiras, lauded of old and lauded now, Invoker! wealth to quell the strong, that singers may extol thee. Be near us in fight for our success.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)