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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 14

RV 5 14.1

अग्निꣳ स्तोमेन बोधय समिधानो अमर्त्यम् । हव्या देवेषु नो दधत्

agniṁ stomena bodhaya samidhāno amartyam | havyā deveṣu no dadhat

Awaken Agni with praise, kindling the immortal one; may he set our oblations among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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ENKINDLING the Immortal, wake Agni with song of praise: may he bear our oblations to the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 14.2

तम् अध्वरेष्व् ईऴते देवम् मर्ता अमर्त्यम् । यजिष्ठम् मानुषे जने

tam adhvareṣv īḻate devam martā amartyam | yajiṣṭham mānuṣe jane

Him the mortals invoke at the rites, the immortal god, most worthy of sacrifice among the race of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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At high solemnities mortal men glorify him the Immortal, best At sacrifice among mankind.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 14.3

तꣳ हि शश्वन्त ईऴते स्रुचा देवꣳ घृतश्चुता । अग्निꣳ हव्याय वोऴ्हवे

taṁ hi śaśvanta īḻate srucā devaṁ ghṛtaścutā | agniṁ havyāya voḻhave

For him all in succession invoke with the ghee-dripping ladle, Agni, to convey the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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That he may bear their gifts to heaven, all glorify him Agni, God, With ladle that distilleth oil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 14.4

अग्निर् जातो अरोचत घ्नन् दस्यूञ् ज्योतिषा तमः । अविन्दद् गा अपः स्वः

agnir jāto arocata ghnan dasyūñ jyotiṣā tamaḥ | avindad gā apaḥ svaḥ

Agni, born, shone forth, smiting the Dasyus, (smiting) the darkness with light; he found the cows, the waters, the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni shone bright when born, with light killing the Dasyus and the dark: He found the Kine, the Floods, the Sun.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 14.5

अग्निम् ईऴेन्यꣳ कविꣳ घृतपृष्ठꣳ सपर्यत । वेतु मे शृणवद् धवम्

agnim īḻenyaṁ kaviṁ ghṛtapṛṣṭhaṁ saparyata | vetu me śṛṇavad dhavam

Honour Agni, the sage to be invoked, whose back is of ghee; let him come, let him hear my call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Serve Agni, God adorable, the Sage whose back is balmed with oil: Let him approach, and hear my call.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 14.6

अग्निꣳ घृतेन वावृधुः स्तोमेभिर् विश्वचर्षणिम् । स्वाधीभिर् वचस्युभिः

agniṁ ghṛtena vāvṛdhuḥ stomebhir viśvacarṣaṇim | svādhībhir vacasyubhiḥ

With ghee they have strengthened Agni, (him) of all peoples, with praises, with well-devised and eloquent (words).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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They have exalted Agni, God of all mankind, with oil and hymns Of praise, devout and eloquent.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)