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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 12

RV 6 12.1

मध्ये होता दुरोणे बर्हिषो राऴ् अग्निस् तोदस्य रोदसी यजध्यै । अयꣳ स सूनुः सहस ऋतावा दूरात् सूर्यो न शोचिषा ततान

madhye hotā duroṇe barhiṣo rāḻ agnis todasya rodasī yajadhyai | ayaṁ sa sūnuḥ sahasa ṛtāvā dūrāt sūryo na śociṣā tatāna

In the midst of the dwelling (is) the hotṛ, king of the barhis, Agni, (appointed) to worship the two worlds of the goader; this one is the son of strength, holder of ṛta: like the sun from afar he has spread out with his flame.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

KING of trimmed grass, Herald within the dwelling, may Agni worship the Impeller's World-halves. He, Son of Strength, the Holy, from a distance hath spread himself abroad with light like Sûrya.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 12.2

आ यस्मिन् त्वे स्व् अपाके यजत्र यक्षद् राजन् सर्वतातेव नु द्यौः । त्रिषधस्थस् ततरुषो न जꣳहो हव्या मघानि मानुषा यजध्यै

ā yasmin tve sv apāke yajatra yakṣad rājan sarvatāteva nu dyauḥ | triṣadhasthas tataruṣo na jaṁho havyā maghāni mānuṣā yajadhyai

When (the offering) is sacrificed unto thee, O kindly-minded, worshipful one, O king, then heaven (rejoices) as with completeness; having three seats, like the stride of one who crosses over, (thou art) to offer the human oblations and gifts.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

In thee, most wise, shall Dyaus, for full perfection, King! Holy One! pronounce the call to worship. Found in three places, like the Speeder's footstep, come to present men's riches as oblations!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 12.3

तेजिष्ठा यस्यारतिर् वनेराट् तोदो अध्वन् न वृधसानो अद्यौत् । अद्रोघो न द्रविता चेतति त्मन्न् अमर्त्यो ऽवर्त्र ओषधीषु

tejiṣṭhā yasyāratir vanerāṭ todo adhvan na vṛdhasāno adyaut | adrogho na dravitā cetati tmann amartyo 'vartra oṣadhīṣu

He whose most brilliant envoy, ruling in the wood, has flashed forth, growing like a goad on the road; like an unmalicious runner he makes himself known of himself, immortal, unchecked among the plants.

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

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Whose blaze most splendid, sovran in the forest, shines waxing on his way like the – Impeller. He knows himself, like as a guileless smelter, not to be stayed among the plants, Immortal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 12.4

सास्माकेभिर् एतरी न शूषैर् अग्निः ष्टवे दम आ जातवेदाः । द्र्वन्नो वन्वन् क्रत्वा नार्वोस्रः पितेव जारयायि यज्ञैः

sāsmākebhir etarī na śūṣair agniḥ ṣṭave dama ā jātavedāḥ | drvanno vanvan kratvā nārvosraḥ piteva jārayāyi yajñaiḥ

He, Agni, is praised in the house with our impulses, like one moving on, he who knows the births; eating wood, winning by resolve as a steed (wins), the ruddy one, he is roused by the sacrifices like a father.

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

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Our friends extol him like a steed for vigour even Agni in the dwelling, Jâtave~as. Trce-fed, he fights with power as doth a champion, like Dawn's Sire to be praised with sacrifices.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 12.5

अध स्मास्य पनयन्ति भासो वृथा यत् तक्षद् अनुयाति पृथ्वीम् । सद्यो यः स्यन्द्रो विषितो धवीयान् ऋणो न तायुर् अति धन्वा राट्

adha smāsya panayanti bhāso vṛthā yat takṣad anuyāti pṛthvīm | sadyo yaḥ syandro viṣito dhavīyān ṛṇo na tāyur ati dhanvā rāṭ

Then indeed they marvel at his gleams, when at will he hews and follows along the broad earth; who, rushing at once, let loose, running faster, rules across the dry lands like a thief in flight.

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

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Men wonder at his shining glows when, paring the woods with case, o'er the broad earth he goeth, And, like a rushing flood, loosed quickly, burneth, swift as a guilty thief, o'er desert places.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 12.6

स त्वꣳ नो अर्वन् निदाया विश्वेभिर् अग्ने अग्निभिर् इधानः । वेषि रायो वि यासि दुच्छुना मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः

sa tvaṁ no arvan nidāyā viśvebhir agne agnibhir idhānaḥ | veṣi rāyo vi yāsi ducchunā madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ

So thou for us, O courser, O Agni, kindled with all the fires, (art) for the binding down of scorn; thou pursuest riches, thou drivest calamities apart. May we rejoice a hundred winters, rich in heroes.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

So mighty thou protectest us from slander, O Champion, Agni! with all fires enkindled. Bring opulence and drive away affliction. May brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)