Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 15

RV 6 15.1

इमम् ऊ षु वो अतिथिम् उषर्बुधꣳ विश्वासाꣳ विशाम् पतिम् ऋञ्जसे गिरा । वेतीद् दिवो जनुषा कच् चिद् आ शुचिर् ज्योक् चिद् अत्ति गर्भो यद् अच्युतम्

imam ū ṣu vo atithim uṣarbudhaṁ viśvāsāṁ viśām patim ṛñjase girā | vetīd divo januṣā kac cid ā śucir jyok cid atti garbho yad acyutam

This your guest, waking at dawn, lord of all the clans, I strive to win with my song; by his very birth from heaven he pursues whatever there is, pure; long indeed does he eat, the embryo, what is unshaken.

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RV 6 15.2

मित्रꣳ न यꣳ सुधितम् भृगवो दधुर् वनस्पताव् ईड्यम् ऊर्ध्वशोचिषम् । स त्वꣳ सुप्रीतो वीतहव्ये अद्भुत प्रशस्तिभिर् महयसे दिवे-दिवे

mitraṁ na yaṁ sudhitam bhṛgavo dadhur vanaspatāv īḍyam ūrdhvaśociṣam | sa tvaṁ suprīto vītahavye adbhuta praśastibhir mahayase dive-dive

Whom, well-established like Mitra, the Bhṛgus set in the wood, (him) to be invoked, whose flame goes upward — you, well pleased, O wondrous one, are magnified with praises day by day in Vītahavya's (house).

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RV 6 15.3

स त्वꣳ दक्षस्यावृको वृधो भूर् अर्यः परस्यान्तरस्य तरुषः । रायः सूनो सहसो मर्त्येष्व् आ छर्दिर् यच्छ वीतहव्याय सप्रथो भरद्वाजाय सप्रथः

sa tvaṁ dakṣasyāvṛko vṛdho bhūr aryaḥ parasyāntarasya taruṣaḥ | rāyaḥ sūno sahaso martyeṣv ā chardir yaccha vītahavyāya sapratho bharadvājāya saprathaḥ

Be you the unwolfish increaser of skill, the overcomer of the stranger, far and near; O son of strength, grant to mortals a wide shelter of wealth for Vītahavya, a wide one for Bharadvāja.

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RV 6 15.4

द्युतानꣳ वो अतिथिꣳ स्वर्णरम् अग्निꣳ होतारम् मनुषः स्वध्वरम् । विप्रꣳ न द्युक्षवचसꣳ सुवृक्तिभिर् हव्यवाहम् अरतिꣳ देवम् ऋञ्जसे

dyutānaṁ vo atithiṁ svarṇaram agniṁ hotāram manuṣaḥ svadhvaram | vipraṁ na dyukṣavacasaṁ suvṛktibhir havyavāham aratiṁ devam ṛñjase

The shining one, your guest, the sun-man, Agni the hotṛ of man, of good rite, like an inspired singer whose speech dwells in heaven — with fine hymns I press toward (him), the oblation-bearer, the wheel-hub (messenger), the god.

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RV 6 15.5

पावकया यश् चितयन्त्या कृपा क्षामन् रुरुच उषसो न भानुना । तूर्वन् न यामन्न् एतशस्य नू रण आ यो घृणे न ततृषाणो अजरः

pāvakayā yaś citayantyā kṛpā kṣāman ruruca uṣaso na bhānunā | tūrvan na yāmann etaśasya nū raṇa ā yo ghṛṇe na tatṛṣāṇo ajaraḥ

Who with purifying, perceptible form shone upon the earth as with the radiance of the dawns; as if overpowering in the course of Etaśa, now in joy; who (comes) to the heat, as one thirsty, unaging.

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RV 6 15.6

अग्निम्-अग्निꣳ वः समिधा दुवस्यत प्रियम्-प्रियꣳ वो अतिथिꣳ गृणीषणि । उप वो गीर्भिर् अमृतꣳ विवासत देवो देवेषु वनते हि वार्यꣳ देवो देवेषु वनते हि नो दुवः

agnim-agniṁ vaḥ samidhā duvasyata priyam-priyaṁ vo atithiṁ gṛṇīṣaṇi | upa vo gīrbhir amṛtaṁ vivāsata devo deveṣu vanate hi vāryaṁ devo deveṣu vanate hi no duvaḥ

Honour for yourselves Agni, Agni again, with kindling-wood; sing of your guest, dear one after dear one. Seek to win the immortal for yourselves with songs — for a god among the gods obtains what is choice, a god among the gods obtains for us our reverence.

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RV 6 15.7

समिद्धम् अग्निꣳ समिधा गिरा गृणे शुचिम् पावकम् पुरो अध्वरे ध्रुवम् । विप्रꣳ होतारम् पुरुवारम् अद्रुहꣳ कविꣳ सुम्नैर् ईमहे जातवेदसम्

samiddham agniṁ samidhā girā gṛṇe śucim pāvakam puro adhvare dhruvam | vipraṁ hotāram puruvāram adruhaṁ kaviṁ sumnair īmahe jātavedasam

I sing with kindling-wood and with song the kindled Agni, bright, purifying, set in front at the rite, steadfast; the inspired hotṛ, rich in choice things, without guile, the sage — with (prayers for) favours we entreat him, Jātavedas.

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RV 6 15.8

त्वाꣳ दूतम् अग्ने अमृतꣳ युगे-युगे हव्यवाहꣳ दधिरे पायुम् ईड्यम् । देवासश् च मर्तासश् च जागृविꣳ विभुꣳ विश्पतिꣳ नमसा नि षेदिरे

tvāṁ dūtam agne amṛtaṁ yuge-yuge havyavāhaṁ dadhire pāyum īḍyam | devāsaś ca martāsaś ca jāgṛviṁ vibhuṁ viśpatiṁ namasā ni ṣedire

You, Agni, the immortal messenger, age after age they have made the bearer of oblations, the protector to be invoked; both gods and mortals have seated with homage the watchful one, the far-extending lord of the clans.

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RV 6 15.9

विभूषन्न् अग्न उभयाꣳ अनु व्रता दूतो देवानाꣳ रजसी सम् ईयसे । यत् ते धीतिꣳ सुमतिम् आवृणीमहे ऽध स्मा नस् त्रिवरूथः शिवो भव

vibhūṣann agna ubhayām̐ anu vratā dūto devānāṁ rajasī sam īyase | yat te dhītiṁ sumatim āvṛṇīmahe 'dha smā nas trivarūthaḥ śivo bhava

Adorning (them), Agni, according to the ordinances of both, as messenger of the gods you travel between the two realms; since we choose your insight and your good favour, then be to us the triply-sheltering, kindly one.

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RV 6 15.10

तꣳ सुप्रतीकꣳ सुदृशꣳ स्वञ्चम् अविद्वाꣳसो विदुष्टरꣳ सपेम । स यक्षद् विश्वा वयुनानि विद्वान् प्र हव्यम् अग्निर् अमृतेषु वोचत्

taṁ supratīkaṁ sudṛśaṁ svañcam avidvāṁso viduṣṭaraṁ sapema | sa yakṣad viśvā vayunāni vidvān pra havyam agnir amṛteṣu vocat

Him of fair aspect, fair to see, of fair motion — we, the unknowing, would serve him, the more knowing. May he offer sacrifice, knowing all the fixed times; may Agni announce the oblation among the immortals.

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RV 6 15.11

तम् अग्ने पास्य् उत तम् पिपर्षि यस् त आनट् कवये शूर धीतिम् । यज्ञस्य वा निशितिꣳ वोदितिꣳ वा तम् इत् पृणक्षि शवसोत राया

tam agne pāsy uta tam piparṣi yas ta ānaṭ kavaye śūra dhītim | yajñasya vā niśitiṁ voditiṁ vā tam it pṛṇakṣi śavasota rāyā

Him, Agni, you protect, and him you carry across, who has brought his insight to you, the sage, O hero; whether the whetting of the sacrifice or its uttering — him indeed you fill with power and with wealth.

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RV 6 15.12

त्वम् अग्ने वनुष्यतो नि पाहि त्वम् उ नः सहसावन्न् अवद्यात् । सꣳ त्वा ध्वस्मन्वद् अभ्य् एतु पाथः सꣳ रयिः स्पृहयाय्यः सहस्री

tvam agne vanuṣyato ni pāhi tvam u naḥ sahasāvann avadyāt | saṁ tvā dhvasmanvad abhy etu pāthaḥ saṁ rayiḥ spṛhayāyyaḥ sahasrī

You, Agni, guard (us) from the envious one; you too, O mighty one, (guard) us from disgrace. May the darkening path come close upon you; may wealth, desirable, thousandfold, (come) together (to us).

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RV 6 15.13

अग्निर् होता गृहपतिः स राजा विश्वा वेद जनिमा जातवेदाः । देवानाम् उत यो मर्त्यानाꣳ यजिष्ठः स प्र यजताम् ऋतावा

agnir hotā gṛhapatiḥ sa rājā viśvā veda janimā jātavedāḥ | devānām uta yo martyānāṁ yajiṣṭhaḥ sa pra yajatām ṛtāvā

Agni is the hotṛ, the house-lord, he is the king; as Jātavedas he knows all births. He who is the best sacrificer of gods and of mortals — let him, holder of ṛta, sacrifice forth.

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RV 6 15.14

अग्ने यद् अद्य विशो अध्वरस्य होतः पावकशोचे वेष् ट्वꣳ हि यज्वा । ऋता यजासि महिना वि यद् भूर् हव्या वह यविष्ठ या ते अद्य

agne yad adya viśo adhvarasya hotaḥ pāvakaśoce veṣ ṭvaṁ hi yajvā | ṛtā yajāsi mahinā vi yad bhūr havyā vaha yaviṣṭha yā te adya

Agni, when today, O hotṛ of the clan's rite, you of purifying flame — for you are the sacrificer — you pursue (your work), you will sacrifice in accord with the ṛta, since you have extended with greatness: convey the oblations, O youngest, which are yours today.

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RV 6 15.15

अभि प्रयाꣳसि सुधितानि हि ख्यो नि त्वा दधीत रोदसी यजध्यै । अवा नो मघवन् वाजसाताव् अग्ने विश्वानि दुरिता तरेम ता तरेम तवावसा तरेम

abhi prayāṁsi sudhitāni hi khyo ni tvā dadhīta rodasī yajadhyai | avā no maghavan vājasātāv agne viśvāni duritā tarema tā tarema tavāvasā tarema

Look upon the well-set offerings; let the two worlds set you down to sacrifice. Help us, O bounteous one, in the winning of the prize; Agni, may we cross over all difficulties — may we cross them, may we cross by your aid.

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RV 6 15.16

अग्ने विश्वेभिः स्वनीक देवैर् ऊर्णावन्तम् प्रथमः सीद योनिम् । कुलायिनꣳ घृतवन्तꣳ सवित्रे यज्ञꣳ नय यजमानाय साधु

agne viśvebhiḥ svanīka devair ūrṇāvantam prathamaḥ sīda yonim | kulāyinaṁ ghṛtavantaṁ savitre yajñaṁ naya yajamānāya sādhu

Agni of fair face, with all the gods sit down first upon the woolly seat; lead the sacrifice, nest-like and full of ghee, well to Savitṛ, for the sacrificer.

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RV 6 15.17

इमम् उ त्यम् अथर्ववद् अग्निम् मन्थन्ति वेधसः । यम् अङ्कूयन्तम् आनयन्न् अमूरꣳ श्याव्याभ्यः

imam u tyam atharvavad agnim manthanti vedhasaḥ | yam aṅkūyantam ānayann amūraṁ śyāvyābhyaḥ

This very Agni the ordainers churn, as Atharvan did — (Agni) whom, as he moved crookedly, they led, the unerring one, away from the dark (nights/mares).

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RV 6 15.18

जनिष्वा देववीतये सर्वताता स्वस्तये । आ देवान् वक्ष्य् अमृताꣳ ऋतावृधो यज्ञꣳ देवेषु पिस्पृशः

janiṣvā devavītaye sarvatātā svastaye | ā devān vakṣy amṛtām̐ ṛtāvṛdho yajñaṁ deveṣu pispṛśaḥ

Be born for the gods' coming, for wholeness, for well-being; convey here the immortal gods who increase ṛta, and make the sacrifice reach the gods.

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RV 6 15.19

वयम् उ त्वा गृहपते जनानाम् अग्ने अकर्म समिधा बृहन्तम् । अस्थूरि नो गार्हपत्यानि सन्तु तिग्मेन नस् तेजसा सꣳ शिशाधि

vayam u tvā gṛhapate janānām agne akarma samidhā bṛhantam | asthūri no gārhapatyāni santu tigmena nas tejasā saṁ śiśādhi

We indeed, O house-lord of the peoples, O Agni, have made you great with kindling-wood; let our household holdings be not unstable; sharpen us with your keen brilliance.

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