Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 2

RV 6 2.1

त्वꣳ हि क्षैतवद् यशो ऽग्ने मित्रो न पत्यसे । त्वꣳ विचर्षणे श्रवो वसो पुष्टिꣳ न पुष्यसि

tvaṁ hi kṣaitavad yaśo 'gne mitro na patyase | tvaṁ vicarṣaṇe śravo vaso puṣṭiṁ na puṣyasi

For you, Agni, possess glory as a landholder (possesses his estate); like Mitra you are master. You, O far-seeing one, O Vasu, make fame flourish as (one makes) abundance flourish.

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

RV 6 2.2

त्वाꣳ हि ष्मा चर्षणयो यज्ञेभिर् गीर्भिर् ईऴते । त्वाꣳ वाजी यात्य् अवृको रजस्तूर् विश्वचर्षणिः

tvāṁ hi ṣmā carṣaṇayo yajñebhir gīrbhir īḻate | tvāṁ vājī yāty avṛko rajastūr viśvacarṣaṇiḥ

For the peoples indeed call upon you with sacrifices, with songs; to you comes the prize-winning steed, free of wolves, speeding through the air-space, belonging to all peoples.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 2.3

सजोषस् त्वा दिवो नरो यज्ञस्य केतुम् इन्धते । यद् ध स्य मानुषो जनः सुम्नायुर् जुह्वे अध्वरे

sajoṣas tvā divo naro yajñasya ketum indhate | yad dha sya mānuṣo janaḥ sumnāyur juhve adhvare

In concord the men of heaven kindle you, the beacon of the sacrifice, when indeed this human folk, seeking favour, has called (you) at the rite.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 2.4

ऋधद् यस् ते सुदानवे धिया मर्तः शशमते । ऊती ष बृहतो दिवो द्विषो अꣳहो न तरति

ṛdhad yas te sudānave dhiyā martaḥ śaśamate | ūtī ṣa bṛhato divo dviṣo aṁho na tarati

The mortal who, prospering, toils with his thought for you, the bountiful one — he, by the aid of lofty heaven, crosses over enmity as (over) a narrow strait.

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

RV 6 2.5

समिधा यस् त आहुतिꣳ निशितिम् मर्त्यो नशत् । वयावन्तꣳ स पुष्यति क्षयम् अग्ने शतायुषम्

samidhā yas ta āhutiṁ niśitim martyo naśat | vayāvantaṁ sa puṣyati kṣayam agne śatāyuṣam

The mortal who with fuel lights thy flame and offers unto thee, Supports a house with many a branch, Agni, to live a hundred years.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 6 2.6

त्वेषस् ते धूम ऋण्वति दिवि षञ् छुक्र आततः । सूरो न हि द्युता त्वꣳ कृपा पावक रोचसे

tveṣas te dhūma ṛṇvati divi ṣañ chukra ātataḥ | sūro na hi dyutā tvaṁ kṛpā pāvaka rocase

Thy bright smoke lifts itself aloft, and far-extended shines in heaven. For, Purifier! like the Sun thou beamest with thy radiant glow.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 6 2.7

अधा हि विक्ष्व् ईड्यो ऽसि प्रियो नो अतिथिः । रण्वः पुरीव जूर्यः सूनुर् न त्रययाय्यः

adhā hi vikṣv īḍyo 'si priyo no atithiḥ | raṇvaḥ purīva jūryaḥ sūnur na trayayāyyaḥ

For indeed you are to be invoked among the clans, our dear guest — delightful like an aged stronghold, like a son to be cherished.

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

RV 6 2.8

क्रत्वा हि द्रोणे अज्यसे ऽग्ने वाजी न कृत्व्यः । परिज्मेव स्वधा गयो ऽत्यो न ह्वार्यः शिशुः

kratvā hi droṇe ajyase 'gne vājī na kṛtvyaḥ | parijmeva svadhā gayo 'tyo na hvāryaḥ śiśuḥ

For by (our) resolve you are anointed in the wooden vessel, Agni, like a prize-winning steed that does the work; like the circler (the wind) by your own power, a dwelling, like a swift crooked-moving colt.

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

RV 6 2.9

त्वꣳ त्या चिद् अच्युताग्ने पशुर् न यवसे । धामा ह यत् ते अजर वना वृश्चन्ति शिक्वसः

tvaṁ tyā cid acyutāgne paśur na yavase | dhāmā ha yat te ajara vanā vṛścanti śikvasaḥ

You (devour) even those unshakable things, Agni, like an animal in a pasture, when your flames, O unaging one, skilled, shear away the woods.

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

RV 6 2.10

वेषि ह्य् अध्वरीयताम् अग्ने होता दमे विशाम् । समृधो विश्पते कृणु जुषस्व हव्यम् अङ्गिरः

veṣi hy adhvarīyatām agne hotā dame viśām | samṛdho viśpate kṛṇu juṣasva havyam aṅgiraḥ

For you attend, Agni, upon those who perform the rite, as hotṛ in the house of the clans; bring about fulfilments, O lord of the clans; take pleasure in the oblation, O Aṅgiras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 2.11

अच्छा नो मित्रमहो देव देवान् अग्ने वोचः सुमतिꣳ रोदस्योः । वीहि स्वस्तिꣳ सुक्षितिꣳ दिवो नॄन् द्विषो अꣳहाꣳसि दुरिता तरेम ता तरेम तवावसा तरेम

acchā no mitramaho deva devān agne vocaḥ sumatiṁ rodasyoḥ | vīhi svastiṁ sukṣitiṁ divo nṝn dviṣo aṁhāṁsi duritā tarema tā tarema tavāvasā tarema

O Agni, you who are great as Mitra, o god, call the gods here to us, (call) the favour of the two world-halves. Pursue well-being, good dwelling, the men of heaven. May we cross over hostilities, straits, hard passages — may we cross them, may we cross by your help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition