Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 48

RV 6 48.1

यज्ञा-यज्ञा वो अग्नये गिरा-गिरा च दक्षसे । प्र-प्र वयम् अमृतꣳ जातवेदसम् प्रियम् मित्रꣳ न शꣳसिषम्

yajñā-yajñā vo agnaye girā-girā ca dakṣase | pra-pra vayam amṛtaṁ jātavedasam priyam mitraṁ na śaṁsiṣam

At sacrifice after sacrifice, for your Agni, and with song after song, for skill — again and again let me proclaim the immortal Jātavedas, like a dear friend.

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RV 6 48.2

ऊर्जो नपातꣳ स हिनायम् अस्मयुर् दाशेम हव्यदातये । भुवद् वाजेष्व् अविता भुवद् वृध उत त्राता तनूनाम्

ūrjo napātaṁ sa hināyam asmayur dāśema havyadātaye | bhuvad vājeṣv avitā bhuvad vṛdha uta trātā tanūnām

The child of nourishment — for he, this one, is well-disposed to us — let us serve him with the giving of oblation. May he be a helper in the contests for prizes, may he be a furtherer and a protector of our bodies.

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RV 6 48.3

वृषा ह्य् अग्ने अजरो महान् विभास्य् अर्चिषा । अजस्रेण शोचिषा शोशुचच् छुचे सुदीतिभिः सु दीदिहि

vṛṣā hy agne ajaro mahān vibhāsy arciṣā | ajasreṇa śociṣā śośucac chuce sudītibhiḥ su dīdihi

For you, Agni, unaging bull, shine out greatly with your flame. Blazing with unfailing brilliance, O bright one, shine well with fair beams.

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RV 6 48.4

महो देवान् यजसि यक्ष्य् आनुषक् तव क्रत्वोत दꣳसना । अर्वाचः सीꣳ कृणुह्य् अग्ने ऽवसे रास्व वाजोत वꣳस्व

maho devān yajasi yakṣy ānuṣak tava kratvota daṁsanā | arvācaḥ sīṁ kṛṇuhy agne 'vase rāsva vājota vaṁsva

You sacrifice to the great gods; sacrifice in due succession, by your resolve and by your wondrous skill. Make them turn hither, Agni, for our aid; bestow the prize and win it too.

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RV 6 48.5

यम् आपो अद्रयो वना गर्भम् ऋतस्य पिप्रति । सहसा यो मथितो जायते नृभिः पृथिव्या अधि सानवि

yam āpo adrayo vanā garbham ṛtasya piprati | sahasā yo mathito jāyate nṛbhiḥ pṛthivyā adhi sānavi

(He) whom the waters, the stones, the woods sustain as the embryo of ṛta, who, churned with force by men, is born upon the height of the earth.

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RV 6 48.6

आ यः पप्रौ भानुना रोदसी उभे धूमेन धावते दिवि । तिरस् तमो ददृश ऊर्म्यास्व् आ श्यावास्व् अरुषो वृषा श्यावा अरुषो वृषा

ā yaḥ paprau bhānunā rodasī ubhe dhūmena dhāvate divi | tiras tamo dadṛśa ūrmyāsv ā śyāvāsv aruṣo vṛṣā śyāvā aruṣo vṛṣā

He who has filled both world-halves with his light, who runs with his smoke in heaven; across the darkness he has been seen amid the nights, the ruddy bull among the dusky ones — the dusky ones, the ruddy bull.

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RV 6 48.7

बृहद्भिर् अग्ने अर्चिभिः शुक्रेण देव शोचिषा । भरद्वाजे समिधानो यविष्ठ्य रेवन् नः शुक्र दीदिहि द्युमत् पावक दीदिहि

bṛhadbhir agne arcibhiḥ śukreṇa deva śociṣā | bharadvāje samidhāno yaviṣṭhya revan naḥ śukra dīdihi dyumat pāvaka dīdihi

With your lofty flames, O Agni, with your bright blaze, O god, kindled in Bharadvāja's house, O youngest one — shine richly for us, O bright one, shine brilliantly, O purifier.

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RV 6 48.8

विश्वासाꣳ गृहपतिर् विशाम् असि त्वम् अग्ने मानुषीणाम् । शतम् पूर्भिर् यविष्ठ पाह्य् अꣳहसः समेद्धारꣳ शतꣳ हिमाः स्तोतृभ्यो ये च ददति

viśvāsāṁ gṛhapatir viśām asi tvam agne mānuṣīṇām | śatam pūrbhir yaviṣṭha pāhy aṁhasaḥ sameddhāraṁ śataṁ himāḥ stotṛbhyo ye ca dadati

You are the house-lord of all the human clans, O Agni. With a hundred strongholds, O youngest, protect (us) from distress — a hundred winters (protect) the kindler and those who give to the praisers.

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RV 6 48.9

त्वꣳ नश् चित्र ऊत्या वसो राधाꣳसि चोदय । अस्य रायस् त्वम् अग्ने रथीर् असि विदा गाधꣳ तुचे तु नः

tvaṁ naś citra ūtyā vaso rādhāṁsi codaya | asya rāyas tvam agne rathīr asi vidā gādhaṁ tuce tu naḥ

You, O bright one, O good one, with your help spur bounties toward us. Of this wealth you, Agni, are the charioteer: find a footing for our offspring.

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RV 6 48.10

पर्षि तोकꣳ तनयम् पर्तृभिष् ट्वम् अदब्धैर् अप्रयुत्वभिः । अग्ने हेऴाꣳसि दैव्या युयोधि नो ऽदेवानि ह्वराꣳसि च

parṣi tokaṁ tanayam partṛbhiṣ ṭvam adabdhair aprayutvabhiḥ | agne heḻāṁsi daivyā yuyodhi no 'devāni hvarāṁsi ca

Carry our offspring and progeny across with your rescuers, undeceived and unwavering. O Agni, ward off from us the angers of the gods and the godless crooked ways.

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RV 6 48.11

आ सखायः सबर्दुघाꣳ धेनुम् अजध्वम् उप नव्यसा वचः । सृजध्वम् अनपस्फुराम्

ā sakhāyaḥ sabardughāṁ dhenum ajadhvam upa navyasā vacaḥ | sṛjadhvam anapasphurām

Friends, drive up the cow that yields sabar-milk; with a newer word set her loose, the one that does not kick away (the milker).

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RV 6 48.12

या शर्धाय मारुताय स्वभानवे श्रवो ऽमृत्यु धुक्षत । या मृऴीके मरुताꣳ तुराणाꣳ या सुम्नैर् एवयावरी

yā śardhāya mārutāya svabhānave śravo 'mṛtyu dhukṣata | yā mṛḻīke marutāṁ turāṇāṁ yā sumnair evayāvarī

(She) who milked out undying fame for the Marut troop of its own brilliance; who (does so) in the mercy of the swift Maruts, who goes swiftly on her way with favours —

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RV 6 48.13

भरद्वाजायाव धुक्षत द्विता । धेनुꣳ च विश्वदोहसम् इषꣳ च विश्वभोजसम्

bharadvājāyāva dhukṣata dvitā | dhenuṁ ca viśvadohasam iṣaṁ ca viśvabhojasam

For Bharadvāja they milked forth in double measure: both the cow that yields all milk and the refreshment that gives all nourishment.

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RV 6 48.14

तꣳ व इन्द्रꣳ न सुक्रतुꣳ वरुणम् इव मायिनम् । अर्यमणꣳ न मन्द्रꣳ सृप्रभोजसꣳ विष्णुꣳ न स्तुष आदिशे

taṁ va indraṁ na sukratuṁ varuṇam iva māyinam | aryamaṇaṁ na mandraṁ sṛprabhojasaṁ viṣṇuṁ na stuṣa ādiśe

Him for you — of good resolve like Indra, possessed of craft like Varuṇa, delightful like Aryaman, of ample nourishment, like Viṣṇu — I praise, to point (him) out.

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RV 6 48.15

त्वेषꣳ शर्धो न मारुतꣳ तुविष्वण्य् अनर्वाणम् पूषणꣳ सꣳ यथा शता । सꣳ सहस्रा कारिषच् चर्षणिभ्य आꣳ आविर् गूऴ्हा वसू करत् सुवेदा नो वसू करत्

tveṣaṁ śardho na mārutaṁ tuviṣvaṇy anarvāṇam pūṣaṇaṁ saṁ yathā śatā | saṁ sahasrā kāriṣac carṣaṇibhya ām̐ āvir gūḻhā vasū karat suvedā no vasū karat

(Him) glittering like the Marut troop, loudly roaring, unassailable Pūṣan — so that he may gather hundreds together, may gather thousands together for the peoples, may make hidden goods manifest, may make goods easy for us to find.

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RV 6 48.16

आ मा पूषन्न् उप द्रव शꣳसिषꣳ नु ते अपिकर्ण आघृणे । अघा अर्यो अरातयः

ā mā pūṣann upa drava śaṁsiṣaṁ nu te apikarṇa āghṛṇe | aghā aryo arātayaḥ

Run here to me, Pūṣan; I would now declare to you, O you whose ear is near, O glowing one: evil are the stranger's grudging ones.

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RV 6 48.17

मा काकम्बीरम् उद् वृहो वनस्पतिम् अशस्तीर् वि हि नीनशः । मोत सूरो अह एवा चन ग्रीवा आदधते वेः

mā kākambīram ud vṛho vanaspatim aśastīr vi hi nīnaśaḥ | mota sūro aha evā cana grīvā ādadhate veḥ

Do not tear up the kākambīra tree, for you have made the ill-speakings vanish; and not even on this very day do they lay (it) on the neck of the bird.

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RV 6 48.18

दृतेर् इव ते ऽवृकम् अस्तु सख्यम् । अच्छिद्रस्य दधन्वतः सुपूर्णस्य दधन्वतः

dṛter iva te 'vṛkam astu sakhyam | acchidrasya dadhanvataḥ supūrṇasya dadhanvataḥ

Like that of a leather bag, let your friendship be free of wolves — of one without holes, running (with liquid), of one well filled, running (with liquid).

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RV 6 48.19

परो हि मर्त्यैर् असि समो देवैर् उत श्रिया । अभि ख्यः पूषन् पृतनासु नस् त्वम् अवा नूनꣳ यथा पुरा

paro hi martyair asi samo devair uta śriyā | abhi khyaḥ pūṣan pṛtanāsu nas tvam avā nūnaṁ yathā purā

For you are beyond mortals and equal with the gods in splendour. Look upon us, Pūṣan, in the battles; help us now as you did before.

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RV 6 48.20

वामी वामस्य धूतयः प्रणीतिर् अस्तु सूनृता । देवस्य वा मरुतो मर्त्यस्य वेजानस्य प्रयज्यवः

vāmī vāmasya dhūtayaḥ praṇītir astu sūnṛtā | devasya vā maruto martyasya vejānasya prayajyavaḥ

Lovely be the guidance of what is lovely, O shakers, and let it be truly generous — whether of a god, O Maruts, or of a mortal, or of the one sacrificing, O you who receive worship first.

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RV 6 48.21

सद्यश् चिद् यस्य चर्कृतिः परि द्याꣳ देवो नैति सूर्यः । त्वेषꣳ शवो दधिरे नाम यज्ञियम् मरुतो वृत्रहꣳ शवो ज्येष्ठꣳ वृत्रहꣳ शवः

sadyaś cid yasya carkṛtiḥ pari dyāṁ devo naiti sūryaḥ | tveṣaṁ śavo dadhire nāma yajñiyam maruto vṛtrahaṁ śavo jyeṣṭhaṁ vṛtrahaṁ śavaḥ

He whose doing is accomplished in a single day, like the god Sūrya, who goes around heaven — they have assumed a glittering might, a name fit for sacrifice, the Maruts: might that slays Vṛtra, highest might that slays Vṛtra.

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RV 6 48.22

सकृद् ध द्यौर् अजायत सकृद् भूमिर् अजायत । पृश्न्या दुग्धꣳ सकृत् पयस् तद् अन्यो नानु जायते

sakṛd dha dyaur ajāyata sakṛd bhūmir ajāyata | pṛśnyā dugdhaṁ sakṛt payas tad anyo nānu jāyate

Once indeed was Heaven born, once was Earth born, once was Pṛśni's milk milked out: no other is born after that.

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