Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 6

RV 6 6.1

प्र नव्यसा सहसः सूनुम् अच्छा यज्ञेन गातुम् अव इच्छमानः । वृश्चद्वनꣳ कृष्णयामꣳ रुशन्तꣳ वीती होतारꣳ दिव्यꣳ जिगाति

pra navyasā sahasaḥ sūnum acchā yajñena gātum ava icchamānaḥ | vṛścadvanaṁ kṛṣṇayāmaṁ ruśantaṁ vītī hotāraṁ divyaṁ jigāti

Forth with a new (hymn) toward the son of strength, seeking with sacrifice a way and aid: (the singer) approaches the tree-splitting, black-tracked, gleaming one, the divine hotṛ, with his invitation.

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RV 6 6.2

स श्वितानस् तन्यतू रोचनस्था अजरेभिर् नानदद्भिर् यविष्ठः । यः पावकः पुरुतमः पुरूणि पृथून्य् अग्निर् अनुयाति भर्वन्

sa śvitānas tanyatū rocanasthā ajarebhir nānadadbhir yaviṣṭhaḥ | yaḥ pāvakaḥ purutamaḥ purūṇi pṛthūny agnir anuyāti bharvan

He, whitening, with thunder, standing in the bright realm, the youngest, with his unaging, ever-roaring (flames) — Agni who is the purifier, most abundant, goes after many broad (woods), devouring.

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

RV 6 6.3

वि ते विष्वग् वातजूतासो अग्ने भामासः शुचे शुचयश् चरन्ति । तुविम्रक्षासो दिव्या नवग्वा वना वनन्ति धृषता रुजन्तः

vi te viṣvag vātajūtāso agne bhāmāsaḥ śuce śucayaś caranti | tuvimrakṣāso divyā navagvā vanā vananti dhṛṣatā rujantaḥ

Your flames, O Agni, driven by the wind, move apart in every direction, O bright one — bright ones; mightily crushing, heavenly, Navagvas, they consume the woods, boldly shattering them.

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RV 6 6.4

ये ते शुक्रासः शुचयः शुचिष्मः क्षाꣳ वपन्ति विषितासो अश्वाः । अध भ्रमस् त उर्विया वि भाति यातयमानो अधि सानु पृश्नेः

ye te śukrāsaḥ śucayaḥ śuciṣmaḥ kṣāṁ vapanti viṣitāso aśvāḥ | adha bhramas ta urviyā vi bhāti yātayamāno adhi sānu pṛśneḥ

Those bright, pure horses of yours, O you rich in brightness, when loosed, shear the earth; then your flickering (flame) shines out widely, marshalling itself over the back of Pṛśni.

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RV 6 6.5

अध जिह्वा पापतीति प्र वृष्णो गोषुयुधो नाशनिः सृजाना । शूरस्येव प्रसितिः क्षातिर् अग्नेर् दुर्वर्तुर् भीमो दयते वनानि

adha jihvā pāpatīti pra vṛṣṇo goṣuyudho nāśaniḥ sṛjānā | śūrasyeva prasitiḥ kṣātir agner durvartur bhīmo dayate vanāni

Then the tongue of the bull flies forth again and again, like a missile loosed by one fighting for cows; like the onset of a hero is Agni's burning — hard to withstand, terrifying, he cuts up the woods.

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RV 6 6.6

आ भानुना पार्थिवानि ज्रयाꣳसि महस् तोदस्य धृषता ततन्थ । स बाधस्वाप भया सहोभिः स्पृधो वनुष्यन् वनुषो नि जूर्व

ā bhānunā pārthivāni jrayāṁsi mahas todasya dhṛṣatā tatantha | sa bādhasvāpa bhayā sahobhiḥ spṛdho vanuṣyan vanuṣo ni jūrva

With your beam you have stretched across the earthly expanses, with the bold (thrust) of your great goading. Thrust away the terrors with your powers; assailing the rivals, burn down the assailants.

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RV 6 6.7

स चित्र चित्रꣳ चितयन्तम् अस्मे चित्रक्षत्र चित्रतमꣳ वयोधाम् । चन्द्रꣳ रयिम् पुरुवीरम् बृहन्तꣳ चन्द्र चन्द्राभिर् गृणते युवस्व

sa citra citraṁ citayantam asme citrakṣatra citratamaṁ vayodhām | candraṁ rayim puruvīram bṛhantaṁ candra candrābhir gṛṇate yuvasva

O brilliant one, yoke (i.e. bestow) for the singer that brilliant, conspicuous, most brilliant, vigour-giving wealth — gleaming, rich in men, lofty — O gleaming one, with your gleaming (aids).

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