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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 15

RV 7 15.1

उपसद्याय मीऴ्हुष आस्ये जुहुता हविः । यो नो नेदिष्ठम् आप्यम्

upasadyāya mīḻhuṣa āsye juhutā haviḥ | yo no nediṣṭham āpyam

Pour the oblation into the mouth of the bountiful one who is to be approached, who is our nearest kinship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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OFFER oblations in his mouth, the bounteous God's whom we must serve. His who is nearest kin to us:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.2

यः पञ्च चर्षणीर् अभि निषसाद दमे-दमे । कविर् गृहपतिर् युवा

yaḥ pañca carṣaṇīr abhi niṣasāda dame-dame | kavir gṛhapatir yuvā

Who has settled facing the five peoples in house after house, the poet, the lord of the house, the youth.

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Who for the Fivefold People's take hath seated him in every home Wise, Youthful, Master of the house.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.3

स नो वेदो अमात्यम् अग्नी रक्षतु विश्वतः । उतास्मान् पात्व् अꣳहसः

sa no vedo amātyam agnī rakṣatu viśvataḥ | utāsmān pātv aṁhasaḥ

Let Agni guard our property at home on every side, and let him protect us from distress.

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

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On all sides may that Agni guard our household folk and property; May he deliver us from woe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.4

नवꣳ नु स्तोमम् अग्नये दिवः श्येनाय जीजनम् । वस्वः कुविद् वनाति नः

navaṁ nu stomam agnaye divaḥ śyenāya jījanam | vasvaḥ kuvid vanāti naḥ

Now I have generated a new praise-song for Agni, the falcon of heaven; will he not win wealth for us?

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I have begotten this new hymn for Agni, Falcon of the sky: Will he not give us of his wealth?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.5

स्पार्हा यस्य श्रियो दृशे रयिर् वीरवतो यथा । अग्रे यज्ञस्य शोचतः

spārhā yasya śriyo dṛśe rayir vīravato yathā | agre yajñasya śocataḥ

Whose splendors are desirable to see, like the wealth of a man rich in sons, as he flames at the front of the sacrifice.

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Whose lories when he glows in front of sacrite are fair to see, Like wealth of one with hero sons.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.6

सेमाꣳ वेतु वषट्कृतिम् अग्निर् जुषत नो गिरः । यजिष्ठो हव्यवाहनः

semāṁ vetu vaṣaṭkṛtim agnir juṣata no giraḥ | yajiṣṭho havyavāhanaḥ

May he come to this vaṣaṭ-call; may Agni take pleasure in our songs, he the best sacrificer, the carrier of oblations.

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May he enjoy this hallowed gift, Agni accept our songs, who bears Oblations, best of worshippers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.7

नि त्वा नक्ष्य विश्पते द्युमन्तꣳ देव धीमहि । सुवीरम् अग्न आहुत

ni tvā nakṣya viśpate dyumantaṁ deva dhīmahi | suvīram agna āhuta

We have set you down, O approachable lord of the clans, radiant god, granting good heroes, O Agni to whom offering is poured.

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Lord of the house, whom men must seek, we set thee down, O Worshipped Onel Bright, rich in heroes, Agni! God

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.8

क्षप उस्रश् च दीदिहि स्वग्नयस् त्वया वयम् । सुवीरस् त्वम् अस्मयुः

kṣapa usraś ca dīdihi svagnayas tvayā vayam | suvīras tvam asmayuḥ

Shine through the nights and the dawns; through you we have good fires; you, rich in heroes, are devoted to us.

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Shine forth at night and morn: through thee with fires are we provided well. Thou, rich in heroes, art our Friend.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.9

उप त्वा सातये नरो विप्रासो यन्ति धीतिभिः । उपाक्षरा सहस्रिणी

upa tvā sātaye naro viprāso yanti dhītibhiḥ | upākṣarā sahasriṇī

To you for winning the men, the inspired ones, come with their insights; the thousandfold utterance (comes) near.

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

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The men come near thee for their gain, the singers with their songs of praise: Speech, thousandfold, comes near to thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.10

अग्नी रक्षाꣳसि सेधति शुक्रशोचिर् अमर्त्यः । शुचिः पावक ईड्यः

agnī rakṣāṁsi sedhati śukraśocir amartyaḥ | śuciḥ pāvaka īḍyaḥ

Agni drives off the rakṣases, he of bright flame, the immortal, pure, purifying, to be invoked.

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Bright, Purifier, meet for praise, Immortal with refulgent glow, Agni drives Raksasas away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.11

स नो राधाꣳस्य् आ भरेशानः सहसो यहो । भगश् च दातु वार्यम्

sa no rādhāṁsy ā bhareśānaḥ sahaso yaho | bhagaś ca dātu vāryam

Bring us gifts, you who have power, O young son of strength; and let Bhaga give what is choice.

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As such, bring us abundant wealth, young Child of Strength, for this thou canst May Bhaga give us what is choice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.12

त्वम् अग्ने वीरवद् यशो देवश् च सविता भगः । दितिश् च दाति वार्यम्

tvam agne vīravad yaśo devaś ca savitā bhagaḥ | ditiś ca dāti vāryam

You, Agni, (give) glory rich in men, and the god Savitṛ, and Bhaga — and Diti gives what is choice.

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Thou, Agni, givest hero fame: Bhaga and Savitar the God, And Did give us what is good.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.13

अग्ने रक्षा णो अꣳहसः प्रति ष्म देव रीषतः । तपिष्ठैर् अजरो दह

agne rakṣā ṇo aṁhasaḥ prati ṣma deva rīṣataḥ | tapiṣṭhair ajaro daha

Agni, protect us from distress; ward off, O god, those who would harm (us); burn (them) with your hottest (flames), you unaging one.

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Agni, preserve us from distress: consume our enemies, O God, Eternal, with the hottest flames.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.14

अधा मही न आयस्य् अनाधृष्टो नृपीतये । पूर् भवा शतभुजिः

adhā mahī na āyasy anādhṛṣṭo nṛpītaye | pūr bhavā śatabhujiḥ

And be for us a great fortress of iron, unassailable, for the protection of men, a stronghold with a hundred bulwarks.

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And, irresistible, be thou a mighty iron fort to us, With hundred walls for man's defence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 15.15

त्वꣳ नः पाह्य् अꣳहसो दोषावस्तर् अघायतः । दिवा नक्तम् अदाभ्य

tvaṁ naḥ pāhy aṁhaso doṣāvastar aghāyataḥ | divā naktam adābhya

Protect us from distress, from the malicious one, O you who light up the evening — by day and by night, O undeceivable one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Do thou preserve us, eve and morn, from sorrow, from the wicked men, Infallible! by day and night.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)