Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 2

RV 7 2.1

जुषस्व नः समिधम् अग्ने अद्य शोचा बृहद् यजतꣳ धूमम् ऋण्वन् । उप स्पृश दिव्यꣳ सानु स्तूपैः सꣳ रश्मिभिस् ततनः सूर्यस्य

juṣasva naḥ samidham agne adya śocā bṛhad yajataṁ dhūmam ṛṇvan | upa spṛśa divyaṁ sānu stūpaiḥ saṁ raśmibhis tatanaḥ sūryasya

Enjoy our kindling-wood, O Agni, today; blaze high, sending forth worship-worthy smoke; touch the heavenly height with your tufts (of flame); stretch out together with the rays of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 2.2

नराशꣳसस्य महिमानम् एषाम् उप स्तोषाम यजतस्य यज्ञैः । ये सुक्रतवः शुचयो धियꣳधाः स्वदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या

narāśaṁsasya mahimānam eṣām upa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ | ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyaṁdhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā

With sacrifices let us praise the greatness of Narāśaṁsa, the worship-worthy one, (and) of these (gods) — who, of good resolve, pure, thought-holding, the gods, savour both kinds of oblations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 2.3

ईऴेन्यꣳ वो असुरꣳ सुदक्षम् अन्तर् दूतꣳ रोदसी सत्यवाचम् । मनुष्वद् अग्निम् मनुना समिद्धꣳ सम् अध्वराय सदम् इन् महेम

īḻenyaṁ vo asuraṁ sudakṣam antar dūtaṁ rodasī satyavācam | manuṣvad agnim manunā samiddhaṁ sam adhvarāya sadam in mahema

Let us ever magnify for you, for the rite, the Asura worthy of invocation, of good skill, the messenger between the two worlds, true of speech — Agni, kindled by Manu as in Manu's way.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 2.4

सपर्यवो भरमाणा अभिज्ञु प्र वृञ्जते नमसा बर्हिर् अग्नौ । आजुह्वाना घृतपृष्ठम् पृषद्वद् अध्वर्यवो हविषा मर्जयध्वम्

saparyavo bharamāṇā abhijñu pra vṛñjate namasā barhir agnau | ājuhvānā ghṛtapṛṣṭham pṛṣadvad adhvaryavo haviṣā marjayadhvam

Reverent, bringing (offerings), on bended knee, they twist the barhis with homage before Agni; pouring in the ghee-backed, speckled (oblation), you adhvaryus, adorn (him) with the oblation.

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RV 7 2.5

स्वाध्यो३ वि दुरो देवयन्तो ऽशिश्रयू रथयुर् देवताता । पूर्वी शिशुꣳ न मातरा रिहाणे सम् अग्रुवो न समनेष्व् अञ्जन्

svādhyo3 vi duro devayanto 'śiśrayū rathayur devatātā | pūrvī śiśuṁ na mātarā rihāṇe sam agruvo na samaneṣv añjan

Well-intentioned, godward-minded, desiring the chariot, they have propped the doors apart at the divine service; the two (door-posts/worlds) licking (him) like two mothers a child, like maidens at the gatherings, they have anointed (him) together.

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

RV 7 2.6

उत योषणे दिव्ये मही न उषासानक्ता सुदुघेव धेनुः । बर्हिषदा पुरुहूते मघोनी आ यज्ञिये सुविताय श्रयेताम्

uta yoṣaṇe divye mahī na uṣāsānaktā sudugheva dhenuḥ | barhiṣadā puruhūte maghonī ā yajñiye suvitāya śrayetām

And let the two great heavenly maidens, Dawn and Night, like a well-milking cow for us, sitting on the barhis, much-invoked, bountiful, worthy of sacrifice — let them come near and settle for our welfare.

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RV 7 2.7

विप्रा यज्ञेषु मानुषेषु कारू मन्ये वाꣳ जातवेदसा यजध्यै । ऊर्ध्वꣳ नो अध्वरꣳ कृतꣳ हवेषु ता देवेषु वनथो वार्याणि

viprā yajñeṣu mānuṣeṣu kārū manye vāṁ jātavedasā yajadhyai | ūrdhvaṁ no adhvaraṁ kṛtaṁ haveṣu tā deveṣu vanatho vāryāṇi

You two inspired ones, craftsmen at the sacrifices among men — I think of you two, knowing the births, to sacrifice. Make our rite go upward at the invocations; you two win desirable things from the gods.

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

RV 7 2.8

आ भारती भारतीभिः सजोषा इऴा देवैर् मनुष्येभिर् अग्निः । सरस्वती सारस्वतेभिर् अर्वाक् तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदꣳ सदन्तु

ā bhāratī bhāratībhiḥ sajoṣā iḻā devair manuṣyebhir agniḥ | sarasvatī sārasvatebhir arvāk tisro devīr barhir edaṁ sadantu

Let Bhāratī come in accord with the Bhāratīs, Iḍā with the gods, Agni with men, Sarasvatī with the Sārasvatas — hitherward; let the three goddesses sit on this barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 2.9

तन् नस् तुरीपम् अध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर् वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः

tan nas turīpam adha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭar vi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ

That seed of ours, then, the nourishing one, O god Tvaṣṭar, granting freely, release — from which is born a hero, active, of good skill, who sets the pressing-stones and loves the gods.

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

RV 7 2.10

वनस्पते ऽव सृजोप देवान् अग्निर् हविः शमिता सूदयाति । सेद् उ होता सत्यतरो यजाति यथा देवानाꣳ जनिमानि वेद

vanaspate 'va sṛjopa devān agnir haviḥ śamitā sūdayāti | sed u hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṁ janimāni veda

O lord of the forest, release (the offering); let Agni, the dresser, make the oblation savoury; and let him, the truer hotṛ, sacrifice, since he knows the births of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 2.11

आ याह्य् अग्ने समिधानो अर्वाङ् इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथꣳ तुरेभिः । बर्हिर् न आस्ताम् अदितिः सुपुत्रा स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम्

ā yāhy agne samidhāno arvāṅ indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṁ turebhiḥ | barhir na āstām aditiḥ suputrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām

Come hither, Agni, kindled, with Indra, with the gods, on one chariot with the swift ones; let Aditi, she of good sons, sit on our barhis; svāhā! let the immortal gods rejoice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition