Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 102

RV 8 102.1

त्वम् अग्ने बृहद् वयो दधासि देव दाशुषे । कविर् गृहपतिर् युवा

tvam agne bṛhad vayo dadhāsi deva dāśuṣe | kavir gṛhapatir yuvā

Thou, Agni, bestow lofty vigour on the worshipper, O god — (thou who art) a sage, the lord of the house, young.

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RV 8 102.2

स न ईऴानया सह देवाꣳ अग्ने दुवस्युवा । चिकिद् विभानव् आ वह

sa na īḻānayā saha devām̐ agne duvasyuvā | cikid vibhānav ā vaha

O Agni, bring the gods here to us together with (our) praising, worshipping (voice), you who are discerning, O far-shining one.

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RV 8 102.3

त्वया ह स्विद् युजा वयꣳ चोदिष्ठेन यविष्ठ्य । अभि ष्मो वाजसातये

tvayā ha svid yujā vayaṁ codiṣṭhena yaviṣṭhya | abhi ṣmo vājasātaye

With you indeed as our yokemate, the most impelling one, O youngest, we prevail for the winning of the prize.

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RV 8 102.4

और्वभृगुवच् छुचिम् अप्नवानवद् आ हुवे । अग्निꣳ समुद्रवाससम्

aurvabhṛguvac chucim apnavānavad ā huve | agniṁ samudravāsasam

In the manner of Aurva and Bhṛgu, in the manner of Apnavāna, I call hither the bright one, Agni, whose garment is the sea.

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RV 8 102.5

हुवे वातस्वनꣳ कविम् पर्जन्यक्रन्द्यꣳ सहः । अग्निꣳ समुद्रवाससम्

huve vātasvanaṁ kavim parjanyakrandyaṁ sahaḥ | agniṁ samudravāsasam

I call the sage whose roar is the wind's, the might that thunders like Parjanya — Agni, whose garment is the sea.

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RV 8 102.6

आ सवꣳ सवितुर् यथा भगस्येव भुजिꣳ हुवे । अग्निꣳ समुद्रवाससम्

ā savaṁ savitur yathā bhagasyeva bhujiṁ huve | agniṁ samudravāsasam

As (one calls) the impulsion of Savitṛ, as the enjoyment of Bhaga, so I call — Agni whose garment is the sea.

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RV 8 102.7

अग्निꣳ वो वृधन्तम् अध्वराणाम् पुरूतमम् । अच्छा नप्त्रे सहस्वते

agniṁ vo vṛdhantam adhvarāṇām purūtamam | acchā naptre sahasvate

(I call) for you Agni, who makes (things) grow, most abundant of the rites — (I turn) toward the powerful grandson.

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

RV 8 102.8

अयꣳ यथा न आभुवत् त्वष्टा रूपेव तक्ष्या । अस्य क्रत्वा यशस्वतः

ayaṁ yathā na ābhuvat tvaṣṭā rūpeva takṣyā | asya kratvā yaśasvataḥ

So that he may be at hand for us, as Tvaṣṭṛ (fashions) the forms that are to be fashioned — by the power of this glorious one.

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RV 8 102.9

अयꣳ विश्वा अभि श्रियो ऽग्निर् देवेषु पत्यते । आ वाजैर् उप नो गमत्

ayaṁ viśvā abhi śriyo 'gnir deveṣu patyate | ā vājair upa no gamat

This Agni has command over all splendours among the gods; may he come near to us with prizes of strength.

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RV 8 102.10

विश्वेषाम् इह स्तुहि होतॄणाꣳ यशस्तमम् । अग्निꣳ यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम्

viśveṣām iha stuhi hotṝṇāṁ yaśastamam | agniṁ yajñeṣu pūrvyam

Praise here the most glorious of all the hotṛs, Agni, the foremost at the sacrifices.

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RV 8 102.11

शीरम् पावकशोचिषꣳ ज्येष्ठो यो दमेष्व् आ । दीदाय दीर्घश्रुत्तमः

śīram pāvakaśociṣaṁ jyeṣṭho yo dameṣv ā | dīdāya dīrghaśruttamaḥ

Piercing, with purifying flame, enkindled in our homes, most high, Swiftest to hear from far away.

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

RV 8 102.12

तम् अर्वन्तꣳ न सानसिꣳ गृणीहि विप्र शुष्मिणम् । मित्रꣳ न यातयज्जनम्

tam arvantaṁ na sānasiṁ gṛṇīhi vipra śuṣmiṇam | mitraṁ na yātayajjanam

Praise him, O inspired singer — like a winning racehorse, the impetuous one, like Mitra who sets the peoples in motion.

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RV 8 102.13

उप त्वा जामयो गिरो देदिशतीर् हविष्कृतः । वायोर् अनीके अस्थिरन्

upa tvā jāmayo giro dediśatīr haviṣkṛtaḥ | vāyor anīke asthiran

The kindred songs of the offering-maker, pointing (you) out again and again, have taken their place near you, in the face of Vāyu.

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RV 8 102.14

यस्य त्रिधात्व् अवृतम् बर्हिस् तस्थाव् असꣳदिनम् । आपश् चिन् नि दधा पदम्

yasya tridhātv avṛtam barhis tasthāv asaṁdinam | āpaś cin ni dadhā padam

(He) whose threefold, unenclosed barhis stood unbound — even in the waters thou hast set (thy) foot.

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RV 8 102.15

पदꣳ देवस्य मीऴ्हुषो ऽनाधृष्टाभिर् ऊतिभिः । भद्रा सूर्य इवोपदृक्

padaṁ devasya mīḻhuṣo 'nādhṛṣṭābhir ūtibhiḥ | bhadrā sūrya ivopadṛk

The footstep of the bountiful god, (protected) by unassailable aids, is auspicious, like the sight of the sun.

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RV 8 102.16

अग्ने घृतस्य धीतिभिस् तेपानो देव शोचिषा । आ देवान् वक्षि यक्षि च

agne ghṛtasya dhītibhis tepāno deva śociṣā | ā devān vakṣi yakṣi ca

Agni, blazing with your flame through the ghee-offerings (given) with (our) devotions, O god — bring the gods here and offer sacrifice (to them).

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RV 8 102.17

तꣳ त्वाजनन्त मातरः कविꣳ देवासो अङ्गिरः । हव्यवाहम् अमर्त्यम्

taṁ tvājananta mātaraḥ kaviṁ devāso aṅgiraḥ | havyavāham amartyam

The Gods as mothers brought thee forth, the Immortal Sage, O Angiras, The bearer of our gifts to heaven.

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

RV 8 102.18

प्रचेतसꣳ त्वा कवे ऽग्ने दूतꣳ वरेण्यम् । हव्यवाहꣳ नि षेदिरे

pracetasaṁ tvā kave 'gne dūtaṁ vareṇyam | havyavāhaṁ ni ṣedire

You, O wise Agni, the far-seeing one, the choice messenger, the bearer of oblations — (these) they have installed.

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RV 8 102.19

नहि मे अस्त्य् अघ्न्या न स्वधितिर् वनन्वति । अथैतादृग् भरामि ते

nahi me asty aghnyā na svadhitir vananvati | athaitādṛg bharāmi te

For I have no cow, nor is there an axe in (this?) wooded place; so it is such (an offering) as this that I bring you.

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RV 8 102.20

यद् अग्ने कानि कानि चिद् आ ते दारूणि दध्मसि । ता जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य

yad agne kāni kāni cid ā te dārūṇi dadhmasi | tā juṣasva yaviṣṭhya

Agni, whatever bits of wood we place before you, take pleasure in them, you youngest one.

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RV 8 102.21

यद् अत्त्य् उपजिह्विका यद् वम्रो अतिसर्पति । सर्वꣳ तद् अस्तु ते घृतम्

yad atty upajihvikā yad vamro atisarpati | sarvaṁ tad astu te ghṛtam

What the little ant eats, what the (other) ant creeps over — let all that be ghee for you.

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RV 8 102.22

अग्निम् इन्धानो मनसा धियꣳ सचेत मर्त्यः । अग्निम् ईधे विवस्वभिः

agnim indhāno manasā dhiyaṁ saceta martyaḥ | agnim īdhe vivasvabhiḥ

Kindling Agni, let the mortal attend upon (right) insight with his mind. I have kindled Agni with the shining ones (the dawns).

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