Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 103

RV 8 103.1

अदर्शि गातुवित्तमो यस्मिन् व्रतान्य् आदधुः । उपो षु जातम् आर्यस्य वर्धनम् अग्निꣳ नक्षन्त नो गिरः

adarśi gātuvittamo yasmin vratāny ādadhuḥ | upo ṣu jātam āryasya vardhanam agniṁ nakṣanta no giraḥ

He has come into sight, the best finder of the path, in whom they have laid down the ordinances. May our songs reach Agni, just now born, the strengthener of the Ārya.

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RV 8 103.2

प्र दैवोदासो अग्निर् देवाꣳ अच्छा न मज्मना । अनु मातरम् पृथिवीꣳ वि वावृते तस्थौ नाकस्य सानवि

pra daivodāso agnir devām̐ acchā na majmanā | anu mātaram pṛthivīṁ vi vāvṛte tasthau nākasya sānavi

Forth (has gone) the Agni of Divodāsa toward the gods, as if by his own greatness. He has rolled himself out along mother Earth; he has taken his stand on the ridge of the vault.

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RV 8 103.3

यस्माद् रेजन्त कृष्टयश् चर्कृत्यानि कृण्वतः । सहस्रसाम् मेधसाताव् इव त्मनाग्निꣳ धीभिः सपर्यत

yasmād rejanta kṛṣṭayaś carkṛtyāni kṛṇvataḥ | sahasrasām medhasātāv iva tmanāgniṁ dhībhiḥ saparyata

He at whom the peoples trembled as he did deeds to be celebrated — worship Agni with your thoughts, the winner of a thousand by his own self, as in the winning of the prize.

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RV 8 103.4

प्र यꣳ राये निनीषसि मर्तो यस् ते वसो दाशत् । स वीरꣳ धत्ते अग्न उक्थशꣳसिनꣳ त्मना सहस्रपोषिणम्

pra yaṁ rāye ninīṣasi marto yas te vaso dāśat | sa vīraṁ dhatte agna ukthaśaṁsinaṁ tmanā sahasrapoṣiṇam

The mortal whom you would lead forward to wealth, who gives offering to you, O good one — he, Agni, obtains a hero who recites the verses, who of himself nourishes a thousand.

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RV 8 103.5

स दृऴ्हे चिद् अभि तृणत्ति वाजम् अर्वता स धत्ते अक्षिति श्रवः । त्वे देवत्रा सदा पुरूवसो विश्वा वामानि धीमहि

sa dṛḻhe cid abhi tṛṇatti vājam arvatā sa dhatte akṣiti śravaḥ | tve devatrā sadā purūvaso viśvā vāmāni dhīmahi

Even in the firm stronghold he breaks through to the prize with his steed; he obtains imperishable fame. In you, O rich in goods, among the gods, may we always set all our good things.

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RV 8 103.6

यो विश्वा दयते वसु होता मन्द्रो जनानाम् । मधोर् न पात्रा प्रथमान्य् अस्मै प्र स्तोमा यन्त्य् अग्नये

yo viśvā dayate vasu hotā mandro janānām | madhor na pātrā prathamāny asmai pra stomā yanty agnaye

He who apportions all goods, the gladdening hotṛ of men — to him, to Agni, the praises go forth like the first cups of honey.

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RV 8 103.7

अश्वꣳ न गीर्भी रथ्यꣳ सुदानवो मर्मृज्यन्ते देवयवः । उभे तोके तनये दस्म विश्पते पर्षि राधो मघोनाम्

aśvaṁ na gīrbhī rathyaṁ sudānavo marmṛjyante devayavaḥ | ubhe toke tanaye dasma viśpate parṣi rādho maghonām

Like a chariot-horse they groom him with songs, the liberal, god-seeking ones. In both, in child and in offspring, O wondrous lord of the clans, bring through (safely) the bounty of the patrons.

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RV 8 103.8

प्र मꣳहिष्ठाय गायत ऋताव्ने बृहते शुक्रशोचिषे । उपस्तुतासो अग्नये

pra maṁhiṣṭhāya gāyata ṛtāvne bṛhate śukraśociṣe | upastutāso agnaye

Sing forth to the most generous, the holder of ṛta, the lofty, of bright flame — to Agni, you who are his praisers.

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RV 8 103.9

आ वꣳसते मघवा वीरवद् यशः समिद्धो द्युम्न्य् आहुतः । कुविन् नो अस्य सुमतिर् नवीयस्य् अच्छा वाजेभिर् आगमत्

ā vaṁsate maghavā vīravad yaśaḥ samiddho dyumny āhutaḥ | kuvin no asya sumatir navīyasy acchā vājebhir āgamat

The bounteous one will win for (us) glory consisting of heroes, he the brilliant, kindled, poured into with oblation. Surely his newest favour will come here to us with prizes.

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RV 8 103.10

प्रेष्ठम् उ प्रियाणाꣳ स्तुह्य् आसावातिथिम् । अग्निꣳ रथानाꣳ यमम्

preṣṭham u priyāṇāṁ stuhy āsāvātithim | agniṁ rathānāṁ yamam

Praise the dearest of the dear, this guest here, Agni, the guide of chariots.

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RV 8 103.11

उदिता यो निदिता वेदिता वस्व् आ यज्ञियो ववर्तति । दुष्टरा यस्य प्रवणे नोर्मयो धिया वाजꣳ सिषासतः

uditā yo niditā veditā vasv ā yajñiyo vavartati | duṣṭarā yasya pravaṇe normayo dhiyā vājaṁ siṣāsataḥ

He who at the rising, at the binding(?), the knower of goods, the one worthy of sacrifice, turns (wealth) hither — whose (streams) are hard to cross, like waves down a slope, as with his insight he seeks to win the prize.

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RV 8 103.12

मा नो हृणीताम् अतिथिर् वसुर् अग्निः पुरुप्रशस्त एषः । यः सुहोता स्वध्वरः

mā no hṛṇītām atithir vasur agniḥ purupraśasta eṣaḥ | yaḥ suhotā svadhvaraḥ

Let not the guest be angry with us — Agni the good, the much-praised, this one here, who is a good hotṛ, skilled in the rite.

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RV 8 103.13

मो ते रिषन् ये अच्छोक्तिभिर् वसो ऽग्ने केभिश् चिद् एवैः । कीरिश् चिद् धि त्वाम् ईट्टे दूत्याय रातहव्यः स्वध्वरः

mo te riṣan ye acchoktibhir vaso 'gne kebhiś cid evaiḥ | kīriś cid dhi tvām īṭṭe dūtyāya rātahavyaḥ svadhvaraḥ

Let them not come to harm, O good Agni, who (come) to you with words of invitation, by whatever ways; for even a poor man invokes you for the errand (of messenger), when he has given the oblation and performs the rite well.

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RV 8 103.14

आग्ने याहि मरुत्सखा रुद्रेभिः सोमपीतये । सोभर्या उप सुष्टुतिम् मादयस्व स्वर्णरे

āgne yāhi marutsakhā rudrebhiḥ somapītaye | sobharyā upa suṣṭutim mādayasva svarṇare

Come here, Agni, friend of the Maruts, with the Rudras, to drink the soma; come to Sobhari's fine praise; make yourself glad in Svarṇara.

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