Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 23

RV 8 23.1

ईऴिष्वा हि प्रतीव्य१ꣳ यजस्व जातवेदसम् । चरिष्णुधूमम् अगृभीतशोचिषम्

īḻiṣvā hi pratīvya1ṁ yajasva jātavedasam | cariṣṇudhūmam agṛbhītaśociṣam

Invoke, then, him who is to be met (with welcome); sacrifice to Jātavedas, whose smoke moves about, whose flame cannot be seized.

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RV 8 23.2

दामानꣳ विश्वचर्षणे ऽग्निꣳ विश्वमनो गिरा । उत स्तुषे विष्पर्धसो रथानाम्

dāmānaṁ viśvacarṣaṇe 'gniṁ viśvamano girā | uta stuṣe viṣpardhaso rathānām

The giver, O Viśvamanas, Agni belonging to all folk, (praise) with song; and I praise him who outstrips (all) in chariots.

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RV 8 23.3

येषाम् आबाध ऋग्मिय इषः पृक्षश् च निग्रभे । उपविदा वह्निर् विन्दते वसु

yeṣām ābādha ṛgmiya iṣaḥ pṛkṣaś ca nigrabhe | upavidā vahnir vindate vasu

Those whose onslaught is worthy of verses, for the seizing of food and of refreshment — by finding (it) the carrier obtains wealth.

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RV 8 23.4

उद् अस्य शोचिर् अस्थाद् दीदियुषो व्य् अ१जरम् । तपुर्जम्भस्य सुद्युतो गणश्रियः

ud asya śocir asthād dīdiyuṣo vy a1jaram | tapurjambhasya sudyuto gaṇaśriyaḥ

Up has risen the unaging flame of him who shines forth, of him with burning jaws, fair-gleaming, the glory of the troop.

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RV 8 23.5

उद् उ तिष्ठ स्वध्वर स्तवानो देव्या कृपा । अभिख्या भासा बृहता शुशुक्वनिः

ud u tiṣṭha svadhvara stavāno devyā kṛpā | abhikhyā bhāsā bṛhatā śuśukvaniḥ

Rise up, you of good rite, being praised, in divine form, blazing with your gaze, with lofty light.

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RV 8 23.6

अग्ने याहि सुशस्तिभिर् हव्या जुह्वान आनुषक् । यथा दूतो बभूथ हव्यवाहनः

agne yāhi suśastibhir havyā juhvāna ānuṣak | yathā dūto babhūtha havyavāhanaḥ

Agni, go with good praises, offering the oblations in due order, since you have become the messenger, the bearer of oblations.

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RV 8 23.7

अग्निꣳ वः पूर्व्यꣳ हुवे होतारꣳ चर्षणीनाम् । तम् अया वाचा गृणे तम् उ वः स्तुषे

agniṁ vaḥ pūrvyaṁ huve hotāraṁ carṣaṇīnām | tam ayā vācā gṛṇe tam u vaḥ stuṣe

I call Agni for you, the ancient one, the hotṛ of the peoples; him I sing with this speech, and him I praise for you.

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RV 8 23.8

यज्ञेभिर् अद्भुतक्रतुꣳ यꣳ कृपा सूदयन्त इत् । मित्रꣳ न जने सुधितम् ऋतावनि

yajñebhir adbhutakratuṁ yaṁ kṛpā sūdayanta it | mitraṁ na jane sudhitam ṛtāvani

(Him) of wondrous resolve, whom with their sacrifices and with (his) form they make sweet, well established like Mitra among the people, in the keeper of ṛta.

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RV 8 23.9

ऋतावानम् ऋतायवो यज्ञस्य साधनꣳ गिरा । उपो एनꣳ जुजुषुर् नमसस् पदे

ṛtāvānam ṛtāyavo yajñasya sādhanaṁ girā | upo enaṁ jujuṣur namasas pade

Him who keeps ṛta, the accomplisher of the sacrifice, they who seek ṛta have taken delight in with song, at the place of homage.

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RV 8 23.10

अच्छा नो अङ्गिरस्तमꣳ यज्ञासो यन्तु सꣳयतः । होता यो अस्ति विक्ष्व् आ यशस्तमः

acchā no aṅgirastamaṁ yajñāso yantu saṁyataḥ | hotā yo asti vikṣv ā yaśastamaḥ

Let our sacrifices, held together, go toward the one most like an Aṅgiras, who is the hotṛ, the most glorious among the clans.

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RV 8 23.11

अग्ने तव त्ये अजरेन्धानासो बृहद् भाः । अश्वा इव वृषणस् तविषीयवः

agne tava tye ajarendhānāso bṛhad bhāḥ | aśvā iva vṛṣaṇas taviṣīyavaḥ

Agni, unaging one, those kindled lofty lights of yours (are) like bulls showing their strength.

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RV 8 23.12

स त्वꣳ न ऊर्जाम् पते रयिꣳ रास्व सुवीर्यम् । प्राव नस् तोके तनये समत्स्व् आ

sa tvaṁ na ūrjām pate rayiṁ rāsva suvīryam | prāva nas toke tanaye samatsv ā

So do you, lord of strengths, grant us wealth with good manly power; help us on in our offspring, in our progeny, in the battles.

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RV 8 23.13

यद् वा उ विश्पतिः शितः सुप्रीतो मनुषो विशि । विश्वेद् अग्निः प्रति रक्षाꣳसि सेधति

yad vā u viśpatiḥ śitaḥ suprīto manuṣo viśi | viśved agniḥ prati rakṣāṁsi sedhati

And when the clan-lord, sharpened and well pleased, is in the clan of man, then Agni drives off all the demonic powers.

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RV 8 23.14

श्रुष्ट्य् अग्ने नवस्य मे स्तोमस्य वीर विश्पते । नि मायिनस् तपुषा रक्षसो दह

śruṣṭy agne navasya me stomasya vīra viśpate | ni māyinas tapuṣā rakṣaso daha

Hearken, Agni, to this new praise-song of mine, O hero, O clan-lord; burn down with your heat the wily demons.

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RV 8 23.15

न तस्य मायया चन रिपुर् ईशीत मर्त्यः । यो अग्नये ददाश हव्यदातिभिः

na tasya māyayā cana ripur īśīta martyaḥ | yo agnaye dadāśa havyadātibhiḥ

No treacherous mortal has power over him, not even by magic, who has served Agni with gifts of oblation.

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RV 8 23.16

व्यश्वस् त्वा वसुविदम् उक्षण्युर् अप्रीणाद् ऋषिः । महो राये तम् उ त्वा सम् इधीमहि

vyaśvas tvā vasuvidam ukṣaṇyur aprīṇād ṛṣiḥ | maho rāye tam u tvā sam idhīmahi

Vyaśva the ṛṣi, desiring bulls, gratified you, the finder of goods; and it is you whom we kindle for great wealth.

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RV 8 23.17

उशना काव्यस् त्वा नि होतारम् असादयत् । आयजिꣳ त्वा मनवे जातवेदसम्

uśanā kāvyas tvā ni hotāram asādayat | āyajiṁ tvā manave jātavedasam

Uśanā Kāvya seated you down as hotṛ, (seated) you, the offerer of sacrifice, the one knowing (all) births, for Manu.

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RV 8 23.18

विश्वे हि त्वा सजोषसो देवासो दूतम् अक्रत । श्रुष्टी देव प्रथमो यज्ञियो भुवः

viśve hi tvā sajoṣaso devāso dūtam akrata | śruṣṭī deva prathamo yajñiyo bhuvaḥ

For all the gods, of one accord, made you their messenger; through (their) readiness, O god, you became the first, the one worthy of sacrifice.

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RV 8 23.19

इमꣳ घा वीरो अमृतꣳ दूतꣳ कृण्वीत मर्त्यः । पावकꣳ कृष्णवर्तनिꣳ विहायसम्

imaṁ ghā vīro amṛtaṁ dūtaṁ kṛṇvīta martyaḥ | pāvakaṁ kṛṣṇavartaniṁ vihāyasam

Let the mortal hero make this immortal one his messenger — the purifier, the black-tracked, the far-extending one.

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RV 8 23.20

तꣳ हुवेम यतस्रुचः सुभासꣳ शुक्रशोचिषम् । विशाम् अग्निम् अजरम् प्रत्नम् ईड्यम्

taṁ huvema yatasrucaḥ subhāsaṁ śukraśociṣam | viśām agnim ajaram pratnam īḍyam

Him let us call, our ladles held out — the fair-shining one of blazing flame, Agni of the clans, unaging, ancient, to be invoked.

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RV 8 23.21

यो अस्मै हव्यदातिभिर् आहुतिम् मर्तो ऽविधत् । भूरि पोषꣳ स धत्ते वीरवद् यशः

yo asmai havyadātibhir āhutim marto 'vidhat | bhūri poṣaṁ sa dhatte vīravad yaśaḥ

The mortal who has honored him with an oblation by gifts of offerings — he obtains abundant thriving and glory rich in heroes.

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RV 8 23.22

प्रथमꣳ जातवेदसम् अग्निꣳ यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम् । प्रति स्रुग् एति नमसा हविष्मती

prathamaṁ jātavedasam agniṁ yajñeṣu pūrvyam | prati srug eti namasā haviṣmatī

Toward Agni, the first, the knower of (all) births, the foremost in the sacrifices, the ladle goes with homage, bearing the oblation.

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RV 8 23.23

आभिर् विधेमाग्नये ज्येष्ठाभिर् व्यश्ववत् । मꣳहिष्ठाभिर् मतिभिः शुक्रशोचिषे

ābhir vidhemāgnaye jyeṣṭhābhir vyaśvavat | maṁhiṣṭhābhir matibhiḥ śukraśociṣe

With these thoughts — the highest, the most bountiful — let us do honor to Agni, as Vyaśva did, to him of the blazing flame.

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RV 8 23.24

नूनम् अर्च विहायसे स्तोमेभिः स्थूरयूपवत् । ऋषे वैयश्व दम्यायाग्नये

nūnam arca vihāyase stomebhiḥ sthūrayūpavat | ṛṣe vaiyaśva damyāyāgnaye

Now sing with praises to the far-extending one, as Sthūrayūpa did, O ṛṣi son of Vyaśva, to Agni of the house.

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RV 8 23.25

अतिथिम् मानुषाणाꣳ सूनुꣳ वनस्पतीनाम् । विप्रा अग्निम् अवसे प्रत्नम् ईऴते

atithim mānuṣāṇāṁ sūnuṁ vanaspatīnām | viprā agnim avase pratnam īḻate

The guest of men, the son of the forest trees — Agni, the ancient one — the inspired ones invoke for aid.

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RV 8 23.26

महो विश्वाꣳ अभि षतो३ ऽभि हव्यानि मानुषा । अग्ने नि षत्सि नमसाधि बर्हिषि

maho viśvām̐ abhi ṣato3 'bhi havyāni mānuṣā | agne ni ṣatsi namasādhi barhiṣi

Surpassing all the great ones that are, (surpassing) the human oblations — Agni, sit down with homage upon the barhis.

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RV 8 23.27

वꣳस्वा नो वार्या पुरु वꣳस्व रायः पुरुस्पृहः । सुवीर्यस्य प्रजावतो यशस्वतः

vaṁsvā no vāryā puru vaṁsva rāyaḥ puruspṛhaḥ | suvīryasya prajāvato yaśasvataḥ

Win for us desirable things in plenty, win riches that many long for — (riches) of good heroes, of offspring, of glory.

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RV 8 23.28

त्वꣳ वरो सुषाम्णे ऽग्ने जनाय चोदय । सदा वसो रातिꣳ यविष्ठ शश्वते

tvaṁ varo suṣāmṇe 'gne janāya codaya | sadā vaso rātiṁ yaviṣṭha śaśvate

You, Agni, impel (the gift) for Varo Suṣāman, for (his) people; always, O good one, O youngest, (impel) a gift for each and every one.

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RV 8 23.29

त्वꣳ हि सुप्रतूर् असि त्वꣳ नो गोमतीर् इषः । महो रायः सातिम् अग्ने अपा वृधि

tvaṁ hi supratūr asi tvaṁ no gomatīr iṣaḥ | maho rāyaḥ sātim agne apā vṛdhi

For you are one who thrusts well forward; you (bring) us refreshments rich in cows; uncover for us, Agni, the winning of great wealth.

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RV 8 23.30

अग्ने त्वꣳ यशा अस्य् आ मित्रावरुणा वह । ऋतावाना सम्राजा पूतदक्षसा

agne tvaṁ yaśā asy ā mitrāvaruṇā vaha | ṛtāvānā samrājā pūtadakṣasā

Agni, you are the glorious one; convey here Mitra and Varuṇa, the two possessors of ṛta, the two sovereign kings of purified skill.

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