Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 39

RV 8 39.1

अग्निम् अस्तोष्य् ऋग्मियम् अग्निम् ईऴा यजध्यै । अग्निर् देवाꣳ अनक्तु न उभे हि विदथे कविर् अन्तश् चरति दूत्य१ꣳ नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

agnim astoṣy ṛgmiyam agnim īḻā yajadhyai | agnir devām̐ anaktu na ubhe hi vidathe kavir antaś carati dūtya1ṁ nabhantām anyake same

I have praised Agni, worthy of verses; Agni, with the offering, (I praise) to sacrifice. May Agni anoint the gods for us, for the sage moves between both ritual assemblies (performing) his errand. Let all the little others burst apart.

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RV 8 39.2

न्य् अग्ने नव्यसा वचस् तनूषु शꣳसम् एषाम् । न्य् अराती रराव्णाꣳ विश्वा अर्यो अरातीर् इतो युच्छन्त्व् आमुरो नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

ny agne navyasā vacas tanūṣu śaṁsam eṣām | ny arātī rarāvṇāṁ viśvā aryo arātīr ito yucchantv āmuro nabhantām anyake same

Agni, burn down the word within their bodies through our newest speech, All hatreds of the godless, all the wicked man's malignities. Away let the destroyers go. May all the others die away.

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

RV 8 39.3

अग्ने मन्मानि तुभ्यꣳ कꣳ घृतꣳ न जुह्व आसनि । स देवेषु प्र चिकिद्धि त्वꣳ ह्य् असि पूर्व्यः शिवो दूतो विवस्वतो नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

agne manmāni tubhyaṁ kaṁ ghṛtaṁ na juhva āsani | sa deveṣu pra cikiddhi tvaṁ hy asi pūrvyaḥ śivo dūto vivasvato nabhantām anyake same

Agni, (my) thoughts are for you — like ghee I pour (them) into (your) mouth. Make (them) known among the gods, for you are the foremost, the kindly messenger of Vivasvat. Let all the petty others burst apart.

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RV 8 39.4

तत्-तद् अग्निर् वयो दधे यथा-यथा कृपण्यति । ऊर्जाहुतिर् वसूनाꣳ शꣳ च योश् च मयो दधे विश्वस्यै देवहूत्यै नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

tat-tad agnir vayo dadhe yathā-yathā kṛpaṇyati | ūrjāhutir vasūnāṁ śaṁ ca yoś ca mayo dadhe viśvasyai devahūtyai nabhantām anyake same

Agni grants each such vigour just as he longs (for it); with strength for his oblation, he grants the weal and the health of goods, and joy, for every calling of the gods — let all the little ones burst apart!

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RV 8 39.5

स चिकेत सहीयसाग्निश् चित्रेण कर्मणा । स होता शश्वतीनाꣳ दक्षिणाभिर् अभीवृत इनोति च प्रतीव्य१ꣳ नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

sa ciketa sahīyasāgniś citreṇa karmaṇā | sa hotā śaśvatīnāṁ dakṣiṇābhir abhīvṛta inoti ca pratīvya1ṁ nabhantām anyake same

He has shown his power, Agni, by his overwhelming, brilliant work; he, the hotṛ of all (the generations), encompassed by the sacrificial gifts, also sends forth what is to be received. Let all the others burst asunder.

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

RV 8 39.6

अग्निर् जाता देवानाम् अग्निर् वेद मर्तानाम् अपीच्यम् । अग्निः स द्रविणोदा अग्निर् द्वारा व्य् ऊर्णुते स्वाहुतो नवीयसा नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

agnir jātā devānām agnir veda martānām apīcyam | agniḥ sa draviṇodā agnir dvārā vy ūrṇute svāhuto navīyasā nabhantām anyake same

Agni (knows) the births of the gods, Agni knows what is hidden of mortals; Agni is the giver of goods, Agni uncovers the doors, well-libated with a newer (offering/song). Let all the others burst asunder.

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RV 8 39.7

अग्निर् देवेषु सꣳवसुः स विक्षु यज्ञियास्व् आ । स मुदा काव्या पुरु विश्वम् भूमेव पुष्यति देवो देवेषु यज्ञियो नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

agnir deveṣu saṁvasuḥ sa vikṣu yajñiyāsv ā | sa mudā kāvyā puru viśvam bhūmeva puṣyati devo deveṣu yajñiyo nabhantām anyake same

Agni inhabiteth with Gods and men who offer sacrifice. He cherisheth with great delight much wisdom, as all things that be, God among Gods adorable. May all the others die away.

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

RV 8 39.8

यो अग्निः सप्तमानुषः श्रितो विश्वेषु सिन्धुषु । तम् आगन्म त्रिपस्त्यम् मन्धातुर् दस्युहन्तमम् अग्निꣳ यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यꣳ नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

yo agniḥ saptamānuṣaḥ śrito viśveṣu sindhuṣu | tam āganma tripastyam mandhātur dasyuhantamam agniṁ yajñeṣu pūrvyaṁ nabhantām anyake same

The Agni who belongs to the seven men, who has taken his place in all the rivers — to him we have come, to him of the three dwellings, the best slayer of Dasyus for Mandhātṛ, to Agni who is first in the sacrifices. Let all the little others burst apart!

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RV 8 39.9

अग्निस् त्रीणि त्रिधातून्य् आ क्षेति विदथा कविः । स त्रीꣳर् एकादशाꣳ इह यक्षच् च पिप्रयच् च नो विप्रो दूतः परिष्कृतो नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

agnis trīṇi tridhātūny ā kṣeti vidathā kaviḥ | sa trīm̐r ekādaśām̐ iha yakṣac ca piprayac ca no vipro dūtaḥ pariṣkṛto nabhantām anyake same

Agni, the sage, dwells over the three threefold ritual assemblies. May he here worship the thrice-eleven (gods) and gladden us — the inspired one, the messenger, made ready. Let all those petty ones burst apart.

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

RV 8 39.10

त्वꣳ नो अग्न आयुषु त्वꣳ देवेषु पूर्व्य वस्व एक इरज्यसि । त्वाम् आपः परिस्रुतः परि यन्ति स्वसेतवो नभन्ताम् अन्यके समे

tvaṁ no agna āyuṣu tvaṁ deveṣu pūrvya vasva eka irajyasi | tvām āpaḥ parisrutaḥ pari yanti svasetavo nabhantām anyake same

You, Agni, among the living, you among the gods, O ancient one, you alone hold sway over wealth. The waters streaming round flow about you with their own dams. Let all those petty ones burst apart.

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