Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 60

RV 8 60.1

अग्न आ याह्य् अग्निभिर् होतारꣳ त्वा वृणीमहे । आ त्वाम् अनक्तु प्रयता हविष्मती यजिष्ठम् बर्हिर् आसदे

agna ā yāhy agnibhir hotāraṁ tvā vṛṇīmahe | ā tvām anaktu prayatā haviṣmatī yajiṣṭham barhir āsade

Agni, come here with the fires; we choose you as hotṛ. Let the woman with the offering, presented (to you), anoint you, the best sacrificer, to sit upon the barhis.

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RV 8 60.2

अच्छा हि त्वा सहसः सूनो अङ्गिरः स्रुचश् चरन्त्य् अध्वरे । ऊर्जो नपातꣳ घृतकेशम् ईमहे ऽग्निꣳ यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम्

acchā hi tvā sahasaḥ sūno aṅgiraḥ srucaś caranty adhvare | ūrjo napātaṁ ghṛtakeśam īmahe 'gniṁ yajñeṣu pūrvyam

For toward you, O son of strength, O Aṅgiras, the ladles move in the rite; we entreat the child of vigour, the ghee-haired, Agni, first at the sacrifices.

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RV 8 60.3

अग्ने कविर् वेधा असि होता पावक यक्ष्यः । मन्द्रो यजिष्ठो अध्वरेष्व् ईड्यो विप्रेभिः शुक्र मन्मभिः

agne kavir vedhā asi hotā pāvaka yakṣyaḥ | mandro yajiṣṭho adhvareṣv īḍyo viprebhiḥ śukra manmabhiḥ

Agni, you are a poet, an ordainer, the hotṛ, O purifier, worthy to be worshipped—delightful, best of sacrificers, to be invoked at the rites by the inspired ones with their thoughts, O bright one.

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RV 8 60.4

अद्रोघम् आ वहोशतो यविष्ठ्य देवाꣳ अजस्र वीतये । अभि प्रयाꣳसि सुधिता वसो गहि मन्दस्व धीतिभिर् हितः

adrogham ā vahośato yaviṣṭhya devām̐ ajasra vītaye | abhi prayāṁsi sudhitā vaso gahi mandasva dhītibhir hitaḥ

Bring here, without deceit, the eager gods, O youngest, O unwearying one, for the feast; come, O good one, to the well-set offerings; be gladdened, set in place by (our) devotions.

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RV 8 60.5

त्वम् इत् सप्रथा अस्य् अग्ने त्रातर् ऋतस् कविः । त्वाꣳ विप्रासः समिधान दीदिव आ विवासन्ति वेधसः

tvam it saprathā asy agne trātar ṛtas kaviḥ | tvāṁ viprāsaḥ samidhāna dīdiva ā vivāsanti vedhasaḥ

You indeed are wide-extending, Agni, protector, seer of ṛta; you, O kindled, shining one, the inspired singers, the ordainers, seek to win over.

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RV 8 60.6

शोचा शोचिष्ठ दीदिहि विशे मयो रास्व स्तोत्रे महाꣳ असि । देवानाꣳ शर्मन् मम सन्तु सूरयः शत्रूषाहः स्वग्नयः

śocā śociṣṭha dīdihi viśe mayo rāsva stotre mahām̐ asi | devānāṁ śarman mama santu sūrayaḥ śatrūṣāhaḥ svagnayaḥ

Blaze, most blazing one, shine forth; grant comfort to the clan, bestow (it) on the praiser — you are great. In the shelter of the gods let my patrons be, overpowering foes, possessing good fires.

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RV 8 60.7

यथा चिद् वृद्धम् अतसम् अग्ने सꣳजूर्वसि क्षमि । एवा दह मित्रमहो यो अस्मध्रुग् दुर्मन्मा कश् च वेनति

yathā cid vṛddham atasam agne saṁjūrvasi kṣami | evā daha mitramaho yo asmadhrug durmanmā kaś ca venati

Just as you burn up grown brushwood on the ground, Agni, so burn, O you whose greatness is Mitra's, whoever is hostile to us, ill-minded, and whoever longs (to harm us).

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RV 8 60.8

मा नो मर्ताय रिपवे रक्षस्विने माघशꣳसाय रीरधः । अस्रेधद्भिस् तरणिभिर् यविष्ठ्य शिवेभिः पाहि पायुभिः

mā no martāya ripave rakṣasvine māghaśaṁsāya rīradhaḥ | asredhadbhis taraṇibhir yaviṣṭhya śivebhiḥ pāhi pāyubhiḥ

Do not hand us over to a deceitful mortal, to one possessed by a rakṣas, nor to the one of evil speech; with unfailing, prevailing, kindly protections protect (us), O youngest.

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RV 8 60.9

पाहि नो अग्न एकया पाह्य् उ१त द्वितीयया । पाहि गीर्भिस् तिसृभिर् ऊर्जाम् पते पाहि चतसृभिर् वसो

pāhi no agna ekayā pāhy u1ta dvitīyayā | pāhi gīrbhis tisṛbhir ūrjām pate pāhi catasṛbhir vaso

Protect us, Agni, with one (song); protect also with a second; protect with three songs, lord of strengths; protect with four, O good one.

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RV 8 60.10

पाहि विश्वस्माद् रक्षसो अराव्णः प्र स्म वाजेषु नो ऽव । त्वाम् इद् धि नेदिष्ठꣳ देवतातय आपिꣳ नक्षामहे वृधे

pāhi viśvasmād rakṣaso arāvṇaḥ pra sma vājeṣu no 'va | tvām id dhi nediṣṭhaṁ devatātaya āpiṁ nakṣāmahe vṛdhe

Protect (us) from every rakṣas, from the ungenerous one; help us onward in the contests. For it is you, nearest, whom we approach as a kinsman, for the divine service, for increase.

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RV 8 60.11

आ नो अग्ने वयोवृधꣳ रयिम् पावक शꣳस्यम् । रास्वा च न उपमाते पुरुस्पृहꣳ सुनीती स्वयशस्तरम्

ā no agne vayovṛdhaṁ rayim pāvaka śaṁsyam | rāsvā ca na upamāte puruspṛhaṁ sunītī svayaśastaram

(Grant) us, Agni, purifier, wealth that increases vigour, worthy of praise; and bestow on us, O upamāti, (wealth) much longed-for, more self-glorious, with good guidance.

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RV 8 60.12

येन वꣳसाम पृतनासु शर्धतस् तरन्तो अर्य आदिशः । स त्वꣳ नो वर्ध प्रयसा शचीवसो जिन्वा धियो वसुविदः

yena vaṁsāma pṛtanāsu śardhatas taranto arya ādiśaḥ | sa tvaṁ no vardha prayasā śacīvaso jinvā dhiyo vasuvidaḥ

(Wealth) by which we may win in battles over the defiant ones, crossing over the designs of the stranger — do you increase us with refreshment, O one rich in power; quicken the thoughts that find goods.

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RV 8 60.13

शिशानो वृषभो यथाग्निः शृङ्गे दविध्वत् । तिग्मा अस्य हनवो न प्रतिधृषे सुजम्भः सहसो यहुः

śiśāno vṛṣabho yathāgniḥ śṛṅge davidhvat | tigmā asya hanavo na pratidhṛṣe sujambhaḥ sahaso yahuḥ

Like a bull sharpening (himself), Agni shakes his two horns; sharp are his jaws, not to be withstood; well-tusked is the young son of strength.

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RV 8 60.14

नहि ते अग्ने वृषभ प्रतिधृषे जम्भासो यद् वितिष्ठसे । स त्वꣳ नो होतः सुहुतꣳ हविष् कृधि वꣳस्वा नो वार्या पुरु

nahi te agne vṛṣabha pratidhṛṣe jambhāso yad vitiṣṭhase | sa tvaṁ no hotaḥ suhutaṁ haviṣ kṛdhi vaṁsvā no vāryā puru

For your jaws, O bull Agni, are not to be braved, when you spread yourself abroad. So do you, hotṛ, make our oblation well-offered; win for us many desirable things.

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RV 8 60.15

शेषे वनेषु मात्रोः सꣳ त्वा मर्तास इन्धते । अतन्द्रो हव्या वहसि हविष्कृत आद् इद् देवेषु राजसि

śeṣe vaneṣu mātroḥ saṁ tvā martāsa indhate | atandro havyā vahasi haviṣkṛta ād id deveṣu rājasi

You lie in the woods, in the two mothers; mortals kindle you; untiring you carry the oblations of the oblation-maker, and then you hold sway among the gods.

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RV 8 60.16

सप्त होतारस् तम् इद् ईऴते त्वाग्ने सुत्यजम् अह्रयम् । भिनत्स्य् अद्रिꣳ तपसा वि शोचिषा प्राग्ने तिष्ठ जनाꣳ अति

sapta hotāras tam id īḻate tvāgne sutyajam ahrayam | bhinatsy adriṁ tapasā vi śociṣā prāgne tiṣṭha janām̐ ati

Seven hotṛs invoke him indeed, you, Agni, who are easily released(?), unabashed; you split the rock apart with heat, with flame. Step forth, Agni, beyond the peoples.

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RV 8 60.17

अग्निम्-अग्निꣳ वो अध्रिगुꣳ हुवेम वृक्तबर्हिषः । अग्निꣳ हितप्रयसः शश्वतीष्व् आ होतारꣳ चर्षणीनाम्

agnim-agniṁ vo adhriguṁ huvema vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | agniṁ hitaprayasaḥ śaśvatīṣv ā hotāraṁ carṣaṇīnām

Agni after Agni let us call for you, the unrestrained one, we who have spread the barhis; Agni, we who have set out the offerings, through all (the dawns), the hotṛ of the peoples.

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RV 8 60.18

केतेन शर्मन् सचते सुषामण्य् अग्ने तुभ्यꣳ चिकित्वना । इषण्यया नः पुरुरूपम् आ भर वाजꣳ नेदिष्ठम् ऊतये

ketena śarman sacate suṣāmaṇy agne tubhyaṁ cikitvanā | iṣaṇyayā naḥ pururūpam ā bhara vājaṁ nediṣṭham ūtaye

By (his) signal one attends in the shelter, in good fellowship, O Agni, with attentive (thought) for you; out of eagerness bring us the multiform prize, the nearest, for (our) aid.

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RV 8 60.19

अग्ने जरितर् विश्पतिस् तेपानो देव रक्षसः । अप्रोषिवान् गृहपतिर् महाꣳ असि दिवस् पायुर् दुरोणयुः

agne jaritar viśpatis tepāno deva rakṣasaḥ | aproṣivān gṛhapatir mahām̐ asi divas pāyur duroṇayuḥ

O Agni, singer, lord of the clan, scorching the rakṣases, O god: never absent, you are the great master of the house, the guardian of heaven, devoted to the dwelling.

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RV 8 60.20

मा नो रक्ष आ वेशीद् आघृणीवसो मा यातुर् यातुमावताम् । परोगव्यूत्य् अनिराम् अप क्षुधम् अग्ने सेध रक्षस्विनः

mā no rakṣa ā veśīd āghṛṇīvaso mā yātur yātumāvatām | parogavyūty anirām apa kṣudham agne sedha rakṣasvinaḥ

Let no rakṣas enter into us, O glowing good one, nor the sorcery of the sorcerers; beyond the pasture-range drive away, Agni, barrenness, hunger, and those possessed by rakṣases.

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