Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 74

RV 8 74.1

विशो-विशो वो अतिथिꣳ वाजयन्तः पुरुप्रियम् । अग्निꣳ वो दुर्यꣳ वचः स्तुषे शूषस्य मन्मभिः

viśo-viśo vo atithiṁ vājayantaḥ purupriyam | agniṁ vo duryaṁ vacaḥ stuṣe śūṣasya manmabhiḥ

Seeking prize, (I praise) for you the guest of clan after clan, the much-beloved; Agni, the speech of the house, I praise for you with the thoughts of (my) vigorous song.

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RV 8 74.2

यꣳ जनासो हविष्मन्तो मित्रꣳ न सर्पिरासुतिम् । प्रशꣳसन्ति प्रशस्तिभिः

yaṁ janāso haviṣmanto mitraṁ na sarpirāsutim | praśaṁsanti praśastibhiḥ

Whom men bearing oblations, (him) fed with melted butter like a friend, extol with their praises;

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RV 8 74.3

पन्याꣳसꣳ जातवेदसꣳ यो देवतात्य् उद्यता । हव्यान्य् ऐरयद् दिवि

panyāṁsaṁ jātavedasaṁ yo devatāty udyatā | havyāny airayad divi

The much-praised Jātavedas, who at the divine service sent up to heaven the oblations that were offered;

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RV 8 74.4

आगन्म वृत्रहन्तमꣳ ज्येष्ठम् अग्निम् आनवम् । यस्य श्रुतर्वा बृहन्न् आर्क्षो अनीक एधते

āganma vṛtrahantamaṁ jyeṣṭham agnim ānavam | yasya śrutarvā bṛhann ārkṣo anīka edhate

We have come to Agni, best slayer of Vṛtra, the eldest, descendant of Anu, in whose face Śrutarvan, son of Ṛkṣa, the lofty one, thrives.

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RV 8 74.5

अमृतꣳ जातवेदसꣳ तिरस् तमाꣳसि दर्शतम् । घृताहवनम् ईड्यम्

amṛtaṁ jātavedasaṁ tiras tamāṁsi darśatam | ghṛtāhavanam īḍyam

(Him,) immortal Jātavedas, visible across the darknesses, to whom ghee is poured, to be invoked;

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RV 8 74.6

सबाधो यꣳ जना इमे३ ऽग्निꣳ हव्येभिर् ईऴते । जुह्वानासो यतस्रुचः

sabādho yaṁ janā ime3 'gniṁ havyebhir īḻate | juhvānāso yatasrucaḥ

Agni, whom these men, pressing close, invoke with oblations, offering, with ladles held forth;

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RV 8 74.7

इयꣳ ते नव्यसी मतिर् अग्ने अधाय्य् अस्मद् आ । मन्द्र सुजात सुक्रतो ऽमूर दस्मातिथे

iyaṁ te navyasī matir agne adhāyy asmad ā | mandra sujāta sukrato 'mūra dasmātithe

This newer thought has been set down for you, Agni, from us — O gladdening one, well-born, of good resolve, unerring, wondrous guest.

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RV 8 74.8

सा ते अग्ने शꣳतमा चनिष्ठा भवतु प्रिया । तया वर्धस्व सुष्टुतः

sā te agne śaṁtamā caniṣṭhā bhavatu priyā | tayā vardhasva suṣṭutaḥ

Let it be for you, Agni, most beneficent, most gratifying, dear; by it grow strong, well praised.

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RV 8 74.9

सा द्युम्नैर् द्युम्निनी बृहद् उपोप श्रवसि श्रवः । दधीत वृत्रतूर्ये

sā dyumnair dyumninī bṛhad upopa śravasi śravaḥ | dadhīta vṛtratūrye

Let it, brilliant with brilliances, lay fame upon fame, lofty (fame), in the overcoming of Vṛtra.

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RV 8 74.10

अश्वम् इद् गाꣳ रथप्राꣳ त्वेषम् इन्द्रꣳ न सत्पतिम् । यस्य श्रवाꣳसि तूर्वथ पन्यम्-पन्यꣳ च कृष्टयः

aśvam id gāṁ rathaprāṁ tveṣam indraṁ na satpatim | yasya śravāṁsi tūrvatha panyam-panyaṁ ca kṛṣṭayaḥ

A horse indeed, a cow, a chariot-filler, fierce, like Indra lord of the good — whose glories you, O peoples, carry forward, each one praiseworthy.

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RV 8 74.11

यꣳ त्वा गोपवनो गिरा चनिष्ठद् अग्ने अङ्गिरः । स पावक श्रुधी हवम्

yaṁ tvā gopavano girā caniṣṭhad agne aṅgiraḥ | sa pāvaka śrudhī havam

You whom Gopavana has gratified with his song, O Agni, O Aṅgiras — do you, O purifier, hear the call.

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RV 8 74.12

यꣳ त्वा जनास ईऴते सबाधो वाजसातये । स बोधि वृत्रतूर्ये

yaṁ tvā janāsa īḻate sabādho vājasātaye | sa bodhi vṛtratūrye

You whom men, pressing close, invoke for the winning of the prize — be attentive in the overcoming of Vṛtra.

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RV 8 74.13

अहꣳ हुवान आर्क्षे श्रुतर्वणि मदच्युति । शर्धाꣳसीव स्तुकाविनाम् मृक्षा शीर्षा चतुर्णाम्

ahaṁ huvāna ārkṣe śrutarvaṇi madacyuti | śardhāṁsīva stukāvinām mṛkṣā śīrṣā caturṇām

When I was called to Ārkṣa, to Śrutarvan who overflows with exhilaration, I stroked the heads of four (horses), like the fleeces of woolly ones.

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RV 8 74.14

माꣳ चत्वार आशवः शविष्ठस्य द्रवित्नवः । सुरथासो अभि प्रयो वक्षन् वयो न तुग्र्यम्

māṁ catvāra āśavaḥ śaviṣṭhasya dravitnavaḥ | surathāso abhi prayo vakṣan vayo na tugryam

Let the four swift runners of Śaviṣṭha, with their good chariots, carry me to the feast, as the birds (carried) the son of Tugra.

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RV 8 74.15

सत्यम् इत् त्वा महेनदि परुष्ण्य् अव देदिशम् । नेम् आपो अश्वदातरः शविष्ठाद् अस्ति मर्त्यः

satyam it tvā mahenadi paruṣṇy ava dediśam | nem āpo aśvadātaraḥ śaviṣṭhād asti martyaḥ

Truly I keep pointing you out, O great river Paruṣṇī: there is no mortal, O waters, a greater giver of horses than Śaviṣṭha.

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