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Samaveda — Purvarchika — Chapter 1103

SV 1 1103.1

अग्निं वो वृधन्तमध्वराणां पुरूतमं । अच्छा नप्त्रे सहस्वते

agniṃ vo vṛdhantamadhvarāṇāṃ purūtamaṃ | acchā naptre sahasvate

(I call) for you Agni, the growing one, the most abundant of the rites, toward the powerful descendant (of the waters).

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

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Hither, for powerful kinship, I call Agni, him who prospers you, Most frequent at our solemn rites.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.2

अग्निस्तिग्मेन शोचिषा यंसद्विश्वं न्या३त्रिणं । अग्निर्नो वंसते रयिं

agnistigmena śociṣā yaṃsadviśvaṃ nyā3triṇaṃ | agnirno vaṃsate rayiṃ

With his sharp flame let Agni subdue every devourer; let Agni win wealth for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May Agni with his pointed blaze cast down each fierce devouring fiend: May Agni win us wealth by war!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.3

अग्ने मृड महां अस्यय आ देवयुं जनं । इयेथ बर्हिरासदं

agne mṛḍa mahāṃ asyaya ā devayuṃ janaṃ | iyetha barhirāsadaṃ

O Agni, be gracious; you are great; you have come thus to the god-loving people, to sit upon the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni, be gracious; thou art great: thou hast approached the pious man, Hast come to sit on sacred grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.4

अग्ने रक्षा णो अंहसः प्रति स्म देव रीषतः । तपिष्ठैरजरो दह

agne rakṣā ṇo aṃhasaḥ prati sma deva rīṣataḥ | tapiṣṭhairajaro daha

O Agni, guard us from distress; against those who would harm (us), O god — burn them, unaging one, with your hottest (flames).

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Agni, preserve us,from distress consume our enemies, O God, Eternal, with thy hottest flames

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.5

अग्ने युङ्क्ष्वा हि ये तवाश्वासो देव साधवः । अरं वहन्त्याशवः

agne yuṅkṣvā hi ye tavāśvāso deva sādhavaḥ | araṃ vahantyāśavaḥ

O Agni, yoke then those horses of yours that are effective, O god — the swift ones that draw fittingly.

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Harness, O Agni, O thou God, thy steeds which are most excellent! The fleet ones bring thee rapidly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.6

नि त्वा नक्ष्य विश्पते द्युमन्तं धीमहे वयं । सुवीरमग्न आहुत

ni tvā nakṣya viśpate dyumantaṃ dhīmahe vayaṃ | suvīramagna āhuta

O lord of the clans, approachable one, we set you down, the shining one, rich in heroes, O Agni to whom offerings are poured.

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Lord of the tribes, whom all must seek, we worshipped Agni set thee down, Refulgent, rich in valiant men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.7

अग्निर्मूर्धा दिवः ककुत्पतिः पृथिव्या अयं । अपां रेतांसि जिन्वति

agnirmūrdhā divaḥ kakutpatiḥ pṛthivyā ayaṃ | apāṃ retāṃsi jinvati

Agni is the head of heaven, the summit; this one is the lord of earth; he quickens the seeds of the waters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni is head and height of heaven, the master of the earth is he He quickeneth the waters' seed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.8

इममू षु त्वमस्माकं सनिं गायत्रं नव्यांसं । अग्ने देवेषु प्र वोचः

imamū ṣu tvamasmākaṃ saniṃ gāyatraṃ navyāṃsaṃ | agne deveṣu pra vocaḥ

Proclaim well this gift of ours, this newer gāyatra song, among the gods, O Agni.

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O Agni, graciously announce this our good fortune of the Gods, And this our newest hymn of praise! 9, By song, O Agni, Angiras! Gopavana hath brought thee forth Hear thou my call, refulgent one!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.9

तं त्वा गोपवनो गिरा जनिष्ठदग्ने अङ्गरः । स पावक श्रुधी हवं

taṃ tvā gopavano girā janiṣṭhadagne aṅgaraḥ | sa pāvaka śrudhī havaṃ

You, such as you are, Gopavana begot with his song, O Agni Aṅgiras; so, O purifier, hear the call.

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

SV 1 1103.10

परि वाजपतिः कविरग्निर्हव्यान्यक्रमीत् । दधद्रत्नानि दाशुषे

pari vājapatiḥ kaviragnirhavyānyakramīt | dadhadratnāni dāśuṣe

Agni, the lord of prizes, the sage, has gone round the oblations, bestowing treasures on the worshipper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni, the Sage, the Lord of Strength, hath moved around the sacred gifts, Giving the offerer precious things.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.11

उदु त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यं

udu tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ | dṛśe viśvāya sūryaṃ

Up indeed the beams carry that god Jātavedas, Sūrya, for all to see.

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His heralds bear him up aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives, The Sun, that all may look on him. 12, Praise Agni in the sacrifice, the Sage whose holy laws are true The God who driveth grief away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.12

कविमग्निमुप स्तुहि सत्यधर्माणमध्वरे । देवममीवचातनं

kavimagnimupa stuhi satyadharmāṇamadhvare | devamamīvacātanaṃ

Praise Agni the sage, whose ordinances are true, at the rite — the god who drives away sickness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV 1 1103.13

शं नो देवीरभिष्टये शं नो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः

śaṃ no devīrabhiṣṭaye śaṃ no bhavantu pītaye | śaṃ yorabhi sravantu naḥ

May the goddesses (the waters) be weal for us for our aid, weal for us for drinking; may they flow weal and safety upon us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Kind be the Goddesses to lend us help, and kind that we may drink: May their streams bring us health and wealth

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 1103.14

कस्य नूनं परीणसि धियो जिन्वसि सत्पते । जोषाता यस्य ते गिरः

kasya nūnaṃ parīṇasi dhiyo jinvasi satpate | joṣātā yasya te giraḥ

Whose thoughts do you now quicken with abundance, O lord of the true — you whose songs he will enjoy?

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

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Lord of the brave, whose songs dost thou in thine abundance now inspire, Thou whose hymns help to win the kine?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)