Samaveda — Purvarchika — Chapter 1105
SV 1 1105.1
एना वो अग्निं नमसोर्जो नपातमा हुवे । प्रियं चेतिष्ठमरतिं स्वाध्वरं विश्वस्य दूतममृतं
enā vo agniṃ namasorjo napātamā huve | priyaṃ cetiṣṭhamaratiṃ svādhvaraṃ viśvasya dūtamamṛtaṃ
With this reverence (I call) Agni for you, the child of strength I invoke—the dear one, most discerning, the aratí, of good rites, the immortal messenger of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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With this mine homage I invoke Agni for you, the Son of Strength, Dear, wisest envoy, skilled in noble sacrifice, immortal messenger of all.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.2
शेषे वनेषु मातृषु सं त्वा मर्तास इन्धते । अतन्द्रो हव्यं वहसि हविष्कृत आदिद्देवेषु राजसि
śeṣe vaneṣu mātṛṣu saṃ tvā martāsa indhate | atandro havyaṃ vahasi haviṣkṛta ādiddeveṣu rājasi
You lie in the woods, in the mothers; mortals kindle you; untiring you carry the oblation for him who makes the offering—then you rule among the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Thou liest in the logs that are thy mothers: mortals kindle thee. Alert thou bearest off the sacrifleer's gift, and then thou shinest to the Gods.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.3
अदर्शि गातुवित्तमो यस्मिन्व्रतान्यादधुः । उपो षु जातमार्यस्य वर्धनमग्निं नक्षन्तु नो गिरः
adarśi gātuvittamo yasminvratānyādadhuḥ | upo ṣu jātamāryasya vardhanamagniṃ nakṣantu no giraḥ
He has appeared, the best finder of the way, in whom they laid down the ordinances; let our songs now reach the newborn Agni, the increaser of the Ārya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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He hath appeared, best prosperer, in whom men lay their holy acts: So may our songs of praise come nigh to Agni who was born to give the Arya strength!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.4
अग्निरुक्थे पुरोहितो ग्रावाणो बर्हिरध्वरे । ऋचा यामि मरुतो ब्रह्मणस्पते देवा अवो वरेण्यं
agnirukthe purohito grāvāṇo barhiradhvare | ṛcā yāmi maruto brahmaṇaspate devā avo vareṇyaṃ
Agni is set in front at the recitation, the pressing-stones, the barhis, at the rite; with a verse I go (to you), O Maruts, O Brahmaṇaspati, O gods—(for) choice aid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Chief Priest is Agni at the laud, as stones and grass at sacrifice. Gods! Maruts! Brahmanaspati! I crave with song the help that is most excellent.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.5
अग्निमीडिष्वावसे गाथाभिः शीरशोचिषं । अग्निं राये पुरुमीढ श्रुतं नरोऽग्निः सुदीतये छर्दिः
agnimīḍiṣvāvase gāthābhiḥ śīraśociṣaṃ | agniṃ rāye purumīḍha śrutaṃ naro'gniḥ sudītaye chardiḥ
Praise Agni for help with songs, him of keen flame; Agni for wealth, O Purumīḍha, the far-famed, O men; Agni (is) shelter for fair shining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Pray Agni of the piercing flame, with sacred songs, to be our help; For wealth, famed Agni, Purumilha and ye men! He is Suditi's sure defence.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.6
श्रुधि श्रुत्कर्ण वह्निभिर्देवैरग्ने सयावभिः । आ सीदतु बर्हिषि मित्रो अर्यमा प्रातर्यावभिरध्वरे
śrudhi śrutkarṇa vahnibhirdevairagne sayāvabhiḥ | ā sīdatu barhiṣi mitro aryamā prātaryāvabhiradhvare
Hear, O you of listening ear, O Agni, with the conveying gods who travel with you; let Mitra, Aryaman sit down on the barhis with those who come at morning to the rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Hear, Agni who hast ears to hear, with all thy train of escort Gods! With those who come at dawn let Mitra, Aryaman sit on the grass at sacrifice.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.7
प्र दैवोदासो अग्निर्देव इन्द्रो न मज्मना । अनु मातरं पृथिवीं वि वावृते तस्थौ नाकस्य शर्मणि
pra daivodāso agnirdeva indro na majmanā | anu mātaraṃ pṛthivīṃ vi vāvṛte tasthau nākasya śarmaṇi
Forth (goes) Divodāsa's Agni, the god, like Indra in greatness; he has rolled along after mother earth, and has stood in the shelter of the vault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Agni of Divodasa, God, comes forth like Indra in his might. Rapidly hath he moved along his mother earth: he stands in high heaven's dwelling-place.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.8
अध ज्मो अध वा दिवो बृहतो रोचनादधि । अया वर्धस्व तन्वा गिरा ममा जाता सुक्रतो पृण
adha jmo adha vā divo bṛhato rocanādadhi | ayā vardhasva tanvā girā mamā jātā sukrato pṛṇa
Whether from the earth, or from the shining realm of lofty heaven, grow strong with this body of yours, by my song; fill (us), O you of good resolve, with offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Whether thou come from earth or from the lofty lucid realm of heaven, Wax stronger in thy body through my song of praise: fill full all creatures, O most wise!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.9
कायमानो वना त्वं यन्मात्ऱीरजगन्नपः । न तत्ते अग्ने प्रमृषे निवर्तनं यद्दूरे सन्निहाभुवः
kāyamāno vanā tvaṃ yanmātṟīrajagannapaḥ | na tatte agne pramṛṣe nivartanaṃ yaddūre sannihābhuvaḥ
Loving the woods, you went to the mother waters; that return of yours is not to be forgotten, O Agni, that being far away you came to be here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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If, loving well the forests, thou wentest to thy maternal floods, Not to be scorned, Agni, is that return of thine when, from afar, thou now art here.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 1105.10
नि त्वामग्ने मनुर्दधे ज्योतिर्जनाय शश्वते । दीदेथ कण्व ऋतजात उक्षितो यं नमस्यन्ति कृष्टयः
ni tvāmagne manurdadhe jyotirjanāya śaśvate | dīdetha kaṇva ṛtajāta ukṣito yaṃ namasyanti kṛṣṭayaḥ
Manu set you down, Agni, as a light for every generation; you have shone, born of ṛta, made strong, O Kaṇva('s one), whom the peoples revere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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O Agni, Manu stablished thee a light for all the race of men: With Kanva hast thou blazed, Law-born and waxen strong, thou whom the people reverence.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)