Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.65

1.65.1

प॒श्वा न ता॒युं गुहा॒ चत॑न्तं ।
नमो॑ युजा॒नं नमो॒ वह॑न्तम् ॥

Like a beast, homage to Agni, the protector moving in the cave; homage to the yoker, homage to the bearer.

स॒जोषा॒ धीराः॑ प॒दैरनु॑ ग्मन्न् ।
उप॑ त्वा सीद॒न्विश्वे॒ यज॑त्राः ॥

The steadfast gods, of one accord, went after with their steps; all the sacrifice-worthy gods sat down near you.

ऋ॒तस्य॑ दे॒वा अनु॑ व्र॒ता गु॑र् ।
भुव॒त्परि॑ष्टि॒र्द्यौर्न भूम॑ ॥

The gods followed the vows of cosmic order; he became the enclosure of greatness, like the heaven.

वर्ध॑न्ती॒मापः॑ प॒न्वा सुशि॑श्विम् ।
ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ गर्भे॒ सुजा॑तम् ॥

In the source and the womb of cosmic order, the waters, by their flowing, nourished the growing, very young, bright, well-born one.

पु॒ष्टिर्न र॒ण्वा क्षि॒तिर्न पृ॒थ्वी ।
गि॒रिर्न भुज्म॒ क्षोदो॒ न श॒म्भु ॥

He is like nourishment, like a pleasing dwelling, like the broad earth, like a mountain in bulk, like abundance, auspicious.

अत्यो॒ नाज्म॒न्त्सर्ग॑प्रतक्तः ।
सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोदः॒ क ईं॑ वराते ॥

Like a swift racehorse in the unborn place, sprinkled by the flood, like the river Sindhu, who indeed can restrain the bright one?

जा॒मिः सिन्धू॑नां॒ भ्राते॑व॒ स्वस्रा॑म् ।
इभ्या॒न्न राजा॒ वना॑न्यत्ति ॥

Agni is like a kinsman of the rivers, like a brother to the sisters; as a king consumes the forests, so he devours the woods.

यद्वात॑जूतो॒ वना॒ व्यस्था॑द् ।
अ॒ग्निर्ह॑ दाति॒ रोमा॑ पृथि॒व्याः ॥

When Agni, driven by the wind, rises up among the forests, he indeed gives the bristling hair of the earth.

श्वसि॑त्य॒प्सु हं॒सो न सीद॑न् ।
क्रत्वा॒ चेति॑ष्ठो वि॒शामु॑ष॒र्भुत् ॥

He breathes in the waters, sitting like a swan; most perceptive by wisdom, the waker of the peoples.

सोमो॒ न वे॒धा ऋ॒तप्र॑जातः ।
प॒शुर्न शिश्वा॑ वि॒भुर्दू॒रेभाः॑ ॥

He is wise like Soma, born of cosmic order; like a cow with her calf he is all-pervading, shining from afar.