Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.66

1.66.1

र॒यिर्न चि॒त्रा सूरो॒ न सं॒दृग् ।
आयु॒र्न प्रा॒णो नित्यो॒ न सू॒नुः ॥

He is bright like wealth, visible like the sun; like life and breath, like a constant son.

तक्वा॒ न भूर्णि॒र्वना॑ सिषक्ति ।
पयो॒ न धे॒नुः शुचि॑र्वि॒भावा॑ ॥

He seizes the forests like a nourisher; pure and shining, like a milk-giving cow.

दा॒धार॒ क्षेम॒मोको॒ न र॒ण्वो ।
यवो॒ न प॒क्वो जेता॒ जना॑नाम् ॥

He has upheld security like a joyful home; like ripe barley, he is the victor of peoples.

ऋषि॒र्न स्तुभ्वा॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॑श॒स्तो ।
वा॒जी न प्री॒तो वयो॑ दधाति ॥

He is a seer who praises, extolled among the clans; pleased like a racehorse, he bestows vigor and life.

दु॒रोक॑शोचिः॒ क्रतु॒र्न नित्यो॑ ।
जा॒येव॒ योना॒वरं॒ विश्व॑स्मै ॥

Whose flame is hard to quench, constant like resolve; as a wife in her place, he is sufficient for all.

चि॒त्रो यदभ्रा॑ट्च्छ्वे॒तो न वि॒क्षु ।
रथो॒ न रु॒क्मी त्वे॒षः स॒मत्सु॑ ॥

When he blazes forth, wondrous and white among the clans, he gleams like a chariot adorned with gold; in contests his brilliance is like a flame.

सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टामं॑ दधाति ।
अस्तु॒र्न दि॒द्युत्त्वे॒षप्र॑तीका ॥

Like an army let loose, he subdues the darkness; he has the flame that flashes like the sun's lightning.

य॒मो ह॑ जा॒तो य॒मो जनि॑त्वं ।
जा॒रः क॒नीनां॒ पति॒र्जनी॑नाम् ॥

Yama (the restrainer, Agni) was indeed born; Yama is the cause of birth. He is the lover of the maidens and the lord of the women.

तं व॑श्च॒राथा॑ व॒यं व॑स॒त्या ।
अस्तं॒ न गावो॒ नक्ष॑न्त इ॒द्धम् ॥

Both of you bring him near, we with the home; as cows go home to the stall, so they reach the kindled fire.

सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोदः॒ प्र नीची॑रैनोत् ।
नव॑न्त॒ गावः॒ स्व॑र्दृशी॑के ॥

As a river flows downward, he sent the low streams forward; the cows bellow in the vision of heaven's light.