Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.69

1.69.1

शु॒क्रः शु॑शु॒क्वाँ उ॒षो न जा॒रः ।
प॒प्रा स॑मी॒ची दि॒वो न ज्योतिः॑ ॥

Bright Agni shines like the lover of Uṣas; like the light of heaven he fills both realms together.

परि॒ प्रजा॑तः॒ क्रत्वा॑ बभूथ ।
भुवो॑ दे॒वानां॑ पि॒ता पु॒त्रः सन् ॥

Born, you have become all-pervading by your wisdom; though you are the father of the gods, you became their son.

वे॒धा अदृ॑प्तो अ॒ग्निर्वि॑जा॒नन्न् ।
ऊध॒र्न गोनां॒ स्वाद्मा॑ पितू॒नाम् ॥

Agni, wise and unpuffed with pride, is the one who knows; like the udder of the cows, like the sweet nectar of the fathers.

जने॒ न शेव॑ आ॒हूर्यः॒ सन् ।
मध्ये॒ निष॑त्तो र॒ण्वो दु॑रो॒णे ॥

Auspicious among people and worthy of invocation, Agni, delightful, is seated in the middle of the dwelling.

पु॒त्रो न जा॒तो र॒ण्वो दु॑रो॒णे ।
वा॒जी न प्री॒तो विशो॒ वि ता॑रीत् ॥

Like a son born in the house, delighted, and like a strong horse, pleased, Agni has led the peoples across.

विशो॒ यदह्वे॒ नृभिः॒ सनी॑ळाः ।
अ॒ग्निर्दे॑व॒त्वा विश्वा॑न्यश्याः ॥

When I call the peoples together with the leaders, may you, Agni, companion-dwelling, attain all divine natures.

नकि॑ष्ट ए॒ता व्र॒ता मि॑नन्ति ।
नृभ्यो॒ यदे॒भ्यः श्रु॒ष्टिं च॒कर्थ॑ ॥

No one violates these ordinances of yours, since you have done a kindly deed for these men.

तत्तु ते॒ दंसो॒ यदह॑न्त्समा॒नैर् ।
नृभि॒र्यद्यु॒क्तो वि॒वेरपां॑सि ॥

That indeed is your exploit: together with the men you slew (the foe), and yoked, you pierced open the works.

उ॒षो न जा॒रो वि॒भावो॒स्रः ।
संज्ञा॑तरूप॒श्चिके॑तदस्मै ॥

Like the lover of Uṣas, shining, like the light of the dawn, of well-known form, may he (Agni) know this for him.

त्मना॒ वह॑न्तो॒ दुरो॒ व्यृ॑ण्वन् ।
नव॑न्त॒ विश्वे॒ स्व॑र्दृशी॑के ॥

Bearing (Agni) by their own power, they opened wide the doors; all (the gods) rejoiced at the place of heavenly vision.