Ṛgveda · Sūkta 10.88
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10.88.1
ह॒विष्पान्त॑म॒जरं॑ स्व॒र्विदि॑ दिवि॒स्पृश्याहु॑तं॒ जुष्ट॑म॒ग्नौ ।
तस्य॒ भर्म॑णे॒ भुव॑नाय दे॒वा धर्म॑णे॒ कं स्व॒धया॑ पप्रथन्त ॥
For the support of the world and for the firm order, the gods spread joy by their own self-power; that is the beloved oblation, offered into Agni, protected, undecaying, sun-finding, sky-touching.
10.88.2
गी॒र्णं भुव॑नं॒ तम॒साप॑गूळ्हमा॒विः स्व॑रभवज्जा॒ते अ॒ग्नौ ।
तस्य॑ दे॒वाः पृ॑थि॒वी द्यौरु॒तापोऽर॑णय॒न्नोष॑धीः स॒ख्ये अ॑स्य ॥
The world, hidden and swallowed by darkness, was revealed in Agni at his birth and became sky-light; in his friendship the gods, earth, heaven and the waters made the plants rejoice.
10.88.3
दे॒वेभि॒र्न्वि॑षि॒तो य॒ज्ञिये॑भिर॒ग्निं स्तो॑षाण्य॒जरं॑ बृ॒हन्त॑म् ।
यो भा॒नुना॑ पृथि॒वीं द्यामु॒तेमामा॑त॒तान॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् ॥
Now, impelled by the gods, I will praise Agni, ageless and mighty, together with the sacrifice-worthy gods; by his light he spread out the earth, this heaven and the atmosphere.
10.88.4
यो होतासी॑त्प्रथ॒मो दे॒वजु॑ष्टो॒ यं स॒माञ्ज॒न्नाज्ये॑ना वृणा॒नाः ।
स प॑त॒त्री॑त्व॒रं स्था जग॒द्यच्श्वा॒त्रम॒ग्निर॑कृणोज्जा॒तवे॑दाः ॥
He who was the first hotar, beloved of the gods, whom they chose and anointed with ghee — Agni Jātavedas made the swift winged place, the world, and the strength.
10.88.5
यज्जा॑तवेदो॒ भुव॑नस्य मू॒र्धन्नति॑ष्ठो अग्ने स॒ह रो॑च॒नेन॑ ।
तं त्वा॑हेम म॒तिभि॑र्गी॒र्भिरु॒क्थैः स य॒ज्ञियो॑ अभवो रोदसि॒प्राः ॥
O Jātavedas Agni! When you stood on the head of the world with your brilliance, we approached you with thoughtful wisdom, with songs and hymns; you became worthy of sacrifice and the protector of both worlds.
10.88.6
मू॒र्धा भु॒वो भ॑वति॒ नक्त॑म॒ग्निस्ततः॒ सूर्यो॑ जायते प्रा॒तरु॒द्यन् ।
मा॒यामू॒ तु य॒ज्ञिया॑नामे॒तामपो॒ यत्तूर्णि॒श्चर॑ति प्रजा॒नन् ॥
At night Agni becomes the head of the world; then at dawn the sun is born, rising. Knowing this wondrous power of the sacrifice-worthy ones and these waters, the swift one moves on.
10.88.7
दृ॒शेन्यो॒ यो म॑हि॒ना समि॒द्धोऽरो॑चत दि॒वियो॑निर्वि॒भावा॑ ।
तस्मि॑न्न॒ग्नौ सू॑क्तवा॒केन॑ दे॒वा ह॒विर्विश्व॒ आजु॑हवुस्तनू॒पाः ॥
In that Agni who, kindled by his greatness, shone forth, heaven-born and radiant, the gods, protectors of their bodies, offered every oblation with the hymn-speech.
10.88.8
सू॒क्त॒वा॒कं प्र॑थ॒ममादिद॒ग्निमादिद्ध॒विर॑जनयन्त दे॒वाः ।
स ए॑षां य॒ज्ञो अ॑भवत्तनू॒पास्तं द्यौर्वे॑द॒ तं पृ॑थि॒वी तमापः॑ ॥
First, by the sacred utterance, they generated Agni; then indeed the gods generated the oblation. He became their sacrifice, body-protecting; heaven knows him, the earth knows him, the waters know him.
10.88.9
यं दे॒वासोऽज॑नयन्ता॒ग्निं यस्मि॒न्नाजु॑हवु॒र्भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ ।
सो अ॒र्चिषा॑ पृथि॒वीं द्यामु॒तेमामृ॑जू॒यमा॑नो अतपन्महि॒त्वा ॥
That Agni whom the gods generated, into whom they offered all the worlds—he, with his flame, heats this earth and heaven, striving straight toward truth, by his greatness.
10.88.10
स्तोमे॑न॒ हि दि॒वि दे॒वासो॑ अ॒ग्निमजी॑जन॒ञ्च्छक्ति॑भी रोदसि॒प्राम् ।
तमू॑ अकृण्वन्त्रे॒धा भु॒वे कं स ओष॑धीः पचति वि॒श्वरू॑पाः ॥
By praise indeed the gods kindled Agni in heaven—him who fills heaven and earth with powers. Him they established threefold for existence; for joy, he cooks the plants of every form.
10.88.11
य॒देदे॑न॒मद॑धुर्य॒ज्ञिया॑सो दि॒वि दे॒वाः सूर्य॑मादिते॒यम् ।
य॒दा च॑रि॒ष्णू मि॑थु॒नावभू॑ता॒मादित्प्राप॑श्य॒न्भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ ॥
When the worthy-of-sacrifice gods placed him, the Sun, son of Aditi, in heaven, and when the two moving pair came to be, then they beheld all the worlds.
10.88.12
विश्व॑स्मा अ॒ग्निं भुव॑नाय दे॒वा वै॑श्वान॒रं के॒तुमह्ना॑मकृण्वन् ।
आ यस्त॒तानो॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीरपो॑ ऊर्णोति॒ तमो॑ अ॒र्चिषा॒ यन् ॥
For all beings, for all worlds, the gods made Vaiśvānara Agni the banner of the days. He who spreads the shining dawns, he drives darkness away from the waters with light, as he goes.
10.88.13
वै॒श्वा॒न॒रं क॒वयो॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑सो अ॒ग्निं दे॒वा अ॑जनयन्नजु॒र्यम् ।
नक्ष॑त्रं प्र॒त्नममि॑नच्चरि॒ष्णु य॒क्षस्याध्य॑क्षं तवि॒षं बृ॒हन्त॑म् ॥
The seers and the gods worthy of sacrifice produced Vaiśvānara Agni, the undecaying. He measured the ancient, wandering star and revealed the mighty, great overseer of the sacrificial being.
10.88.14
वै॒श्वा॒न॒रं वि॒श्वहा॑ दीदि॒वांसं॒ मन्त्रै॑र॒ग्निं क॒विमच्छा॑ वदामः ।
यो म॑हि॒म्ना प॑रिब॒भूवो॒र्वी उ॒तावस्ता॑दु॒त दे॒वः प॒रस्ता॑त् ॥
We praise with hymns Vaiśvānara Agni, ever-shining, the seer Agni; he is the god who by his greatness has encompassed the two wide worlds, below and above.
10.88.15
द्वे स्रु॒ती अ॑शृणवं पितॄ॒णाम॒हं दे॒वाना॑मु॒त मर्त्या॑नाम् ।
ताभ्या॑मि॒दं विश्व॒मेज॒त्समे॑ति॒ यद॑न्त॒रा पि॒तरं॑ मा॒तरं॑ च ॥
I have heard two paths, of the fathers, of the gods, and of mortals. Through these two all this moves and comes together, that which lies between father and mother.
10.88.16
द्वे स॑मी॒ची बि॑भृत॒श्चर॑न्तं शीर्ष॒तो जा॒तं मन॑सा॒ विमृ॑ष्टम् ।
स प्र॒त्यङ्विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि तस्था॒वप्र॑युच्छन्त॒रणि॒र्भ्राज॑मानः ॥
The two together bear the moving one, born from the head, cleansed by mind. He stood facing all the worlds, withholding nothing, the guide, the shining one.
10.88.17
यत्रा॒ वदे॑ते॒ अव॑रः॒ पर॑श्च यज्ञ॒न्योः॑ कत॒रो नौ॒ वि वे॑द ।
आ शे॑कु॒रित्स॑ध॒मादं॒ सखा॑यो॒ नक्ष॑न्त य॒ज्ञं क इ॒दं वि वो॑चत् ॥
Where the lower and the higher speak together, which of us two sacrificers knows the difference? Companions of the feast have reached the sacrifice; who has declared this clearly?
10.88.18
कत्य॒ग्नयः॒ कति॒ सूर्या॑सः॒ कत्यु॒षासः॒ कत्यु॑ स्वि॒दापः॑ ।
नोप॒स्पिजं॑ वः पितरो वदामि पृ॒च्छामि॑ वः कवयो वि॒द्मने॒ कम् ॥
How many fires, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters? I do not speak to you, fathers, of the sprinkling waters; I ask you, seers, how many there are to know.
10.88.19
या॒व॒न्मा॒त्रमु॒षसो॒ न प्रती॑कं सुप॒र्ण्यो॑ वस॑ते मातरिश्वः ।
ताव॑द्दधा॒त्युप॑ य॒ज्ञमा॒यन्ब्रा॑ह्म॒णो होतु॒रव॑रो नि॒षीद॑न् ॥
As wide as the face of Uṣas, so far the winged bird dwells in Mātariśvan. So far it comes to the sacrifice and establishes it; and the brahmin, seated below the hotar, does likewise.