Ṛgveda · Sūkta 4.1
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4.1.1
त्वां ह्य॑ग्ने॒ सद॒मित्स॑म॒न्यवो॑ दे॒वासो॑ दे॒वम॑र॒तिं न्ये॑रि॒र इति॒ क्रत्वा॑ न्येरि॒रे ।
अम॑र्त्यं यजत॒ मर्त्ये॒~ष्वा दे॒वमादे॑वं जनत॒ प्रचे॑तसं॒ विश्व॒मादे॑वं जनत॒ प्रचे॑तसम् ॥
O Agni, the gods, of one accord, have always acknowledged you as their guide; you, the immortal, be worshipped among mortals. Bring forth the god among gods, the all-knowing one, for all.
4.1.2
स भ्रात॑रं॒ वरु॑णमग्न॒ आ व॑वृत्स्व दे॒वाँ अच्छा॑ सुम॒ती य॒ज्ञव॑नसं॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ य॒ज्ञव॑नसम् ।
ऋ॒तावा॑नमादि॒त्यं च॑र्षणी॒धृतं॒ राजा॑नं चर्षणी॒धृत॑म् ॥
Bring hither that brother Varuṇa, O Agni; turn the gods toward us with good will. Him who protects the sacrifice, the eldest, the lawful son of Aditi, the king who sustains the peoples.
4.1.3
सखे॒ सखा॑यम॒भ्या व॑वृत्स्वा॒शुं न च॒क्रं रथ्ये॑व॒ रंह्या॒स्मभ्यं॑ दस्म॒ रंह्या॒ अग्ने॑ मृळी॒कं वरु॑णे॒ सचा॑ विदो ।
म॒रुत्सु॑ वि॒श्वभा॑नुषु तो॒काय॑ तु॒जे शु॑शुचान॒ शं कृ॑धि अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ दस्म॒ शं कृ॑धि ॥
O friend, bring hither the friend, swift as a chariot's wheel; bring us happiness swiftly, O bounteous one. O Agni, know mercy in Varuṇa, among the Maruts and all the radiant ones, for offspring and for the swift one; O radiant one, make peace for us, O bounteous one, make peace.
4.1.4
त्वं नो॑ अग्ने॒ वरु॑णस्य वि॒द्वान्दे॒वस्य॒ हेळोऽव॑ यासिसीष्ठाः ।
यजि॑ष्ठो॒ वह्नि॑तमः॒ शोशु॑चानो॒ विश्वा॒ द्वेषां॑सि॒ प्र मु॑मुग्ध्य॒स्मत् ॥
You, O Agni, knowing Varuṇa's, the god's, offence, remove it far from us. O most worshipful, most bearing of oblations, shining one, release us from all hatreds.
4.1.5
स त्वं नो॑ अग्नेऽव॒मो भ॑वो॒ती नेदि॑ष्ठो अ॒स्या उ॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ ।
अव॑ यक्ष्व नो॒ वरु॑णं॒ ररा॑णो वी॒हि मृ॑ळी॒कं सु॒हवो॑ न एधि ॥
You, O Agni, be our nearest helper; at the break of this dawn be closest at hand. Worship Varuṇa for us, bestowing; accept favour; O easy to call, be easy to reach for us.
4.1.6
अ॒स्य श्रेष्ठा॑ सु॒भग॑स्य सं॒दृग्दे॒वस्य॑ चि॒त्रत॑मा॒ मर्त्ये॑षु ।
शुचि॑ घृ॒तं न त॒प्तमघ्न्या॑याः स्पा॒र्हा दे॒वस्य॑ मं॒हने॑व धे॒नोः ॥
This is the most excellent sight of the fortunate one, the god's appearance, most wondrous among mortals; bright like heated pure butter, desirable like the sweet song of the unslaughtered cow—the beauty of the god.
4.1.7
त्रिर॑स्य॒ ता प॑र॒मा स॑न्ति स॒त्या स्पा॒र्हा दे॒वस्य॒ जनि॑मान्य॒ग्नेः ।
अ॒न॒न्ते अ॒न्तः परि॑वीत॒ आगा॒त्शुचिः॑ शु॒क्रो अ॒र्यो रोरु॑चानः ॥
Thrice supreme, true and desirable are the births of this god Agni. Enveloped within the endless, the pure, bright, noble, shining one has come hither.
4.1.8
स दू॒तो विश्वेद॒भि व॑ष्टि॒ सद्मा॒ होता॒ हिर॑ण्यरथो॒ रंसु॑जिह्वः ।
रो॒हिद॑श्वो वपु॒ष्यो॑ वि॒भावा॒ सदा॑ र॒ण्वः पि॑तु॒मती॑व सं॒सत् ॥
That messenger, the priest, turns indeed toward all dwellings, golden-charioted, flame-tongued, red-horsed, beautiful and radiant, always delightful, like a fond gathering of kin.
4.1.9
स चे॑तय॒न्मनु॑षो य॒ज्ञब॑न्धुः॒ प्र तं म॒ह्या र॑श॒नया॑ नयन्ति ।
स क्षे॑त्यस्य॒ दुर्या॑सु॒ साध॑न्दे॒वो मर्त॑स्य सधनि॒त्वमा॑प ॥
He, awakening mortals, is the kinsman of the sacrifice; with a great rein they lead him forth. He dwells in its gates; the god, accomplishing, has attained the prosperity of the mortal.
4.1.10
स तू नो॑ अ॒ग्निर्न॑यतु प्रजा॒नन्नच्छा॒ रत्नं॑ दे॒वभ॑क्तं॒ यद॑स्य ।
धि॒या यद्विश्वे॑ अ॒मृता॒ अकृ॑ण्व॒न्द्यौष्पि॒ता ज॑नि॒ता स॒त्यमु॑क्षन् ॥
May that Agni, knowing, lead us to the treasure dear to the gods, which is his; which all the immortals made by thought; which the heaven-father, begetter, moistened with truth.
4.1.11
स जा॑यत प्रथ॒मः प॒स्त्या॑सु म॒हो बु॒ध्ने रज॑सो अ॒स्य योनौ॑ ।
अ॒पाद॑शी॒र्षा गु॒हमा॑नो॒ अन्ता॒योयु॑वानो वृष॒भस्य॑ नी॒ळे ॥
He was born first among the water-mothers, at the base of the great atmosphere, in the womb of this world; footless and headless, hiding both ends, stirring himself in the nest of the bull.
4.1.12
प्र शर्ध॑ आर्त प्रथ॒मं वि॑प॒न्याँ ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॑ वृष॒भस्य॑ नी॒ळे ।
स्पा॒र्हो युवा॑ वपु॒ष्यो॑ वि॒भावा॑ स॒प्त प्रि॒यासो॑ (ऽ)जनयन्त॒ वृष्णे॑ ॥
Strength first, quickened, arose in the womb of truth, in the nest of the bull; desirable, young, radiant, shining, the seven beloved ones brought him forth for the bull.
4.1.13
अ॒स्माक॒मत्र॑ पि॒तरो॑ मनु॒ष्या॑ अ॒भि प्र से॑दुर्ऋ॒तमा॑शुषा॒णाः ।
अश्म॑व्रजाः सु॒दुघा॑ व॒व्रे अ॒न्तरुदु॒स्रा आ॑जन्नु॒षसो॑ हुवा॒नाः ॥
Here our human fathers sat down, striving toward the sacred order; they drove the easily milked cows, penned in stone, out from within the cave, calling the Dawns.
4.1.14
ते म॑र्मृजत ददृ॒वांसो॒ अद्रिं॒ तदे॑षाम॒न्ये अ॒भितो॒ वि वो॑चन् ।
प॒श्वय॑न्त्रासो अ॒भि का॒रम॑र्चन्वि॒दन्त॒ ज्योति॑श्चकृ॒पन्त॑ धी॒भिः ॥
They purified the stone they had seen, and others proclaimed it all around; longing for cattle, they sang praise for the rite, found the light, and adorned it with their insights.
4.1.15
ते ग॑व्य॒ता मन॑सा दृ॒ध्रमु॒ब्धं गा ये॑मा॒नं परि॒ षन्त॒मद्रि॑म् ।
दृ॒ळ्हं नरो॒ वच॑सा॒ दैव्ये॑न व्र॒जं गोम॑न्तमु॒शिजो॒ वि व॑व्रुः ॥
Longing for cattle, with mind they made the firmly bound stone a holder of the cows that surrounded it; the steadfast leaders, by divine speech, opened the cattle-rich pen, which the Uśij priests separated apart.
4.1.16
ते म॑न्वत प्रथ॒मं नाम॑ धे॒नोस्त्रिः स॒प्त मा॒तुः प॑र॒माणि॑ विन्दन् ।
तज्जा॑न॒तीर॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ व्रा आ॒विर्भु॑वदरु॒णीर्य॒शसा॒ गोः ॥
They conceived the first name of the milch-cow and found the three times seven supreme seats of the mother; knowing it, they sang toward the cows, and by the glory of the cow the reddish light became manifest.
4.1.17
नेश॒त्तमो॒ दुधि॑तं॒ रोच॑त॒ द्यौरुद्दे॒व्या उ॒षसो॑ भा॒नुर॑र्त ।
आ सूर्यो॑ बृह॒तस्ति॑ष्ठ॒दज्राँ॑ ऋ॒जु मर्ते॑षु वृजि॒ना च॒ पश्य॑न् ॥
The darkness departed; the hidden sky shone forth. The light of the goddess Dawn rose up; the sun, rising high, stood on the unswerving paths, looking upon the straight and crooked deeds of mortals.
4.1.18
आदित्प॒श्चा बु॑बुधा॒ना व्य॑ख्य॒न्नादिद्रत्नं॑ धारयन्त॒ द्युभ॑क्तम् ।
विश्वे॒ विश्वा॑सु॒ दुर्या॑सु दे॒वा मित्र॑ धि॒ये व॑रुण स॒त्यम॑स्तु ॥
Then, awakened, they proclaimed it; afterward they bore the bright treasure. O Mitra, all the gods are at all the gates; O Varuṇa, let it be true for our insight.
4.1.19
अच्छा॑ वोचेय शुशुचा॒नम॒ग्निं होता॑रं वि॒श्वभ॑रसं॒ यजि॑ष्ठम् ।
शुच्यूधो॑ अतृण॒न्न गवा॒मन्धो॒ न पू॒तं परि॑षिक्तम॒ंशोः ॥
I would proclaim Agni, the shining one, the priest, all-bearing and most worthy of sacrifice. As the bright udders of the cows swell with milk, so the strained soma swells within him.
4.1.20
विश्वे॑षा॒मदि॑तिर्य॒ज्ञिया॑नां॒ विश्वे॑षा॒मति॑थि॒र्मानु॑षाणाम् ।
अ॒ग्निर्दे॒वाना॒मव॑ आवृणा॒नः सु॑मृळी॒को भ॑वतु जा॒तवे॑दाः ॥
Aditi belongs to all the worshipful gods, and Agni is the guest of all men. May Jātavedas Agni, who takes up the protection of the gods, become a giver of ease to us.