Ṛgveda · Sūkta 4.2
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4.2.1
यो मर्त्ये॑ष्व॒मृत॑ ऋ॒तावा॑ दे॒वो दे॒वेष्व॑र॒तिर्नि॒धायि॑ ।
होता॒ यजि॑ष्ठो म॒ह्ना शु॒चध्यै॑ ह॒व्यैर॒ग्निर्मनु॑ष ईर॒यध्यै॑ ॥
He who is immortal among mortals, keeper of ṛta, a god among the gods, Agni, the unconquered, has been established as the offering priest, most worthy of sacrifice in his greatness, that he may blaze and be stirred up by the oblations of Manu's people.
4.2.2
इ॒ह त्वं सू॑नो सहसो नो अ॒द्य जा॒तो जा॒ताँ उ॒भयाँ॑ अ॒न्तर॑ग्ने ।
दू॒त ई॑यसे युयुजा॒न ऋ॑ष्व ऋजुमु॒ष्कान्वृष॑णः शु॒क्रांश्च॑ ॥
Here today, O son of strength, you were born; O Agni, you go as our messenger between the born and the unborn, and you yoke the straight-moving, the bulls, and the bright ones, O mighty one.
4.2.3
अत्या॑ वृध॒स्नू रोहि॑ता घृ॒तस्नू॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ मन्ये॒ मन॑सा॒ जवि॑ष्ठा ।
अ॒न्तरी॑यसे अरु॒षा यु॑जा॒नो यु॒ष्मांश्च॑ दे॒वान्विश॒ आ च॒ मर्ता॑न् ॥
Both growing, red, ghee-bearing ones — I consider the command of ṛta with my mind; those two are the swiftest. Yoking those two ruddy ones, you go between, reaching you, the gods, the peoples, and even the mortals.
4.2.4
अ॒र्य॒मणं॒ वरु॑णं मि॒त्रमे॑षा॒मिन्द्रा॒विष्णू॑ म॒रुतो॑ अ॒श्विनो॒त ।
स्वश्वो॑ अग्ने सु॒रथः॑ सु॒राधा॒ एदु॑ वह सुह॒विषे॒ जना॑य ॥
Aryaman, Varuṇa, and Mitra — bring from among these; Indra-Viṣṇu, the Maruts, and the Aśvins too. O Agni, you of good horses, good chariot, and good oblations, bring them hither for the man who calls well.
4.2.5
गोमाँ॑ अ॒ग्नेऽवि॑माँ अ॒श्वी य॒ज्ञो नृ॒वत्स॑खा॒ सद॒मिद॑प्रमृ॒ष्यः ।
इळा॑वाँ ए॒षो अ॑सुर प्र॒जावा॑न्दी॒र्घो र॒यिः पृ॑थुबु॒ध्नः स॒भावा॑न् ॥
O Agni, this sacrifice rich in cattle, rich in sheep, rich in horses, friend of men and never to be harmed, rich in fodder, O Asura, rich in offspring — may it be rich in lasting wealth, broad-based, and rich in assembly.
4.2.6
यस्त॑ इ॒ध्मं ज॒भर॑त्सिष्विदा॒नो मू॒र्धानं॑ वा त॒तप॑ते त्वा॒या ।
भुव॒स्तस्य॒ स्वत॑वाँः पा॒युर॑ग्ने॒ विश्व॑स्मात्सीमघाय॒त उ॑रुष्य ॥
Whoever brings you fuel, being zealous, or heats his head through you — may you be the protector of his well-being, O Agni. From all harm, from the evil of the malicious, protect him.
4.2.7
यस्ते॒ भरा॒दन्नि॑यते चि॒दन्नं॑ नि॒शिष॑न्म॒न्द्रमति॑थिमु॒दीर॑त् ।
आ दे॑व॒युरि॒नध॑ते दुरो॒णे तस्मि॑न्र॒यिर्ध्रु॒वो अ॑स्तु॒ दास्वा॑न् ॥
He who brings food for you, and sends you forth as a sweet guest to the one who eats, the god-seeking man kindles you in the wooden vessel; may that giver have steady wealth.
4.2.8
यस्त्वा॑ दो॒षा य उ॒षसि॑ प्र॒शंसा॑त्प्रि॒यं वा॑ त्वा कृ॒णव॑ते ह॒विष्मा॑न् ।
अश्वो॒ न स्वे दम॒ आ हे॒म्यावा॒न्तमंह॑सः पीपरो दा॒श्वांस॑म् ॥
He who praises you at dusk, or praises you at dawn, or makes you dear with offerings, may he be like a horse in his own stall; Agni, protect that giver from sin.
4.2.9
यस्तुभ्य॑मग्ने अ॒मृता॑य॒ दाश॒द्दुव॒स्त्वे कृ॒णव॑ते य॒तस्रु॑क् ।
न स रा॒या श॑शमा॒नो वि यो॑ष॒न्नैन॒मंहः॒ परि॑ वरदघा॒योः ॥
Agni, he who offers you oblations for immortality, serves you, and raises his ladle — may he, praised with wealth, not be separated; may sin not seize him, nor the sin of the malicious one encircle him.
4.2.10
यस्य॒ त्वम॑ग्ने अध्व॒रं जुजो॑षो दे॒वो मर्त॑स्य॒ सुधि॑तं॒ ररा॑णः ।
प्री॒तेद॑स॒द्धोत्रा॒ सा य॑वि॒ष्ठासा॑म॒ यस्य॑ विध॒तो वृ॒धासः॑ ॥
Agni, whose sacrifice you gladly accept, O god, granting the mortal well-ordered gifts — may that priestly rite be pleased and prosper. O youngest, may we be among those strong ones by whose ordinance they thrive.
4.2.11
चित्ति॒मचि॑त्तिं चिनव॒द्वि वि॒द्वान्पृ॒ष्ठेव॑ वी॒ता वृ॑जि॒ना च॒ मर्ता॑न् ।
रा॒ये च॑ नः स्वप॒त्याय॑ देव॒ दितिं॑ च॒ रास्वादि॑तिमुरुष्य ॥
May the wise one distinguish knowledge from folly as one parts a back; and the crooked sinful paths of mortals. O god, grant us wealth and good children and kin; give Diti, and make Aditi broad.
4.2.12
क॒विं श॑शासुः क॒वयोऽद॑ब्धा निधा॒रय॑न्तो॒ दुर्या॑स्वा॒योः ।
अत॒स्त्वं दृश्याँ॑ अग्न ए॒तान्प॒ड्भिः प॑श्ये॒रद्भु॑ताँ अ॒र्य एवैः॑ ॥
The unfailing poets praised the wise one, establishing him at the difficult gates of Āyu; therefore, Agni, may you see these visible ones with your feet, and see the wondrous ones with the eyes of the noble one.
4.2.13
त्वम॑ग्ने वा॒घते॑ सु॒प्रणी॑तिः सु॒तसो॑माय विध॒ते य॑विष्ठ ।
रत्नं॑ भर शशमा॒नाय॑ घृष्वे पृ॒थु श्च॒न्द्रमव॑से चर्षणि॒प्राः ॥
You, Agni, are the good guide. O youngest one, bring broad and bright wealth to the one who presses soma, performs the rite, and praises you, for protection, O brilliant Agni who fills the people.
4.2.14
अधा॑ ह॒ यद्व॒यम॑ग्ने त्वा॒या प॒ड्भिर्हस्ते॑भिश्चकृ॒मा त॒नूभिः॑ ।
रथं॒ न क्रन्तो॒ अप॑सा भु॒रिजो॑र्ऋ॒तं ये॑मुः सु॒ध्य॑ आशुषा॒णाः ॥
Then, Agni, with what we did with you by feet, hands and bodies, we went forward by deeds like a chariot; between the two of many forms we held fast to the cosmic order, the wise ones striving eagerly.
4.2.15
अधा॑ मा॒तुरु॒षसः॑ स॒प्त विप्रा॒ जाये॑महि प्रथ॒मा वे॒धसो॒ नॄन् ।
दि॒वस्पु॒त्रा अङ्गि॑रसो भवे॒माद्रिं॑ रुजेम ध॒निनं॑ शु॒चन्तः॑ ॥
Then, from mother Dawn, may we be born seven inspired poets, like the first leaders and seers; may we become the sons of the sky, the Aṅgirases, and break the shining stone of the rich one.
4.2.16
अधा॒ यथा॑ नः पि॒तरः॒ परा॑सः प्र॒त्नासो॑ अग्न ऋ॒तमा॑शुषा॒णाः ।
शुचीद॑य॒न्दीधि॑तिमुक्थ॒शासः॒ क्षामा॑ भि॒न्दन्तो॑ अरु॒णीरप॑ व्रन् ॥
Then, just as our distant ancient forefathers, striving for truth, moved toward your bright radiance, O Agni, the reciters of hymns split the dark earth and opened the reddish dawns.
4.2.17
सु॒कर्मा॑णः सु॒रुचो॑ देव॒यन्तोऽयो॒ न दे॒वा जनि॑मा॒ धम॑न्तः ।
शु॒चन्तो॑ अ॒ग्निं व॑वृ॒धन्त॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒र्वं गव्यं॑ परि॒षद॑न्तो अग्मन् ॥
Doers of good deeds, of fair radiance, devoted to the gods, like iron, the gods kindling at their birth; making Agni shine, strengthening Indra, they went toward the wide cows, encircling them.
4.2.18
आ यू॒थेव॑ क्षु॒मति॑ प॒श्वो अ॑ख्यद्दे॒वानां॒ यज्जनि॒मान्त्यु॑ग्र ।
मर्ता॑नां चिदु॒र्वशी॑रकृप्रन्वृ॒धे चि॑द॒र्य उप॑रस्या॒योः ॥
Like an animal in a herd, O fierce one, the birth of the gods came to light. The wide dawns of mortals also became fearless, for the growth of the noble ones, of Uparasa's Āyu.
4.2.19
अक॑र्म ते॒ स्वप॑सो अभूम ऋ॒तम॑वस्रन्नु॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीः ।
अनू॑नम॒ग्निं पु॑रु॒धा सु॑श्च॒न्द्रं दे॒वस्य॒ मर्मृ॑जत॒श्चारु॒ चक्षुः॑ ॥
Agni, we have become your doers of good deeds; with the shining dawns we have walked the path of cosmic order. Complete in many forms, very radiant Agni, they polish the lovely eye of the god.
4.2.20
ए॒ता ते॑ अग्न उ॒चथा॑नि वेधो॒ अवो॑चाम क॒वये॒ ता जु॑षस्व ।
उच्छो॑चस्व कृणु॒हि वस्य॑सो नो म॒हो रा॒यः पु॑रुवार॒ प्र य॑न्धि ॥
Agni, O wise one, these recitations we have spoken for you, for the seer; accept them. Blaze up, be desirous of us, make the great riches come forth to us, O hero of many blessings.