Ṛgveda · Sūkta 7.15

7.15.1

उ॒प॒सद्या॑य मी॒ळ्हुष॑ आ॒स्ये॑ जुहुता ह॒विः ।
यो नो॒ नेदि॑ष्ठ॒माप्य॑म् ॥

Offer the oblation into the mouth of the approaching, bountiful Agni, who is our nearest kinsman.

यः पञ्च॑ चर्ष॒णीर॒भि नि॑ष॒साद॒ दमे॑दमे ।
क॒विर्गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्युवा॑ ॥

He who has sat in every house over the five peoples—the wise, lord of the house, the youthful one.

स नो॒ वेदो॑ अ॒मात्य॑म॒ग्नी र॑क्षतु वि॒श्वतः॑ ।
उ॒तास्मान्पा॒त्वंह॑सः ॥

May that wise Agni guard us on every side from the hostile enemy, and protect us from sin.

नवं॒ नु स्तोम॑म॒ग्नये॑ दि॒वः श्ये॒नाय॑ जीजनम् ।
वस्वः॑ कु॒विद्व॒नाति॑ नः ॥

Now I create a new hymn for Agni, the falcon of the sky; may he bring us wealth.

स्पा॒र्हा यस्य॒ श्रियो॑ दृ॒शे र॒यिर्वी॒रव॑तो यथा ।
अग्रे॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ शोच॑तः ॥

Whose desirable splendors are worth beholding, whose wealth comes with heroic sons—blazing at the front of the sacrifice.

सेमां वे॑तु॒ वष॑ट्कृतिम॒ग्निर्जु॑षत नो॒ गिरो॑ ।
यजि॑ष्ठो हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥

May he accept this vaṣaṭ-call; may Agni, most worthy of worship and carrier of oblations, gladly accept our praises.

नि त्वा॑ नक्ष्य विश्पते द्यु॒मन्तं॑ देव धीमहि ।
सु॒वीर॑मग्न आहुत ॥

Lord of the clans, O god, we seat you here, radiant Agni; O invoked one, enrich us with heroic sons.

क्षप॑ उ॒स्रश्च॑ दीदिहि स्व॒ग्नय॒स्त्वया॑ व॒यम् ।
सु॒वीर॒स्त्वम॑स्म॒युः ॥

You shine in the nights and the dawns; holding you as our fire, we live by you. Rich in heroic sons, you wish to be our friend.

उप॑ त्वा सा॒तये॒ नरो॒ विप्रा॑सो यन्ति धी॒तिभिः॑ ।
उपाक्ष॑रा सह॒स्रिणी॑ ॥

For gain, men and inspired seers come to you with their prayers — toward the imperishable and the thousandfold.

अ॒ग्नी रक्षां॑सि सेधति शु॒क्रशो॑चि॒रम॑र्त्यः ।
शुचिः॑ पाव॒क ईड्यः॑ ॥

Agni, bright-flamed and immortal, drives away the demons. He is pure, the purifier, to be praised.

स नो॒ राधां॒स्या भ॑र॒ ईशा॑नः सहसो यहो ।
भग॑श्च दातु॒ वार्य॑म् ॥

May he bring us riches, as lord of might; O giver of strength, may Bhaga also grant the desired gift.

त्वम॑ग्ने वी॒रव॒द्यशो॑ दे॒वश्च॑ सवि॒ता भगः॑ ।
दिति॑श्च दाति॒ वार्य॑म् ॥

You, O Agni, bestow glory with heroic sons; and may the god Savitṛ, Bhaga and Diti also give the desired gift.

अग्ने॒ रक्षा॑ णो॒ अंह॑सः॒ प्रति॑ ष्म देव॒ रीष॑तः ।
तपि॑ष्ठैर॒जरो॑ दह ॥

O Agni, protect us from sin, and also, O god, from the one who harms us. Ageless, burn them with your most scorching flames.

अधा॑ म॒ही न॒ आय॑सी॒ अना॑धृष्टो॒ नृपी॑तये ।
पूर्भ॑वा श॒तभु॑जिः ॥

Therefore be for us a great fortress of iron, O unconquered one, for the drink of protection. O hundred-armed one, be our stronghold.

त्वं नः॑ पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ दोषा॑वस्तरघाय॒तः ।
दिवा॒ नक्त॑मदाभ्य ॥

You, protect us from sin, O wearer of dusk and dawn, and from those who wish us harm. By day and by night, O unassailable one.