Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.23
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8.23.1
ईळि॑ष्वा॒ हि प्र॑ती॒व्यं॑ यज॑स्व जा॒तवे॑दसम् ।
च॒रि॒ष्णुधू॑म॒मगृ॑भीतशोचिषम् ॥
Praise Jātavedas Agni, and worship him, whose smoke moves about and whose flame cannot be seized.
8.23.2
दा॒मानं॑ विश्वचर्षणे अ॒ग्निं वि॑श्वमनो गि॒रा ।
उ॒त स्तु॑षे॒ विष्प॑र्धसो॒ रथा॑नाम् ॥
O all-seeing, all-minded one, with song I praise Agni, the binder, and also the rivals in the chariot race.
8.23.3
येषा॑माबा॒ध ऋ॒ग्मिय॑ इ॒षः पृ॒क्षश्च॑ नि॒ग्रभे॑ ।
उ॒प॒विदा॒ वह्नि॑र्विन्दते॒ वसु॑ ॥
For those whose binder, praised by the verses, to hold back food and the flow of waters, the bearer draws near and obtains wealth.
8.23.4
उद॑स्य शो॒चिर॑स्थाद्दीदि॒युषो॒ व्य॑जर॑म् ।
तपु॑र्जम्भस्य सु॒द्युतो॑ गण॒श्रियः॑ ॥
The flame of this one, the shining one, rose up; the unaging flame spread far and wide, of the fiery-jawed, well-shining one whose splendor belongs to the multitude.
8.23.5
उदु॑ तिष्ठ स्वध्वर॒ स्तवा॑नो दे॒व्या कृ॒पा ।
अ॒भि॒ख्या भा॒सा बृ॑ह॒ता शु॑शु॒क्वनिः॑ ॥
Rise up, O good sacrificer, praising, with divine grace, with radiant vision, with light, with great brilliance; shine forth, O brilliant one!
8.23.6
अग्ने॑ या॒हि सु॑श॒स्तिभि॑र्ह॒व्या जुह्वा॑न आनु॒षक् ।
यथा॑ दू॒तो ब॒भूथ॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥
O Agni, come with good praises, invoking the oblations in order, just as you became a messenger, carrier of the offerings.
8.23.7
अ॒ग्निं वः॑ पू॒र्व्यं हु॑वे॒ होता॑रं चर्षणी॒नाम् ।
तम॒या वा॒चा गृ॑णे॒ तमु॑ व स्तुषे ॥
For you I call upon that ancient Agni, the priest of the peoples. With this speech I praise him; yes, him I laud for you.
8.23.8
य॒ज्ञेभि॒रद्भु॑तक्रतुं॒ यं कृ॒पा सू॒दय॑न्त॒ इत् ।
मि॒त्रं न जने॒ सुधि॑तमृ॒ताव॑नि ॥
By sacrifices, him of wondrous purpose, whom with devotion alone they kindle; like a friend, well-established among men, O guardian of order!
8.23.9
ऋ॒तावा॑नमृतायवो य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नं गि॒रा ।
उपो॑ एनं जुजुषु॒र्नम॑सस्प॒दे ॥
To the keeper of order, O lovers of order, to the accomplisher of sacrifice, with song; near him they came to serve in the place of homage.
8.23.10
अच्छा॑ नो॒ अङ्गि॑रस्तमं य॒ज्ञासो॑ यन्तु सं॒यतः॑ ।
होता॒ यो अस्ति॑ वि॒क्ष्वा य॒शस्त॑मः ॥
Let the sacrifices, most like the Angirasas, come gathered together to us; he who is the priest, most glorious among the clans, is here.
8.23.11
अग्ने॒ तव॒ त्ये अ॑ज॒रेन्धा॑नासो बृ॒हद्भाः ।
अश्वा॑ इव॒ वृष॑णस्तविषी॒यवः॑ ॥
O Agni, those of yours, ageless and kindled, send out great light, like horses and bulls, eager for strength.
8.23.12
स त्वं न॑ ऊर्जां पते र॒यिं रा॑स्व सु॒वीर्य॑म् ।
प्राव॑ नस्तो॒के तन॑ये स॒मत्स्वा ॥
That you, O lord of strength, grant us wealth rich in valiant offspring; protect us forward in the child, the offspring, and in the battles.
8.23.13
यद्वा उ॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ शि॒तः सुप्री॑तो॒ मनु॑षो वि॒शि ।
विश्वेद॒ग्निः प्रति॒ रक्षां॑सि सेधति ॥
When Agni, lord of the clan, kindled and well pleased among the settlers of men, indeed drives away all the demons.
8.23.14
श्रु॒ष्ट्य॑ग्ने॒ नव॑स्य मे॒ स्तोम॑स्य वीर विश्पते ।
नि मा॒यिन॒स्तपु॑षा र॒क्षसो॑ दह ॥
By my new hymn of praise, O Agni, O hero, O lord of the settlers, burn the deceitful demons down with your heat.
8.23.15
न तस्य॑ मा॒यया॑ च॒न रि॒पुरी॑शीत॒ मर्त्यः॑ ।
यो अ॒ग्नये॑ द॒दाश॑ ह॒व्यदा॑तिभिः ॥
No enemy may overpower the mortal who has offered to Agni with oblations, not even by his magic.
8.23.16
व्य॑श्वस्त्वा वसु॒विद॑मुक्ष॒ण्युर॑प्रीणा॒दृषिः॑ ।
म॒हो रा॒ये तमु॑ त्वा॒ समि॑धीमहि ॥
The seer Vyaśva, fond of bulls, has pleased you, finder of wealth; you indeed we together kindle for great wealth.
8.23.17
उ॒शना॑ का॒व्यस्त्वा॒ नि होता॑रमसादयत् ।
आ॒य॒जिं त्वा॒ मन॑वे जा॒तवे॑दसम् ॥
The poet Uśanā set you down as the invoking priest, O worshipful one, you who know all beings, for Manu.
8.23.18
विश्वे॒ हि त्वा॑ स॒जोष॑सो दे॒वासो॑ दू॒तमक्र॑त ।
श्रु॒ष्टी दे॑व प्रथ॒मो य॒ज्ञियो॑ भुवः ॥
All the gods, harmoniously, made you their messenger; O god, with heat you became the first, worthy of sacrifice.
8.23.19
इ॒मं घा॑ वी॒रो अ॒मृतं॑ दू॒तं कृ॑ण्वीत॒ मर्त्यः॑ ।
पा॒व॒कं कृ॒ष्णव॑र्तनिं॒ विहा॑यसम् ॥
May this mortal hero make immortal Agni his messenger, the purifier, black-pathed, far-reaching one.
8.23.20
तं हु॑वेम य॒तस्रु॑चः सु॒भासं॑ शु॒क्रशो॑चिषम् ।
वि॒शाम॒ग्निम॒जरं॑ प्र॒त्नमीड्य॑म् ॥
With ladles raised, let us invoke him, the fair, bright-flamed Agni, ageless and ancient among the peoples, worthy of praise.
8.23.21
यो अ॑स्मै ह॒व्यदा॑तिभि॒राहु॑तिं॒ मर्तोऽवि॑धत् ।
भूरि॒ पोषं॒ स ध॑त्ते वी॒रव॒द्यशः॑ ॥
The mortal who honors him with oblations of offering-gifts, he holds abundant nourishment and glory consisting of heroes.
8.23.22
प्र॒थ॒मं जा॒तवे॑दसम॒ग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यम् ।
प्रति॒ स्रुगे॑ति॒ नम॑सा ह॒विष्म॑ती ॥
Toward Agni, first among the all-knowing, the ancient one in sacrifices, the ladle goes forth with homage, bearing oblations.
8.23.23
आभि॑र्विधेमा॒ग्नये॒ ज्येष्ठा॑भिर्व्यश्व॒वत् ।
मंहि॑ष्ठाभिर्म॒तिभिः॑ शु॒क्रशो॑चिषे ॥
With these, the most excellent thoughts, great as Vyaśva's, let us worship Agni of the bright flame.
8.23.24
नू॒नम॑र्च॒ विहा॑यसे॒ स्तोमे॑भि स्थूरयूप॒वत् ।
ऋषे॑ वैयश्व॒ दम्या॑या॒ग्नये॑ ॥
Now, indeed, sing praise to the far-reaching one with hymns, as Sthūrayūpa did. O seer, O son of Vyaśva, to the tamed Agni.
8.23.25
अति॑थिं॒ मानु॑षाणां सू॒नुं वन॒स्पती॑नाम् ।
विप्रा॑ अ॒ग्निमव॑से प्र॒त्नमी॑ळते ॥
The inspired seers have long praised Agni, guest of men and son of the trees, for protection.
8.23.26
म॒हो विश्वाँ॑ अ॒भि ष॒तोऽभि ह॒व्यानि॒ मानु॑षा ।
अग्ने॒ नि ष॑त्सि॒ नम॒साधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥
O great Agni, come toward all and toward the oblations of men; sit down upon the sacred grass with reverence.
8.23.27
वंस्वा॑ नो॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु वंस्व॑ रा॒यः पु॑रु॒स्पृहः॑ ।
सु॒वीर्य॑स्य प्र॒जाव॑तो॒ यश॑स्वतः ॥
Grant us many desirable treasures, many riches desired by many, for those of good heroism, offspring and glory.
8.23.28
त्वं व॑रो सु॒षाम्णेऽग्ने॒ जना॑य चोदय ।
सदा॑ वसो रा॒तिं य॑विष्ठ॒ शश्व॑ते ॥
You, O best, O Agni of good strength, impel the man; O Vasu, O youngest, always impel your gift for the eager one.
8.23.29
त्वं हि सु॑प्र॒तूरसि॒ त्वं नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिषः॑ ।
म॒हो रा॒यः सा॒तिम॑ग्ने॒ अपा॑ वृधि ॥
You are indeed very ready; bring us food rich in cows. O Agni, do not keep the gift of great wealth away from us; open it up.
8.23.30
अग्ने॒ त्वं य॒शा अ॑सि॒ आ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा वह ।
ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॑ पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥
O Agni, you are glory; bring hither Mitra and Varuna, lords of rta, sovereign rulers of pure power.