HYMN LXVI. AGNI. · १० पराशरः शाक्त्यः। अग्निः। द्विपदा विराट्।
1.66.1
र॒यिर्न चि॒त्रा, सूरो॒ न सं॒दृगायु॒र्न प्रा॒णो, नित्यो॒ न सू॒नुः १ तक्वा॒ न भूर्णि॒र्वना॑ सिषक्ति॒ पयो॒ न धे॒नुः, शुचि॑र्वि॒भावा॑ ||
LIKE the Sun's glance, like wealth of varied sort, like breath which is the life, like one's own son, Like a swift bird, a cow who yields her milk, pure and refulgent to the wood he speeds.
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Source: DharmicData Sanskrit; Griffith English via rigveda-online (public domain)
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1.66.1
र॒यिर्न चि॒त्रा, सूरो॒ न सं॒दृगायु॒र्न प्रा॒णो, नित्यो॒ न सू॒नुः १ तक्वा॒ न भूर्णि॒र्वना॑ सिषक्ति॒ पयो॒ न धे॒नुः, शुचि॑र्वि॒भावा॑ ||
LIKE the Sun's glance, like wealth of varied sort, like breath which is the life, like one's own son, Like a swift bird, a cow who yields her milk, pure and refulgent to the wood he speeds.
1.66.2
२ दा॒धार॒ क्षेम॒मोको॒ न र॒ण्वो यवो॒ न प॒क्वो, जेता॒ जना॑नाम् ३ ऋषि॒र्न स्तुभ्वा॑, वि॒क्षु प्र॑श॒स्तो वा॒जी न प्री॒तो, वयो॑ दधाति ||
He offers safety like a pleasant home, like ripened corn, the Conqueror of men. Like a Seer lauding, famed among the folk; like a steed friendly he vouchsafes us power.
1.66.3
४ दु॒रोक॑शोचि॒:, क्रतु॒र्न नित्यो॑ जा॒येव॒ योना॒वरं॒ विश्व॑स्मै ५ चि॒त्रो यदभ्रा॑ट्, छ्वे॒तो न वि॒क्षु रथो॒ न रु॒क्मी, त्वे॒षः स॒मत्सु॑ ||
With flame insatiate, like eternal might; caring for each one like a dame at home; Bright when he shines forth, whitish mid the folk, like a car, gold-decked, thundering to the fight.
1.66.4
६ सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टामं॑ दधा॒त्यस्तु॒र्न दि॒द्युत्, त्वे॒षप्र॑तीका ७ य॒मो ह॑ जा॒तो, य॒मो जनि॑त्वं जा॒रः क॒नीनां॒, पति॒र्जनी॑नाम् ||
He strikes with terror like a dart shot forth, e’en like an archer's arrow tipped with flame; Master of present and of future life, the maidens’ lover and the matrons’ Lord.
1.66.5
८ तं व॑श्च॒राथा॑, व॒यं व॑स॒त्यास्तं॒ न गावो॒, नक्ष॑न्त इ॒द्धम् ९ सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोद॒:, प्र नीची॑रैनो॒न्नव॑न्त॒ गाव॒:, स्व १ र्दृशी॑के ||
To him lead all your ways: may we attain the kindled God as cows their home at eve. He drives the flames below as floods their swell: the rays rise up to the fair place of heaven.