5.16.1
बृ॒हद् वयो॒ हि भा॒नवेऽर्चा॑ दे॒वाया॒ग्नये॑ | यं मि॒त्रं न प्रश॑स्तिभि॒र्मर्ता॑सो दधि॒रे पु॒रः ||
GREAT power is in the beam of light, sing praise to, Agni, to the God Whom men have set in foremost place like Mitra with their eulogies.
Rigveda 5.16
HYMN XVI. AGNI. · ५ पूरुरात्रेयः। अग्निः। अनुष्टुप्, ५ पंक्तिः।
5.16.1
बृ॒हद् वयो॒ हि भा॒नवेऽर्चा॑ दे॒वाया॒ग्नये॑ | यं मि॒त्रं न प्रश॑स्तिभि॒र्मर्ता॑सो दधि॒रे पु॒रः ||
GREAT power is in the beam of light, sing praise to, Agni, to the God Whom men have set in foremost place like Mitra with their eulogies.
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5.16.2
स हि द्युभि॒र्जना॑नां॒ होता॒ दक्ष॑स्य बा॒ह्वोः | वि ह॒व्यम॒ग्निरा॑नु॒षग्भगो॒ न वार॑मृण्वति ||
He by the splendour of his arms is Priest of every able man. Agni conveys oblation straight, and deals, as Bhaga deals, his boons.
5.16.3
अ॒स्य स्तोमे॑ म॒घोन॑: स॒ख्ये वृ॒द्धशो॑चिषः | विश्वा॒ यस्मि॑न् तुवि॒ष्वणि॒ सम॒र्ये शुष्म॑माद॒धुः ||
All rests upon the laud and love of him the rich, high-flaming God, On whom, loud-roaring, men have laid great strength as on a faithful friend.
5.16.4
अधा॒ ह्य॑ग्न एषां सु॒वीर्य॑स्य मं॒हना॑ | तमिद् य॒ह्वं न रोद॑सी॒ परि॒ श्रवो॑ बभूवतुः ||
So, Agni, be the Friend of these with liberal gift of hero strength. Yea, Heaven and Earth have not surpassed this Youthful One in glorious fame.
5.16.5
नू न॒ एहि॒ वार्य॒मग्ने॑ गृणा॒न आ भ॑र | ये व॒यं ये च॑ सू॒रय॑: स्व॒स्ति धाम॑हे॒ सचो॒तैधि॑ पृ॒त्सु नो॑ वृ॒धे ||
O Agni, quickly come to us, and, glorified, bring precious wealth. So we and these our princes will assemble for the good of all. Be near in fight to prosper us.