Rigveda 8.43

8.43.1

इ॒मे विप्र॑स्य वे॒धसो॒ऽग्नेरस्तृ॑तयज्वनः | गिर॒: स्तोमा॑स ईरते ||

THESE songs of mine go forth as lauds of Agni, the disposing Sage, Whose worshipper is ne’er o’erthrown.

8.43.2

अस्मै॑ ते प्रति॒हर्य॑ते॒ जात॑वेदो॒ विच॑र्षणे | अग्ने॒ जना॑मि सुष्टु॒तिम् ||

Wise Agni Jātavedas, I beget a song of praise for thee. Who willingly receivest it.

8.43.3

आ॒रो॒का इ॑व॒ घेदह॑ ति॒ग्मा अ॑ग्ने॒ तव॒ त्विष॑: | द॒द्भिर्वना॑नि बप्सति ||

Thy sharpened flames, O Agni, like the gleams of light that glitter through, Devour the forests with their teeth.

8.43.4

हर॑यो धू॒मके॑तवो॒ वात॑जूता॒ उप॒ द्यवि॑ | यत॑न्ते॒ वृथ॑ग॒ग्नय॑: ||

Gold-coloured, bannered with the smoke, urged by the wind, aloft to heaven Rise, lightly borne, the flames of fire.

8.43.5

ए॒ते त्ये वृथ॑ग॒ग्नय॑ इ॒द्धास॒: सम॑दृक्षत | उ॒षसा॑मिव के॒तव॑: ||

These lightly kindled fiery flames are all around made visible, Even as the gleanings of the Dawns.

8.43.6

कृ॒ष्णा रजां॑सि पत्सु॒तः प्र॒याणे॑ जा॒तवे॑दसः | अ॒ग्निर्यद्रोध॑ति॒ क्षमि॑ ||

As Jātavedas speeds along, the dust is black beneath his feet, When Agni spreads upon the earth.

8.43.7

धा॒सिं कृ॑ण्वा॒न ओष॑धी॒र्बप्स॑द॒ग्निर्न वा॑यति | पुन॒र्यन्तरु॑णी॒रपि॑ ||

Making the plants his nourishment, Agni devours and wearies not, Seeking the tender shrubs again.

8.43.8

जि॒ह्वाभि॒रह॒ नन्न॑मद॒र्चिषा॑ जञ्जणा॒भव॑न् | अ॒ग्निर्वने॑षु रोचते ||

Bending him down with all his tongues, he flickers with his fiery glow Splendid is Agni in the woods.

8.43.9

अ॒प्स्व॑ग्ने॒ सधि॒ष्टव॒ सौष॑धी॒रनु॑ रुध्यसे | गर्भे॒ सञ्जा॑यसे॒ पुन॑: ||

Agni, thine home is in the floods: into the plants thou forcest way, And as their Child art born anew.

8.43.10

उद॑ग्ने॒ तव॒ तद्घृ॒ताद॒र्ची रो॑चत॒ आहु॑तम् | निंसा॑नं जु॒ह्वो॒३ मुखे॑ ||

Worshipped with offerings shines thy flame, O Agni, from the sacred oil, With kisses on the ladle's mouth.

8.43.11

उ॒क्षान्ना॑य व॒शान्ना॑य॒ सोम॑पृष्ठाय वे॒धसे॑ | स्तोमै॑र्विधेमा॒ग्नये॑ ||

Let us serve Agni with our hymns, Disposer, fed on ox and cow, Who bears the Soma on his back.

8.43.12

उ॒त त्वा॒ नम॑सा व॒यं होत॒र्वरे॑ण्यक्रतो | अग्ने॑ स॒मिद्भि॑रीमहे ||

Yea, thee, O Agni, do we seek with homage and with fuel, Priest Whose wisdom is most excellent.

8.43.13

उ॒त त्वा॑ भृगु॒वच्छु॑चे मनु॒ष्वद॑ग्न आहुत | अ॒ङ्गि॒र॒स्वद्ध॑वामहे ||

O worshipped with oblations, pure Agni, we call on thee as erst, Did Bhṛgu, Manus, Aṅgiras.

8.43.14

त्वं ह्य॑ग्ने अ॒ग्निना॒ विप्रो॒ विप्रे॑ण॒ सन्त्स॒ता | सखा॒ सख्या॑ समि॒ध्यसे॑ ||

For thou, O Agni, by the fire, Sage by the Sage, Good by the Good, Friend by the Friend, art lighted up.

8.43.15

स त्वं विप्रा॑य दा॒शुषे॑ र॒यिं दे॑हि सह॒स्रिण॑म् | अग्ने॑ वी॒रव॑ती॒मिष॑म् ||

So wealth in thousands, food with store of heroes give thou to the sage, O Agni, to the worshipper.

8.43.16

अग्ने॒ भ्रात॒: सह॑स्कृत॒ रोहि॑दश्व॒ शुचि॑व्रत | इ॒मं स्तोमं॑ जुषस्व मे ||

O Agni, Brother, made by strength, Lord of red steeds and brilliant sway, Take pleasure in this laud of mine.

8.43.17

उ॒त त्वा॑ग्ने॒ मम॒ स्तुतो॑ वा॒श्राय॑ प्रति॒हर्य॑ते | गो॒ष्ठं गाव॑ इवाशत ||

My praises, Agni, go to thee, as the cows seek the stall to meet, The lowing calf that longs for milk.

8.43.18

तुभ्यं॒ ता अ॑ङ्गिरस्तम॒ विश्वा॑: सुक्षि॒तय॒: पृथ॑क् | अग्ने॒ कामा॑य येमिरे ||

Agni, best Aṅgiras, to thee all people who have pleasant homes, Apart, have turned as to their wish.

8.43.19

अ॒ग्निं धी॒भिर्म॑नी॒षिणो॒ मेधि॑रासो विप॒श्चित॑: | अ॒द्म॒सद्या॑य हिन्विरे ||

The sages skilled in holy song and thinkers with their thoughts have urged Agni to share the sacred feast.

8.43.20

तं त्वामज्मे॑षु वा॒जिनं॑ तन्वा॒ना अ॑ग्ने अध्व॒रम् | वह्निं॒ होता॑रमीळते ||

So, Agni, unto thee the Priest, Invoker, strong in forays, pray Those who spin out the sacrifice.

8.43.21

पु॒रु॒त्रा हि स॒दृङ्ङसि॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॒ अनु॑ प्र॒भुः | स॒मत्सु॑ त्वा हवामहे ||

In many a place, the same in look art thou, a Prince o’er all the tribes In battles we invoke thine aid.

8.43.22

तमी॑ळिष्व॒ य आहु॑तो॒ऽग्निर्वि॒भ्राज॑ते घृ॒तैः | इ॒मं न॑: शृणव॒द्धव॑म् ||

Pray thou to Agni, pray to him who blazes served with sacred oil: Let him give ear to this our call.

8.43.23

तं त्वा॑ व॒यं ह॑वामहे शृ॒ण्वन्तं॑ जा॒तवे॑दसम् | अग्ने॒ घ्नन्त॒मप॒ द्विष॑: ||

We call on thee as such, as one who hears, as Jātavedas, one, Agni! who beats away our foes.

8.43.24

वि॒शां राजा॑न॒मद्भु॑त॒मध्य॑क्षं॒ धर्म॑णामि॒मम् | अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे॒ स उ॑ श्रवत् ||

I pray to Agni, King of men, the Wonderful, the President Of holy Laws: may he give ear.

8.43.25

अ॒ग्निं वि॒श्वायु॑वेपसं॒ मर्यं॒ न वा॒जिनं॑ हि॒तम् | सप्तिं॒ न वा॑जयामसि ||

Him like a bridegroom, him who stirs all people, like a noble horse, Like a fleet steed, we instigate.

8.43.26

घ्नन्मृ॒ध्राण्यप॒ द्विषो॒ दह॒न्रक्षां॑सि वि॒श्वहा॑ | अग्ने॑ ति॒ग्मेन॑ दीदिहि ||

Slaying things deadly, burning up foes, Rākṣasas, on every side, Shine, Agni, with thy sharpened flame.

8.43.27

यं त्वा॒ जना॑स इन्ध॒ते म॑नु॒ष्वद॑ङ्गिरस्तम | अग्ने॒ स बो॑धि मे॒ वच॑: ||

Thou whom the people kindle even as Manus did, best Aṅgiras! O Agni, mark thou this my speech.

8.43.28

यद॑ग्ने दिवि॒जा अस्य॑प्सु॒जा वा॑ सहस्कृत | तं त्वा॑ गी॒र्भिर्ह॑वामहे ||

O Agni, made by strength! be thou born in the heavens or born in floods, As such we call on thee with songs.

8.43.29

तुभ्यं॒ घेत्ते जना॑ इ॒मे विश्वा॑: सुक्षि॒तय॒: पृथ॑क् | धा॒सिं हि॑न्व॒न्त्यत्त॑वे ||

Yea, all the people, all the folk who have good dwellings, each apart, Send food for thee to eat thereof.

8.43.30

ते घेद॑ग्ने स्वा॒ध्योऽहा॒ विश्वा॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः | तर॑न्तः स्याम दु॒र्गहा॑ ||

O Agni, so may we, devout, gazed at by men, throughout our days, Pass lightly over all distress.

8.43.31

अ॒ग्निं म॒न्द्रं पु॑रुप्रि॒यं शी॒रं पा॑व॒कशो॑चिषम् | हृ॒द्भिर्म॒न्द्रेभि॑रीमहे ||

We venerate with cheerful hearts the cheerful Agni, dear to all, Burning, with purifying flame.

8.43.32

स त्वम॑ग्ने वि॒भाव॑सुः सृ॒जन्त्सूर्यो॒ न र॒श्मिभि॑: | शर्ध॒न्तमां॑सि जिघ्नसे ||

So thou, O Agni rich in light, beaming like Sūrya with thy rays Boldly demolishest the gloom,

8.43.33

तत्ते॑ सहस्व ईमहे दा॒त्रं यन्नोप॒दस्य॑ति | त्वद॑ग्ने॒ वार्यं॒ वसु॑ ||

We pray to thee for this thy gift, Victor the gift that faileth not, O Agni, choicest wealth from thee.