Rigveda 8.44

8.44.1

स॒मिधा॒ग्निं दु॑वस्यत घृ॒तैर्बो॑धय॒ताति॑थिम् | आस्मि॑न्ह॒व्या जु॑होतन ||

PAY service unto Agni with your fuel, rouse your Guest with oil: In him present your offerings.

8.44.2

अग्ने॒ स्तोमं॑ जुषस्व मे॒ वर्ध॑स्वा॒नेन॒ मन्म॑ना | प्रति॑ सू॒क्तानि॑ हर्य नः ||

Agni, do thou accept my laud, be magnified by this my song: Welcome my sweetly-spoken words.

8.44.3

अ॒ग्निं दू॒तं पु॒रो द॑धे हव्य॒वाह॒मुप॑ ब्रुवे | दे॒वाँ आ सा॑दयादि॒ह ||

Agni, envoy, I place in front; the oblation-bearer I address: Here let him seat the Deities.

8.44.4

उत्ते॑ बृ॒हन्तो॑ अ॒र्चय॑: समिधा॒नस्य॑ दीदिवः | अग्ने॑ शु॒क्रास॑ ईरते ||

Agni, the lofty flames of thee enkindled have gone up on high, Thy bright flames, thou Refulgent One.

8.44.5

उप॑ त्वा जु॒ह्वो॒३ मम॑ घृ॒ताची॑र्यन्तु हर्यत | अग्ने॑ ह॒व्या जु॑षस्व नः ||

Beloved! let my ladles full of sacred oil come near to thee: Agni, accept our offerings.

8.44.6

म॒न्द्रं होता॑रमृ॒त्विजं॑ चि॒त्रभा॑नुं वि॒भाव॑सुम् | अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे॒ स उ॑ श्रवत् ||

I worship Agni—may he hear!—the cheerful, the Invoker, Priest, Of varied splendour, rich in light.

8.44.7

प्र॒त्नं होता॑र॒मीड्यं॒ जुष्ट॑म॒ग्निं क॒विक्र॑तुम् | अ॒ध्व॒राणा॑मभि॒श्रिय॑म् ||

Ancient Invoker, meet for praise, beloved Agni, wise and strong, The visitant of solemn rites.

8.44.8

जु॒षा॒णो अ॑ङ्गिरस्तमे॒मा ह॒व्यान्या॑नु॒षक् | अग्ने॑ य॒ज्ञं न॑य ऋतु॒था ||

Agni, best Aṅgiras, accept straightway these offerings, and guide The seasonable sacrifice.

8.44.9

स॒मि॒धा॒न उ॑ सन्त्य॒ शुक्र॑शोच इ॒हा व॑ह | चि॒कि॒त्वान्दैव्यं॒ जन॑म् ||

Excellent God, with brilliant flames, enkindled bring thou hitherward, Knowing the way, the Heavenly Host.

8.44.10

विप्रं॒ होता॑रम॒द्रुहं॑ धू॒मके॑तुं वि॒भाव॑सुम् | य॒ज्ञानां॑ के॒तुमी॑महे ||

Him, Sage and Herald, void of guile, ensign of sacrifices, him Smoke-bannered, rich in light, we seek.

8.44.11

अग्ने॒ नि पा॑हि न॒स्त्वं प्रति॑ ष्म देव॒ रीष॑तः | भि॒न्धि द्वेष॑: सहस्कृत ||

O Agni, be our Guardian thou, God, against those who injure us: Destroy our foes, thou Son of Strength.

8.44.12

अ॒ग्निः प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ शुम्भा॑नस्त॒न्वं१ स्वाम् | क॒विर्विप्रे॑ण वावृधे ||

Making his body beautiful, Agni the Sage hath waxen by The singer and his ancient hymn.

8.44.13

ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑त॒मा हु॑वे॒ऽग्निं पा॑व॒कशो॑चिषम् | अ॒स्मिन्य॒ज्ञे स्व॑ध्व॒रे ||

I invocate the Child of Strength, Agni with purifying flame, At this well-ordered sacrifice.

8.44.14

स नो॑ मित्रमह॒स्त्वमग्ने॑ शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑ | दे॒वैरा स॑त्सि ब॒र्हिषि॑ ||

So Agni, rich in many friends, with fiery splendour, seat thyself With Gods upon our sacred grass.

8.44.15

यो अ॒ग्निं त॒न्वो॒३ दमे॑ दे॒वं मर्त॑: सप॒र्यति॑ | तस्मा॒ इद्दी॑दय॒द्वसु॑ ||

The mortal man who serves the God Agni within his own abode, For him he causes wealth to shine.

8.44.16

अ॒ग्निर्मू॒र्धा दि॒वः क॒कुत्पति॑: पृथि॒व्या अ॒यम् | अ॒पां रेतां॑सि जिन्वति ||

Agni is head and height of heaven, the Master of the earth is he: He quickeneth the waters’ seed.

8.44.17

उद॑ग्ने॒ शुच॑य॒स्तव॑ शु॒क्रा भ्राज॑न्त ईरते | तव॒ ज्योतीं॑ष्य॒र्चय॑: ||

Upward, O Agni, rise thy flames, pure and resplendent, blazing high, Thy lustres, fair effulgences.

8.44.18

ईशि॑षे॒ वार्य॑स्य॒ हि दा॒त्रस्या॑ग्ने॒ स्व॑र्पतिः | स्तो॒ता स्यां॒ तव॒ शर्म॑णि ||

For, Agni, thou as Lord of Light rulest o’er choicest gifts: may I, Thy singer, find defence in thee.

8.44.19

त्वाम॑ग्ने मनी॒षिण॒स्त्वां हि॑न्वन्ति॒ चित्ति॑भिः | त्वां व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिर॑: ||

O Agni, they who understand stir thee to action with their thoughts: So let our songs enhance thy might.

8.44.20

अद॑ब्धस्य स्व॒धाव॑तो दू॒तस्य॒ रेभ॑त॒: सदा॑ | अ॒ग्नेः स॒ख्यं वृ॑णीमहे ||

We ever claim the friendship of Agni, the singing messenger, Of God-like nature, void of guile.

8.44.21

अ॒ग्निः शुचि॑व्रततम॒: शुचि॒र्विप्र॒: शुचि॑: क॒विः | शुची॑ रोचत॒ आहु॑तः ||

Agni who bears most holy sway, the holy Singer, holy Sage, Shines holy when we worship him.

8.44.22

उ॒त त्वा॑ धी॒तयो॒ मम॒ गिरो॑ वर्धन्तु वि॒श्वहा॑ | अग्ने॑ स॒ख्यस्य॑ बोधि नः ||

Yea, let my meditations, let my songs exalt thee evermore. Think, Agni, of our friendly bond,

8.44.23

यद॑ग्ने॒ स्याम॒हं त्वं त्वं वा॑ घा॒ स्या अ॒हम् | स्युष्टे॑ स॒त्या इ॒हाशिष॑: ||

If I were thou and thou wert I, O Agni, every prayer of thine Should have its due fulfilment here.

8.44.24

वसु॒र्वसु॑पति॒र्हि क॒मस्य॑ग्ने वि॒भाव॑सुः | स्याम॑ ते सुम॒तावपि॑ ||

For Excellent and Lord of wealth. art thou O Agni, rich in light: May we enjoy thy favouring grace.

8.44.25

अग्ने॑ धृ॒तव्र॑ताय ते समु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः | गिरो॑ वा॒श्रास॑ ईरते ||

Agni, to thee whose laws stand fast our resonant songs of praise speed forth, As rivers hasten to the sea.

8.44.26

युवा॑नं वि॒श्पतिं॑ क॒विं वि॒श्वादं॑ पुरु॒वेप॑सम् | अ॒ग्निं शु॑म्भामि॒ मन्म॑भिः ||

Agni, the Youthful Lord of men, who stirreth much and eateth all, The Sage, I glorify with hymns.

8.44.27

य॒ज्ञानां॑ र॒थ्ये॑ व॒यं ति॒ग्मज॑म्भाय वी॒ळवे॑ | स्तोमै॑रिषेमा॒ग्नये॑ ||

To Agni let us haste with lauds, the Guide of sacrificial rites, Armed with sharp teeth, the Mighty One.

8.44.28

अ॒यम॑ग्ने॒ त्वे अपि॑ जरि॒ता भू॑तु सन्त्य | तस्मै॑ पावक मृळय ||

And let this man, good Agni, be with thee the singer of thy praise: Be gracious, Holy One, to him.

8.44.29

धीरो॒ ह्यस्य॑द्म॒सद्विप्रो॒ न जागृ॑वि॒: सदा॑ | अग्ने॑ दी॒दय॑सि॒ द्यवि॑ ||

For thou art sharer of our feast, wise, ever watchful as a Sage: Agni, thou shinest in the sky.

8.44.30

पु॒राग्ने॑ दुरि॒तेभ्य॑: पु॒रा मृ॒ध्रेभ्य॑: कवे | प्र ण॒ आयु॑र्वसो तिर ||

O Agni, Sage, before our foes, before misfortunes fall on us, Excellent Lord, prolong our lives.