Rigveda 8.60

8.60.1

अग्न॒ आ या॑ह्य॒ग्निभि॒र्होता॑रं त्वा वृणीमहे | आ त्वाम॑नक्तु॒ प्रय॑ता ह॒विष्म॑ती॒ यजि॑ष्ठं ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑ ||

O AGNI, come here with the fires, we choose you as our invoking priest; let the presented offering anoint

8.60.2

अच्छा॒ हि त्वा॑ सहसः सूनो अङ्गिर॒: स्रुच॒श्चर॑न्त्यध्व॒रे | ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑तं घृ॒तके॑शमीमहे॒ऽग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यम् ||

Aṅgirasa, son of strength, the ladles go to find you in the sacrifice; we praise the ancient Agni in ourofferings, the grandson of food, butter-haired.

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अग्ने॑ क॒विर्वे॒धा अ॑सि॒ होता॑ पावक॒ यक्ष्य॑: | म॒न्द्रो यजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रेष्वीड्यो॒ विप्रे॑भिः शुक्र॒ मन्म॑भिः ||

Agni, you, wise, are the creator (of consequences); O purifier, you are the involving priest, worthy ofworship; bright one, you are to be praised in our sacrifices by the priests with hymns, yourself the chief ministrantworthy to be rejoiced in.

8.60.4

अद्रो॑घ॒मा व॑होश॒तो य॑विष्ठ्य दे॒वाँ अ॑जस्र वी॒तये॑ | अ॒भि प्रयां॑सि॒ सुधि॒ता व॑सो गहि॒ मन्द॑स्व धी॒तिभि॑र्हि॒तः ||

Most youthful, eternal one, bring the longing gods to me guileless, to eat (the oblation); giver ofdwellings, approach the well-plural ced food; rejoice, being set in your plural ce with praises

8.60.5

त्वमित्स॒प्रथा॑ अ॒स्यग्ने॑ त्रातॠ॒तस्क॒विः | त्वां विप्रा॑सः समिधान दीदिव॒ आ वि॑वासन्ति वे॒धस॑: ||

Deliverer Agni, you, the truthful and the seer, are widely spread; O kindled blazing one, the wisepraisers wait on you.

8.60.6

शोचा॑ शोचिष्ठ दीदि॒हि वि॒शे मयो॒ रास्व॑ स्तो॒त्रे म॒हाँ अ॑सि | दे॒वानां॒ शर्म॒न्मम॑ सन्तु सू॒रय॑: शत्रू॒षाह॑: स्व॒ग्नय॑: ||

Most resplendent (Agni), shine forth and illuminate (us); give happiness to your people, to yourworshipper, for you are great; may my priests abide in the bliss of the gods, subduing their enemies, possessingbright fires.

8.60.7

यथा॑ चिद्वृ॒द्धम॑त॒समग्ने॑ सं॒जूर्व॑सि॒ क्षमि॑ | ए॒वा द॑ह मित्रमहो॒ यो अ॑स्म॒ध्रुग्दु॒र्मन्मा॒ कश्च॒ वेन॑ति ||

As, Agni, you consume old timber on the earth, so, cherisher of friends, do you burn our injurer,whosoever evil-minded wishes (our ill)

8.60.8

मा नो॒ मर्ता॑य रि॒पवे॑ रक्ष॒स्विने॒ माघशं॑साय रीरधः | अस्रे॑धद्भिस्त॒रणि॑भिर्यविष्ठ्य शि॒वेभि॑: पाहि पा॒युभि॑: ||

Subject us not to a strong mortal enemy, nor to the malevolent; O most youthful, guard us with yourunharming delivering auspicious protections.

8.60.9

पा॒हि नो॑ अग्न॒ एक॑या पा॒ह्यु१त द्वि॒तीय॑या | पा॒हि गी॒र्भिस्ति॒सृभि॑रूर्जां पते पा॒हि च॑त॒सृभि॑र्वसो ||

Agni, protect us by one (rich), or protect us by a second; lord of strength, protect us by three sons;protect us, giver of dwellings, by four.

8.60.10

पा॒हि विश्व॑स्माद्र॒क्षसो॒ अरा॑व्ण॒: प्र स्म॒ वाजे॑षु नोऽव | त्वामिद्धि नेदि॑ष्ठं दे॒वता॑तय आ॒पिं नक्षा॑महे वृ॒धे ||

Protect us from every impious rākṣasa, shield us in battles; we approach you, our nearest neighbour,our kinsman, for sacrifice and for increase.

8.60.11

आ नो॑ अग्ने वयो॒वृधं॑ र॒यिं पा॑वक॒ शंस्य॑म् | रास्वा॑ च न उपमाते पुरु॒स्पृहं॒ सुनी॑ती॒ स्वय॑शस्तरम् ||

Purifying Agni, bestow upon us food-augmenting excellent wealth; and (bring) us, O meter-out of good,by auspicious guidance, (a treasure) desired by many and bringing its own fame.

8.60.12

येन॒ वंसा॑म॒ पृत॑नासु॒ शर्ध॑त॒स्तर॑न्तो अ॒र्य आ॒दिश॑: | स त्वं नो॑ वर्ध॒ प्रय॑सा शचीवसो॒ जिन्वा॒ धियो॑ वसु॒विद॑: ||

By which we may escape and destroy in battles our impetuous weapon- aiming enemies; O you who bywisdom establish our rites, bless us with food, prosper our wealth-obtaining offerings.

8.60.13

शिशा॑नो वृष॒भो य॑था॒ग्निः शृङ्गे॒ दवि॑ध्वत् | ति॒ग्मा अ॑स्य॒ हन॑वो॒ न प्र॑ति॒धृषे॑ सु॒जम्भ॒: सह॑सो य॒हुः ||

Agni tosses his horns, sharpening them as a bull; his sharp jaws are not to be resisted; he is mightytoothed, this son of strength.

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न॒हि ते॑ अग्ने वृषभ प्रति॒धृषे॒ जम्भा॑सो॒ यद्वि॒तिष्ठ॑से | स त्वं नो॑ होत॒: सुहु॑तं ह॒विष्कृ॑धि॒ वंस्वा॑ नो॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु ||

Since you spread out on all sides, your teeth, bull Agni, are not to be resisted; O offerer, do you makeour oblation rightly presented; give us many precious (gifts).

8.60.15

शेषे॒ वने॑षु मा॒त्रोः सं त्वा॒ मर्ता॑स इन्धते | अत॑न्द्रो ह॒व्या व॑हसि हवि॒ष्कृत॒ आदिद्दे॒वेषु॑ राजसि ||

You sleep within your mothers in the woods, mortals kindle you; unwearied you bear the offerings of thesacrificer, then you shine among the gods.

8.60.16

स॒प्त होता॑र॒स्तमिदी॑ळते॒ त्वाऽग्ने॑ सु॒त्यज॒मह्र॑यम् | भि॒नत्स्यद्रिं॒ तप॑सा॒ वि शो॒चिषा॒ प्राग्ने॑ तिष्ठ॒ जनाँ॒ अति॑ ||

The seven priests praise you, Agni, giver of good things and unfailing; you cleave the cloud with yourfierce splendour; go forth, having overcome our enemies.

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अ॒ग्निम॑ग्निं वो॒ अध्रि॑गुं हु॒वेम॑ वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः | अ॒ग्निं हि॒तप्र॑यसः शश्व॒तीष्वा ऽऽहोता॑रं चर्षणी॒नाम् ||

Now that we have cut the sacred grass, let us invoke for you Agni, Agni the irresistible; having plural cedthe oblations, let us invoke Agni, abiding in many (plural ces), the offerer of sacrifices for men.

8.60.18

केते॑न॒ शर्म॑न्त्सचते सुषा॒मण्यग्ने॒ तुभ्यं॑ चिकि॒त्वना॑ | इ॒ष॒ण्यया॑ नः पुरु॒रूप॒मा भ॑र॒ वाजं॒ नेदि॑ष्ठमू॒तये॑ ||

(The sacrificer) worships you by praises, Agni, with the experienced (priests) in the rite celebrated withbeautiful Sāman hymns;bring us of your own accord for our protection food of various kinds which may bealways in our reach.

8.60.19

अग्ने॒ जरि॑तर्वि॒श्पति॑स्तेपा॒नो दे॑व र॒क्षस॑: | अप्रो॑षिवान्गृ॒हप॑तिर्म॒हाँ अ॑सि दि॒वस्पा॒युर्दु॑रोण॒युः ||

Divine Agni, worthy of praise, you are the guardian of men, the consumer of the rākṣasas; you aregreat, you the never-absent guardian of the (worshipper's) house, the protector of heaven, ever present in thedwelling.

8.60.20

मा नो॒ रक्ष॒ आ वे॑शीदाघृणीवसो॒ मा या॒तुर्या॑तु॒माव॑ताम् | प॒रो॒ग॒व्यू॒त्यनि॑रा॒मप॒ क्षुध॒मग्ने॒ सेध॑ रक्ष॒स्विन॑: ||

O you brilliant wealth, let not the rākṣasa enter us, nor the torment of the evil spirits; Agni, drive awayfurther than a gavyūti from us poverty, hunger and the strong demons.