8.64.1
उत्त्वा॑ मन्दन्तु॒ स्तोमा॑: कृणु॒ष्व राधो॑ अद्रिवः | अव॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ जहि ||
YOKE, Agni, as a charioteer, thy steeds who best invite the Gods: As ancient Herald seat thyself.
Rigveda 8.64
HYMN LXIV. AGNI. · १२ प्रगाथ: काण्व:। इन्द्र: । गायत्री ।
8.64.1
उत्त्वा॑ मन्दन्तु॒ स्तोमा॑: कृणु॒ष्व राधो॑ अद्रिवः | अव॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ जहि ||
YOKE, Agni, as a charioteer, thy steeds who best invite the Gods: As ancient Herald seat thyself.
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8.64.2
प॒दा प॒णीँर॑रा॒धसो॒ नि बा॑धस्व म॒हाँ अ॑सि | न॒हि त्वा॒ कश्च॒न प्रति॑ ||
And, God, as skilfullest of all, call for us hitherward the Gods: Give all our wishes sure effect.
8.64.3
त्वमी॑शिषे सु॒ताना॒मिन्द्र॒ त्वमसु॑तानाम् | त्वं राजा॒ जना॑नाम् ||
For thou, Most Youthful, Son of Strength, thou to whom sacrifice is paid, Art holy, faithful to the Law.
8.64.4
एहि॒ प्रेहि॒ क्षयो॑ दि॒व्या॒३घोष॑ञ्चर्षणी॒नाम् | ओभे पृ॑णासि॒ रोद॑सी ||
This Agni, Lord of wealth and spoil hundredfold, thousandfold, is head And chief of riches and a Sage.
8.64.5
त्यं चि॒त्पर्व॑तं गि॒रिं श॒तव॑न्तं सह॒स्रिण॑म् | वि स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ रुरोजिथ ||
As craftsmen bend the felly, so bend at our general call: come nigh, Aṅgiras, to the sacrifice.
8.64.6
व॒यमु॑ त्वा॒ दिवा॑ सु॒ते व॒यं नक्तं॑ हवामहे | अ॒स्माकं॒ काम॒मा पृ॑ण ||
Now, O Virūpa, rouse for him, Strong God who shines at early morn, Fair praise with voice that ceases not.
8.64.7
क्व१ स्य वृ॑ष॒भो युवा॑ तुवि॒ग्रीवो॒ अना॑नतः | ब्र॒ह्मा कस्तं स॑पर्यति ||
With missile of this Agni, his who looks afar, will we lay low The thief in combat for the kine.
8.64.8
कस्य॑ स्वि॒त्सव॑नं॒ वृषा॑ जुजु॒ष्वाँ अव॑ गच्छति | इन्द्रं॒ क उ॑ स्वि॒दा च॑के ||
Let not the Companies of Gods fail us, like Dawns that float away, Like cows who leave the niggardly.
8.64.9
कं ते॑ दा॒ना अ॑सक्षत॒ वृत्र॑ह॒न्कं सु॒वीर्या॑ | उ॒क्थे क उ॑ स्वि॒दन्त॑मः ||
Let not the sinful tyranny of any fiercely hating foe Smite us, as billows smite a ship.
8.64.10
अ॒यं ते॒ मानु॑षे॒ जने॒ सोम॑: पू॒रुषु॑ सूयते | तस्येहि॒ प्र द्र॑वा॒ पिब॑ ||
O Agni, God, the people sing reverent praise to thee for strength: With terrors trouble thou the foe.
8.64.11
अ॒यं ते॑ शर्य॒णाव॑ति सु॒षोमा॑या॒मधि॑ प्रि॒यः | आ॒र्जी॒कीये॑ म॒दिन्त॑मः ||
Wilt thou not, Agni, lend us aid in winning cattle, winning wealth? Maker of room, make room for us.
8.64.12
तम॒द्य राध॑से म॒हे चारुं॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये | एही॑मिन्द्र॒ द्रवा॒ पिब॑ ||
In this great battle cast us not aside as one who bears a load: Snatch up the wealth and win it all.