Rigveda 10.21
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.21
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.21.1
āgniṁ na svavṛ̍ktibhi̱r hotā̍raṁ tvā vṛṇīmahe |
ya̱jñāya̍ stī̱rṇaba̍rhiṣe̱ vi vo̱ made̍ śī̱ram pā̍va̱kaśo̍ciṣa̱ṁ viva̍kṣase ||
WITH offerings of our own we choose thee, Agni, as Invoking Priest, For sacrifice with trimmed grass,– at your glad carouse-piercing and brightly shining. Thou art waxing great.
10.21.2
tvām u̱ te svā̱bhuva̍ḥ śu̱mbhanty aśva̍rādhasaḥ |
veti̱ tvām u̍pa̱seca̍nī̱ vi vo̱ mada̱ ṛjī̍tir agna̱ āhu̍ti̱r viva̍kṣase ||
The wealthy ones adorn thee, they who bring us horses as their gift: The sprinkling ladle, Agni,– at your glad carouse -and glowing offering taste thee. Thou art waxing great.
10.21.3
tve dha̱rmāṇa̍ āsate ju̱hūbhi̍ḥ siñca̱tīr i̍va |
kṛ̱ṣṇā rū̱pāṇy arju̍nā̱ vi vo̱ made̱ viśvā̱ adhi̱ śriyo̍ dhiṣe̱ viva̍kṣase ||
The holy statutes rest by thee, as 'twere with ladles that o'erflow. Black and white-gleaming colours,– at your glad carouse-all glories thou assurnest. Thou art waxing great.
10.21.4
yam a̍gne̱ manya̍se ra̱yiṁ saha̍sāvann amartya |
tam ā no̱ vāja̍sātaye̱ vi vo̱ made̍ ya̱jñeṣu̍ ci̱tram ā bha̍rā̱ viva̍kṣase ||
O Agni, what thou deemest wealth, Victorious and Immortal One! Bring thou to give us vigour,– at your glad carouse -splendid at sacrifices. Thou art waxing great.
10.21.5
a̱gnir jā̱to atha̍rvaṇā vi̱dad viśvā̍ni̱ kāvyā̍ |
bhuva̍d dū̱to vi̱vasva̍to̱ vi vo̱ made̍ pri̱yo ya̱masya̱ kāmyo̱ viva̍kṣase ||
Skilled in all lore is Agni, he whom erst Atharvan brought to life. He was Vivasvan's envoy, at your glad carouse-the weIl-loved friend of Yama, Thou art waxing great.
10.21.6
tvāṁ ya̱jñeṣv ī̍ḻa̱te 'gne̍ praya̱ty a̍dhva̱re |
tvaṁ vasū̍ni̱ kāmyā̱ vi vo̱ made̱ viśvā̍ dadhāsi dā̱śuṣe̱ viva̍kṣase ||
At sacrifices they adore thee, Agni, when the rite proceeds. All fair and lovely treasures-at your glad carouse-thou givest him who offers. Thou art waxing great.
10.21.7
tvāṁ ya̱jñeṣv ṛ̱tvija̱ṁ cāru̍m agne̱ ni ṣe̍dire |
ghṛ̱tapra̍tīka̱m manu̍ṣo̱ vi vo̱ made̍ śu̱kraṁ ceti̍ṣṭham a̱kṣabhi̱r viva̍kṣase ||
Men, Agni, have established thee as welcome Priest at holy rites, Thee whose face shines with butter,– at your glad carouse-bright, with eyes most observant. Thou art waxing great.
10.21.8
agne̍ śu̱kreṇa̍ śo̱ciṣo̱ru pra̍thayase bṛ̱hat |
a̱bhi̱kranda̍n vṛṣāyase̱ vi vo̱ made̱ garbha̍ṁ dadhāsi jā̱miṣu̱ viva̍kṣase ||
Wide and aloft thou spreadest thee, O Agni, with thy brilliant flame. A Bull art thou when bellowing,– at your glad carouse-thou dost impregn the Sisters. Thou art waxing great.
Translations (6)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Discussed in (14)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — Pande 1957, English
- The Hindu Temple — Kramrisch 1946, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English