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Rigveda 10.51

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.51

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10.51.1

ma̱hat tad ulba̱ṁ sthavi̍ra̱ṁ tad ā̍sī̱d yenāvi̍ṣṭitaḥ pravi̱veśi̍thā̱paḥ |
viśvā̍ apaśyad bahu̱dhā te̍ agne̱ jāta̍vedas ta̱nvo̍ de̱va eka̍ḥ ||

LARGE was that covering, and firm of texture, folded wherein thou enteredst the waters. One Deity alone, O Jâtavedas Agni, saw all thy forms in sundry places.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.2

ko mā̍ dadarśa kata̱maḥ sa de̱vo yo me̍ ta̱nvo̍ bahu̱dhā pa̱ryapa̍śyat |
kvāha̍ mitrāvaruṇā kṣiyanty a̱gner viśvā̍ḥ sa̱midho̍ deva̱yānī̍ḥ ||

What God hath seen me? Who of all their number clearly beheld my forms in many places? Where lie, then, all the sacred logs of Agni that lead him God-ward, Varuṇa and Mitra?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.3

aicchā̍ma tvā bahu̱dhā jā̍taveda̱ḥ pravi̍ṣṭam agne a̱psv oṣa̍dhīṣu |
taṁ tvā̍ ya̱mo a̍cikec citrabhāno daśāntaru̱ṣyād a̍ti̱roca̍mānam ||

In many places, Agni Jâtavedas, we sought thee hidden in the plants and waters. Then Yama marked thee, God of wondrous splendour! effulgent from thy tenfold secret dwelling,

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.4

ho̱trād a̱haṁ va̍ruṇa̱ bibhya̍d āya̱ṁ ned e̱va mā̍ yu̱naja̱nn atra̍ de̱vāḥ |
tasya̍ me ta̱nvo̍ bahu̱dhā nivi̍ṣṭā e̱tam artha̱ṁ na ci̍ketā̱ham a̱gniḥ ||

I fled in fear from sacrificial worship, Varuṇa, lest the Gods should thus engage me. Thus were my forms laid down in many places. This, as my goal, I Agni saw before me.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.5

ehi̱ manu̍r deva̱yur ya̱jñakā̍mo 'ra̱ṁkṛtyā̱ tama̍si kṣeṣy agne |
su̱gān pa̱thaḥ kṛ̍ṇuhi deva̱yānā̱n vaha̍ ha̱vyāni̍ sumana̱syamā̍naḥ ||

Come; man is pious and would fain do worship, he waits prepared: in gloom thou, Agni, dwellest. Make pathways leading God-ward clear and easy, and bear oblations with a kindly spirit.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.6

a̱gneḥ pūrve̱ bhrāta̍ro̱ artha̍m e̱taṁ ra̱thīvādhvā̍na̱m anv āva̍rīvuḥ |
tasmā̍d bhi̱yā va̍ruṇa dū̱ram ā̍yaṁ gau̱ro na kṣe̱pnor a̍vije̱ jyāyā̍ḥ ||

This goal mine elder brothers erst selected, as he who drives a car the way to travel. So,Varuṇa, I fled afar through terror, as flies the wild-bull from an archer's bowstring.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.7

ku̱rmas ta̱ āyu̍r a̱jara̱ṁ yad a̍gne̱ yathā̍ yu̱kto jā̍tavedo̱ na riṣyā̍ḥ |
athā̍ vahāsi sumana̱syamā̍no bhā̱gaṁ de̱vebhyo̍ ha̱viṣa̍ḥ sujāta ||

We give thee life unwasting, Jâtavedas, so that, employed, thou never shalt be injured. So, nobly born! shalt thou with kindly spirit bear to the Gods their share of men's oblations.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.8

pra̱yā̱jān me̍ anuyā̱jām̐ś ca̱ keva̍lā̱n ūrja̍svantaṁ ha̱viṣo̍ datta bhā̱gam |
ghṛ̱taṁ cā̱pām puru̍ṣa̱ṁ cauṣa̍dhīnām a̱gneś ca̍ dī̱rgham āyu̍r astu devāḥ ||

Grant me the first oblations and the latter, entire, my forceful shares of holy presents, The soul of plants, the fatness of the waters, and let there be long life, ye Gods, to Agni.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.51.9

tava̍ prayā̱jā a̍nuyā̱jāś ca̱ keva̍la̱ ūrja̍svanto ha̱viṣa̍ḥ santu bhā̱gāḥ |
tavā̍gne ya̱jño̱3̱̍ 'yam a̍stu̱ sarva̱s tubhya̍ṁ namantām pra̱diśa̱ś cata̍sraḥ ||

Thine be the first oblations and the latter, entire, thy forceful shares of holy presents. Let all this sacrifice be thine, O Agni, and let the world's four regions how before thee.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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