Rigveda 1.1: Agni
The Hymns of the Rigveda 1.1
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Agni
1.1.1
I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice, The hotar, lavishest of wealth.
1.1.2
Worthy is Agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers. He shall bring hitherward the Gods.
1.1.3
Through Agni man obtaineth wealth, yea, plenty waxing day by day, Most rich in heroes, glorious.
1.1.4
Agni, the perfect sacrifice which thou encompassest about Verily goeth to the Gods.
1.1.5
May Agni, sapient-minded Priest, truthful, most gloriously great, The God, come hither with the Gods.
1.1.6
Whatever blessing, Agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper, That, Angiras, is indeed thy truth.
1.1.7
To thee, dispeller of the night, O Agni, day by day with prayer Bringing thee reverence, we come
1.1.8
Ruler of sacrifices, guard of Law eternal, radiant One, Increasing in thine own abode.
1.1.9
Be to us easy of approach, even as a father to his son: Agni, be with us for our weal.
Translations (7)
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- 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
- Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English
- Hymns from the Rigveda — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, English
Commentaries (2)
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit