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1. He who came to ( ā-bhū ) the womb ( yóni ) with a special sacred text (? ṛ́dhan̄mantra ), of immortal spirit ( -ás…
1. That verily was the chief among beings whence was born the formidable one, of bright manliness; as soon as born, h…
1. Be splendor mine, O Agni, in rival invocations ( vihavá ); may we, kindling thee, adorn ourselves; let the four di…
1. Thou that wast born on the mountains, strongest of plants, come, O kúṣṭha , effacer ( -nā́çana ) of takmán , effac…
1. Night [is thy] mother, cloud ( nábhas ) [thy] father, Aryaman thy grandfather; silācī́ , verily, by name art thou;…
1. The bráhman that was first born of old, Vena hath unclosed from the well-shining edge; he unclosed the fundamental…
1. Bring to us, stand not about, O niggard; do not prevent (? rakṣ ) our sacrificial gift as led [away]; homage be to…
1. With fuel of víkan̄kata do thou carry the sacrificial butter to the gods; O Agni, make them revel here; let all co…
1. To heaven hail! 2. To earth hail! 3. To atmosphere hail! 4. To atmosphere hail! 5. To heaven hail! 6. To earth hai…
1. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the eastern quarter, malicious, shall assail me, this may he come upon ( ṛ…
1. How unto the great Asura didst thou speak here? how, with shining manliness, unto the yellow ( hári ) father? havi…
1. Kindled this day in the home of man ( mánus ), thou, a god, O Jātavedas, dost sacrifice to the gods; and do thou b…
1. Since Varuṇa, poet of heaven, hath given [them] to me, with formidable spells ( vácas ) do I dissolve thy poison; …
1. An eagle ( suparṇá ) discovered thee; a hog dug thee with his snout; seek thou to injure, O herb, him that seeks t…
1. Both one of me and ten of me [are] the exorcisers ( apavaktár ), O herb; thou born of right ( ṛtá ), thou rich in …
1. If thou art sole chief, let go; sapless art thou. 2. If thou art twice chief etc. etc. 3. If thou art thrice chief…
1. These spoke first at the offense against the Brahman ( bráhman- ): the boundless sea, Mātariçvan, he of stout rage…
1. Her the gods did not give thee for thee to eat, O lord of men ( nṛpáti ); do not thou, O noble, desire to devour (…
1. They grew excessively; they did not quite ( iva ) touch up to the sky; having injured Bhrigu, the Sriñjayas, Vāita…
1. The loud-noised drum, warrior-like, of forest-tree, brought together ( sámbhṛta ) with the ruddy [kine], whetting …
1. Division of hearts, division of minds speak thou among our enemies, O drum; mutual hate, confusion, fear, we put i…
1. Let Agni drive ( bādh ) the fever away from here; [let] Soma, the pressing-stone, Varuṇa of purified dexterity, th…
1. Worked in ( óta ) for me [are] heaven-and-earth; worked in [is] divine Sarasvatī; worked in for me [are] both Indr…
1. Savitar ('the impeller') is overlord of impulses; let him favor ( av ) me, in this worship ( bráhman ), in this ri…
1. Brought together from the cloud (? párvata ), from the womb ( yóni ) of the sky, from every member, let the virile…
1. The sacrificial formulas ( yájus ) at the sacrifice, the fuel, hail! let Agni, foreknowing, here join for you. 2. …
1. Uplifted becomes his fuel, uplifted the bright burnings of Agni, most brilliant; of beautiful aspect, with his son…
1. Nine breaths with nine he combines (? sam-mā ), in order to length of life for a hundred autumns; in the yellow ( …
1. Joined in front, carry thou, O Jātavedas; know this, O Agni, as [it is] being done; thou art a physician ( bhiṣáj …
1. Thy nearnesses [are] nearnesses, thy distances nearnesses; be just here; go not now; go not after the former Fathe…
1. What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a raw vessel, what they have made in one of mixed grains; in raw fles…