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1. Let Agni, knowing, go against our foes, burning against the imprecator, the niggard; let him confound ( mohaya- ) …
1. Let Agni our messenger, knowing, go against [them], burning against the imprecator, the niggard; let him confound …
1. He hath shouted (? krand ); may he be protector of his own here; O Agni, bend apart the two widened firmaments ( r…
1. Unto thee hath come the kingdom; with splendor rise forward; [as] lord of the people ( víças ), sole king, bear th…
1. Hither hath come this parṇá -amulet, strong, by strength slaughtering our rivals; force of the gods, milk of the h…
1. The male ( púmāṅs ) [is] born out of the male—the açvatthá forth from the khadirá; let it smite my foes, whom I ha…
1. On the head of the swift-running gazelle ( hariṇá ) is a remedy; he by his horn hath made the kṣetriyá disappear, …
1. Let Mitra come, arranging with the seasons, uniting (? sam-veçaya- ) the earth with the ruddy ones ( usríyā ); the…
1. Of the karçápha , of the viçaphá , heaven [is] father, earth mother: as, O gods, ye have inflicted ( abhi-kṛ ), so…
1. She first shone out; she became a milch-cow at Yama's; let her, rich in milk, yield ( duh ) to us each further sum…
1. I release thee by oblation, in order to living, from unknown yákṣma and from royal yákṣma; if now seizure ( gráhi …
1. Just here I fix ( ni-mi ) [my] dwelling ( çā́lā ) firm; may it stand in security, sprinkling ghee; unto thee here,…
1. Since formerly (? adás ), going forth together, ye resounded ( nad ) when the dragon was slain, thenceforth ye are…
1. With a comfortable ( suṣád ) stall, with wealth, with well-being, with that which is the name of the day-born one,…
1. I stir up ( cud ) the trader Indra; let him come to us, be our forerunner; thrusting [away] the niggard, the wayla…
1. Early ( prātár ) do we call Agni, early Indra, early Mitra-and-Varuṇa, early the (two) Açvins, early Bhaga, Pūshan…
1. The poets ( kaví ) harness the plows ( sī́ra ), they extend severally the yokes—they the wise ones ( dhī́ra ), wit…
1. I dig this herb, of plants the strongest, with which one drives off ( bādh ) her rival; with which one wins comple…
1. Sharpened up is this incantation (? bráhman ) of mine; sharpened up [my] heroism, strength; sharpened up, victorio…
1. This is thy seasonable womb ( yóni ), whence born thou didst shine; knowing it, O Agni, ascend thou; then increase…
1. The fires that are within the waters, that are in Vṛtra, that are in man, that are in stones, the one that hath en…
1. Let elephant-splendor, great glory, spread itself, which came into being from Aditi's body; that same have all tog…
1. By what thou hast become barren ( vehát ), that we make disappear from thee; that now we set down elsewhere, far a…
1. Rich in milk [are] the herbs, rich in milk my utterance ( vácas ); accordingly, of them that are rich in milk I br…
1. Let the up-thruster thrust ( tud ) thee up; do not abide ( dhṛ ) in thine own lair; the arrow of love ( kā́ma ) th…
1. Ye gods that are in this eastern quarter, missiles by name—of you there the arrows are fire: do ye be gracious to …
1. Eastern quarter; Agni overlord; black serpent defender; the Ādityas arrows: homage to those overlords; homage to t…
1. She herself came into being by a one-by-one creation, where the being-makers created the kine of all forms; where …
1. What the kings share among themselves—the sixteenth of what is offered-and-bestowed—yon assessors ( sabhāsád ) of …
1. Like-heartedness, like-mindedness, non-hostility do I make for you; do ye show affection ( hary ) the one toward t…
1. The gods have turned away from old age; thou, O Agni; away from the niggard; I away from all evil [have turned], a…