HYMN CL. Agni: Rig Veda – Book 1 – Ralph T.H. Griffith, Translator
पुरु तव दाश्वान वोचे.अरिरग्ने तव सविदा |
तोदस्येव शरण आ महस्य ||
वयनिनस्य धनिनः परहोषे चिदररुषः |
कदा चन परजिगतो अदेवयोः ||
स चन्द्रो विप्र मर्त्यो महो वराधन्तमो दिवि |
पर-परेत ते अग्ने वनुषः सयाम ||
puru tva dāśvān voce.ariraghne tava svidā |
todasyeva śaraṇa ā mahasya ||
vyaninasya dhaninaḥ prahoṣe cidararuṣaḥ |
kadā cana prajighato adevayoḥ ||
sa candro vipra martyo maho vrādhantamo divi |
pra-pret te aghne vanuṣaḥ syāma ||
English Translation
Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
1. AGNI, thy faithful servant I call upon thee with many a gift,
As in the keeping of the great inciting God;
2 Thou who ne’er movest thee to aid the indolent, the godless man,
Him who though wealthy never brings an offering.
3 Splendid, O Singer, is that man, mightiest of the great in heaven.
Agni, may we be foremost, we thy worshippers.