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English translation of Rig Veda Suktas 33-121 (Riks only) - based on Siddhanjana. The renderings by M. P. Pandit are more free than literal.

Translations of Rig Veda Suktas 33-121 by M.P. Pandit

Vol. 10 - Collected Works of T. V. Kapali Sastry


RIGVEDA SAMHITA : Mandala I




HYMN 69

Rishi: PARASHARA Deity: AGNI

  1. White-shining as the lover of Dawn, filling heaven and earth together like the light of heaven, manifest by (our) labours, thou encompassest all around. Though a son, thou hast become father of the Gods.

  2. Knower superb, humble, Agni is the creator. Like the teat of cows he gives sweetness to the Somas. He is as felicity in man, one to be invoked. He sits charming in the centre of the house.

  3. He is born (to us) like a son at play in the house. Like a glad stallion he carries the peoples safe across. When I invoke the divine beings, Agni attains the All-Godhead.

Agni being all the Gods, when the divine host is invoked, he manifests his All-Godhead.

  1. When thou givest the Hearing to these beings, none can affect thy Laws. It is thy action when along with colleague-Gods, thou dost smite and disperse the evildoers.

  2. Bright and radiant like the lover of Dawn, may his form be known to them, may he get known by them. May all bearing aim in themselves open the doors and attain to the vision of the Sun.

Sri Aurobindo’s rendering of this hymn :

  1. Blazing out brilliant as the lover of the Dawn, filling the two equal worlds12
  1. The Fire having the knowledge is a creator13
  1. He is born to us as if a son rapturous in our house; like a glad horse of swiftness he carries safe through their battle the peoples :15
  1. None can impair the ways of thy workings when for these gods16
  1. Very bright and lustrous is he like the lover of Dawn. May his form be known and may he wake to knowledge for this human being, may all bear him in themselves, part wide the Doors and move into the vision of the world of the Sun.18








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