प्र सू॒नव॑ ऋभू॒णां बृ॒हन्न॑वन्त वृ॒जना॑ ।
क्षामा॒ ये वि॒श्वधा॑य॒सोऽश्न॑न्धे॒नुं न मा॒तर॑म्
pra sūnava ṛbhūṇāṃ bṛhannavanta vṛjanā |
kṣāmā ye viśvadhāyaso'śnandhenuṃ na mātaram
Mandala 10
Sukta 176: The Ribhus and Agni led forward
Rishi: सूनुरार्भवः · Devata: १ ऋभवः, २-४ अग्निः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, २ गायत्री
4 verses · 176 of 191
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The Ribhus and Agni led forward
Sunu Arbhava praises the Ribhus in the first verse and Agni in the rest, in anushtubh and gayatri. The sons of the Ribhus have helped the great communities; all-nourishing, they took the earth as a calf takes its mother cow. Bring forward the deva Jatavedas with a divine thought, so that he carries our offerings in order. This hotar, devoted to the devas, is led to the yajna; like a chariot, glowing, he is known by himself. This Agni guards us as if from an immortal birth; stronger than strength, the deva was made for life.
प्र दे॒वं दे॒व्या धि॒या भर॑ता जा॒तवे॑दसम् ।
ह॒व्या नो॑ वक्षदानु॒षक्
pra devaṃ devyā dhiyā bharatā jātavedasam |
havyā no vakṣadānuṣak
अ॒यमु॒ ष्य प्र दे॑व॒युर्होता॑ य॒ज्ञाय॑ नीयते ।
रथो॒ न योर॒भीवृ॑तो॒ घृणी॑वाञ्चेतति॒ त्मना॑
ayamu ṣya pra devayurhotā yajñāya nīyate |
ratho na yorabhīvṛto ghṛṇīvāñcetati tmanā
अ॒यम॒ग्निरु॑रुष्यत्य॒मृता॑दिव॒ जन्म॑नः ।
सह॑सश्चि॒त्सही॑यान्दे॒वो जी॒वात॑वे कृ॒तः
ayamagniruruṣyatyamṛtādiva janmanaḥ |
sahasaścitsahīyāndevo jīvātave kṛtaḥ
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