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Mandala 2

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II.1Rigveda II.1 — a hymn to Agni that identifies him in turn with every priestly office and every major god of the pantheon.II.2Rigveda II.2 — Hymn to Agni as priest and herald of the sacrifice, invoked for wealth, protection, and strong offspring.II.3Rigveda II.3 — the Āprī hymn of Mandala 2, invoking Agni and the sequence of ritual deities through the animal sacrifice.II.4Rigveda II.4 — a hymn to Agni as bright guest and mediator among the clans, sung by the Gṛtsamada family.II.5Rigveda II.5 — a riddling hymn to Agni as the sacrifice personified, moving through the priestly offices like a wheel-rim around its wheel.II.6Rigveda II.6 — a short gāyatrī hymn to Agni as sacrificial messenger, asking for wealth, protection from hostility, rain, and strength.II.7Rigveda II.7 — a short hymn to Agni asking for radiant wealth and protection from hostility.II.8Rigveda II.8 — a short hymn to Agni praising his radiance, his steadfast ordinance, and the strengthening power of the sacred hymns, with a closing prayer for protection through Agni, Indra, and Soma.II.9Rigveda II.9 — a hymn to Agni as officiating priest, protector, and giver of wealth and good offspring.II.10Rigveda II.10 — a short hymn to Agni as the much-invoked fire kindled at the sacrificial ground, born in the waters and in wood, invoked with ghee and praise.II.11Rigveda II.11 — a hymn to Indra praising his soma-drinking and his slaying of Vṛtra and other demons.II.12Rigveda II.12 — a hymn to Indra told through a fifteen-verse refrain, each verse naming a deed and closing 'he, O people, is Indra.'II.13Rigveda II.13 — a hymn to Indra opening with the growth of Soma and praising Indra's aid to Nṛmara, Dabhīti, Turvīti, Vayya, and other proteges.II.14Rigveda II.14 — a hymn urging the Adhvaryu priests to press and offer soma to Indra, recounting his victories over Vṛtra, Dṛbhīka, Vala, Uraṇa, Arbuda, Śuṣṇa, Pipru, Namuci, and the fortresses of Śambara.II.15Rigveda II.15 — Hymn to Indra recounting his soma-fueled deeds: slaying the serpent, propping up the sky, freeing the rivers, and splitting open the Vala cave.II.16Rigveda II.16 — a hymn to Indra praising his unmatched power and inviting him to drink the soma.II.17Rigveda II.17 — a hymn praising Indra's cosmic feats: breaking open the cow-stalls, propping apart heaven and earth, freeing the waters, and striking down the foe Kṛvi.II.18Rigveda II.18 — hymn to Indra, yoking his chariot-team of bay horses in mounting pairs from two up to a hundred.II.19Rigveda II.19 — hymn to Indra, celebrating his slaying of the serpent who dammed the waters, his release of the sun and rivers, and his victories for Kutsa and Divodāsa.II.20Rigveda II.20 — a hymn of praise to Indra, recalling his slaying of Vṛtra and the Dasyus and asking his continued favor for the singer and the sacrificer.II.21Rigveda II.21 — a hymn invoking Indra by his conquering epithets and asking him for riches, safety, and good fortune.II.22Rigveda II.22 — a hymn to Indra recounting his soma-drinking at the Trikadru rites, his battles, and his ancient deed of releasing the waters.II.23Rigveda II.23 — a hymn to Bṛhaspati (Brahmaṇaspati), lord of sacred formulas, invoked as protector, guide, and destroyer of enemies and demons.II.24Rigveda II.24 — A hymn to Brahmaṇaspati, lord of the sacred formula, praising his splitting of Vala to release the cows and light.II.25Rigveda II.25 — five verses praising Brahmaṇaspati as the power that lets his chosen ally overcome rivals, gain cattle and wealth, and prosper.II.26Rigveda II.26 — A hymn to Brahmaṇaspati, promising victory and wealth to the sacrificer who honors him.II.27Rigveda II.27 — a hymn to the Ādityas, invoking Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, and their kin as guardians of truth and grantors of safe passage and long life.II.28Rigveda II.28 — a hymn to Varuṇa asking for release from sin and fear, for protection from enemies and dreams, and for guidance and steady fortune through life.II.29Rigveda II.29 — a hymn to the Viśvedevas (all-gods) confessing fault and pleading for forgiveness, protection, and well-being.II.30Rigveda II.30 — a hymn to Indra, with Bṛhaspati, Sarasvatī, and the Maruts, calling for victory over enemies in battle.II.31Rigveda II.31 — a hymn invoking Mitra-Varuna, Indra, Tvashtar, the Ashvins, and the gathered gods to protect and speed the worshippers' chariot toward victory in a race for a prize.II.32Rigveda II.32 — a hymn invoking Heaven and Earth, then Rākā, Sinīvālī, and the other goddesses of increase and offspring.II.33Rigveda II.33 — a fifteen-verse hymn to Rudra, seeking his healing remedies and his mercy while pleading that his weapons and anger pass the worshippers by.II.34Rigveda II.34 — a hymn to the Maruts, the storm-gods, sons of Rudra and Pṛśni, invoked for protection, strength, and rain.II.35Rigveda II.35 — a hymn to Apam Napat, the fire hidden within the waters.II.36Rigveda II.36 — invocation of Indra, Tvaṣṭṛ, and the priestly Soma-cups (Hotṛ, Potṛ, Agnīdh, Brahman, Praśāstṛ) to drink the pressed Soma in turn.II.37Rigveda II.37 — a hymn inviting Draviṇodas, the wealth-giving form of Agni, to drink soma in turn from each priest's cup at the sacrifice.II.38Rigveda II.38 — a hymn to Savitṛ describing his rising, his unbreakable ordinances, and prayers for prosperity.II.39Rigveda II.39 — a riddle-hymn to the Aśvins built almost entirely from rapid-fire similes.II.40Rigveda II.40 — a hymn invoking Soma and Pūṣan jointly as begetters and guardians of the cosmos and granters of wealth and victory.II.41Rigveda II.41 — a sequence of short invocations to Vāyu, Indra-Vāyu, Mitra-Varuṇa, the Aśvins, Indra, the Viśvedevas, Sarasvatī, and Heaven and Earth.II.42Rigveda II.42 — a short hymn addressed to the omen-bird Kapiñjala, asking it to cry out auspiciously and ward off harm.II.43Rigveda II.43 — a short hymn addressed to an omen-bird, traditionally paired with II.42's kapiñjala, closing Maṇḍala 2.Mandala 2Navigation index for Rigveda Maṇḍala 2.