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Mandala 6
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Mandala 6Navigation index for Rigveda Maṇḍala 6.VI.1Rigveda VI.1 — hymn to Agni as first priest of the sacrifice, protector, and giver of wealth to his worshippers.VI.2Rigveda VI.2 — a hymn to Agni as household fire, protector of settlements, and priest between mortals and gods.VI.3Rigveda VI.3 — a hymn to Agni as guardian of order, blazing devourer of wood, and swift, bird-like courser between earth and heaven.VI.4Rigveda VI.4 — a hymn of Bharadvāja praising Agni as guest, priest, and guide of the sacrifice.VI.5Rigveda VI.5 — a hymn invoking Agni as the guileless son of strength who grants wealth and burns away rivals.VI.6Rigveda VI.6 — Hymn to Agni as the wind-driven, wood-devouring fire whose flames spread across the earth and who is asked to grant shining wealth and many sons.VI.7Rigveda VI.7 — a seven-verse hymn to Agni Vaiśvānara as head of heaven, guardian of the sacrifice, and measurer of the worlds.VI.8Rigveda VI.8 — Hymn to Agni Vaiśvānara, praising his birth in the highest heaven, his measuring out of sky and earth, and his bringing by Mātariśvan from afar.VI.9Rigveda VI.9 — a riddle hymn to Agni Vaiśvānara, weaving the image of dark and bright days with a poet's meditation on hidden knowledge.VI.10Rigveda VI.10 — a Bharadvāja hymn placing Agni first among priests and asking him for wealth, strength, and good sons.VI.11Rigveda VI.11 — a hymn calling Agni to serve as Hotar of the sacrifice, alongside Mitra-Varuna, the Ashvins, and Heaven and Earth.VI.12Rigveda VI.12 — a hymn to Agni as priest, swift mover, and household fire, closing with a prayer for wealth and long life.VI.13Rigveda VI.13 — hymn to Agni as bringer of every fortune, guardian of cosmic order, and giver of wealth, cattle, and offspring.VI.14Rigveda VI.14 — a Bharadvaja hymn praising Agni as wise priest, giver of heroes, and guardian who carries prayers to the gods.VI.15Rigveda VI.15 — a Bharadvāja-family hymn of praise to Agni as guest, priest, and lord of the house.VI.16Rigveda VI.16 — a long hymn to Agni as priest, messenger to the gods, protector, and giver of wealth, recalling the sages who first kindled him.VI.17Rigveda VI.17 — a hymn to Indra, praising his soma-drinking, his vajra, and his slaying of the serpent Vṛtra to release the pent cattle and the rivers.VI.18Rigveda VI.18 — a hymn praising Indra's overpowering strength and his victories over Vṛtra, Ahi, and the demons Pipru, Śambara, Śuṣṇa, Cumuri, and Dhuni, invoked on behalf of the patrons Kutsa, Āyu, Atithigva, and Tūrvayāṇa.VI.19Rigveda VI.19 — a hymn calling on Indra for strength, plunder, and victory in battle.VI.20Rigveda VI.20 — Hymn to Indra, recounting his defeats of Vṛtra, Śuṣṇa, Namuci, Pipru, Dhuni and Cumuri, and his aid to Kutsa, Namī Sāpya, the Pūrus, Purukutsa, and Turvaśa and Yadu.VI.21Rigveda VI.21 — a hymn to Indra asking where he dwells, recalling his ancestors' worship, and pleading for his aid against a rising demonic power.VI.22Rigveda VI.22 — hymn praising Indra as strongest of gods, invoked by the ancient sages, asked to grant wealth, well-being, and victory over hostile peoples.VI.23Rigveda VI.23 — a Bharadvāja hymn calling Indra to the pressed soma as drinker, warrior, and giver of wealth.VI.24Rigveda VI.24 — a hymn praising Indra's boundless greatness, his gifts of strength, and his protection in danger.VI.25Rigveda VI.25 — a Bharadvāja hymn asking Indra for help against rival and Dāsa forces in battle.VI.26Rigveda VI.26 — a hymn to Indra recounting his battles and rescues on behalf of his human allies.VI.27Rigveda VI.27 — a danastuti hymn to Indra praising his aid to King Abhyāvartin Cāyamāna against the Vṛcīvants and naming the gift the king gave the poet.VI.28Rigveda VI.28 — a hymn praising cattle as wealth and blessing, invoking Indra's protection over the herd.VI.29Rigveda VI.29 — a short hymn to Indra praising his chariot, strength, soma-offering, and his slaying of Vṛtra and the dasyus.VI.30Rigveda VI.30 — a short hymn to Indra, praising his power as greater than heaven and earth and recalling his release of the waters and slaying of the serpent.VI.31Rigveda VI.31 — a short hymn to Indra recalling his mastery of the peoples and elements and his mythic battles with Śuṣṇa, Kuyava, and Śambara.VI.32Rigveda VI.32 — a hymn to Indra as breaker of the rock and the strongholds, releaser of the cows of dawn, invoked with fashioned praise-words for strength and aid.VI.33Rigveda VI.33 — a hymn calling on Indra as helper in battle against both Dāsa and Ārya enemies, and as protector into the future.VI.34Rigveda VI.34 — a hymn praising Indra as the one over whom the seers' songs and hymns vie, whose strength is fed and increased by praise and sacrifice.VI.35Rigveda VI.35 — a hymn of Bharadvāja asking Indra when he will reward the singer with wealth, cattle, and victory in battle.VI.36Rigveda VI.36 — a short hymn to Indra praising his sole lordship over wealth, might, and the world.VI.37Rigveda VI.37 — a hymn calling Indra's chariot and horses, and the purified soma, to the sacrifice, praising him as slayer of Vritra and giver of gifts.VI.38Rigveda VI.38 — a short hymn calling on Indra, tracing how sacrifice, song, and time itself make him grow strong enough to aid his people in battle.VI.39Rigveda VI.39 — a five-verse hymn praising Soma, the shining drop, alongside Indra's breaking of Vala's summit to free the cows.VI.40Rigveda VI.40 — a hymn inviting Indra to drink the pressed soma and come with the Maruts to protect the sacrifice.VI.41Rigveda VI.41 — a short hymn calling Indra, free of anger, to the soma sacrifice to drink the pressed offering and lend his strength in battle.VI.42Rigveda VI.42 — a short hymn urging worshippers to bring soma to Indra, the great soma-drinker, and asking his protection from a rival host's curse.VI.43Rigveda VI.43 — a short hymn offering Indra soma, recalling four of his exploits.VI.44Rigveda VI.44 — praise of Indra as drinker of Soma, slayer of Vṛtra and the Paṇi, and prop of heaven and earth.VI.45Rigveda VI.45 — hymn to Indra as friend and giver of prizes in battle and contest, closing with a gift-praise for the generous chief Bribu.VI.46Rigveda VI.46 — a hymn calling on Indra for strength, protection, wealth, and victory in battle and in the race.VI.47Rigveda VI.47 — a hymn to Indra praising the soma, his deeds against Śambara, a gift-catalogue for Divodāsa, and a closing invocation of the war-drum.VI.48Rigveda VI.48 — a hymn moving from praise of Agni to the milk-cow of song, Pūṣan, and the Maruts.VI.49Rigveda VI.49 — a hymn invoking the full assembly of gods, from Mitra-Varuna and Agni through Vayu, the Ashvins, the Maruts, Vishnu, and Savitar, for shelter and prosperity.VI.50Rigveda VI.50 — a hymn of Bharadvāja invoking the Viśvedevas (All-Gods) by name, one by one, for protection and well-being.VI.51Rigveda VI.51 — hymn to the Viśvedevas (All-Gods), invoking Mitra, Varuṇa, Aditi, Aryaman, Bhaga, Heaven and Earth, Agni, and Indra for protection and an easy path, closing with verses to Agni, Soma, and Indra.VI.52Rigveda VI.52 — Hymn to the All-Gods (Viśvedevāḥ), invoking the whole company of gods and calling down burning judgment on the hater of the sacred formula.VI.53Rigveda VI.53 — hymn to Pūṣan as guide of the path who is asked to open the roads, urge misers to give, and win cattle, horses, and strength.VI.54Rigveda VI.54 — a hymn to Pūṣan as finder of lost cattle and guide on the road.VI.55Rigveda VI.55 — a hymn to Pūṣan, the goat-charioted guide, praised as charioteer of truth, giver of wealth, and kinsman called lover of his sister.VI.56Rigveda VI.56 — a six-verse hymn to Pūṣan, invoking him as charioteer, companion of Indra, and guide of the cattle-seeking troop.VI.57Rigveda VI.57 — a hymn invoking Indra and Pūṣan together, contrasting their offerings, mounts, and shared deeds.VI.58Rigveda VI.58 — a four-verse hymn to Pūṣan as guide, herdsman, and companion of the sun.VI.59Rigveda VI.59 — hymn invoking the paired gods Indra and Agni, praising their shared power and posing riddles about their nature.VI.60Rigveda VI.60 — a hymn calling jointly on Indra and Agni as paired allies who together won the cattle, waters, and light, and who are asked for wealth, horses, and protection.VI.61Rigveda VI.61 — Hymn to Sarasvatī, praising the river-goddess as mountain-breaker, Vṛtra-slayer, and giver of victory and well-being.VI.62Rigveda VI.62 — a hymn to the Aśvins, invoking their swift chariot, their rescue of Bhujyu from the sea, and their gifts to Śayu and Cyavāna.VI.63Rigveda VI.63 — a hymn of Bharadvāja to the Aśvins, calling them to the soma-offering and closing with a dānastuti (gift-praise) naming their generous patrons.VI.64Rigveda VI.64 — a hymn praising Uṣas, goddess of dawn, for opening the paths of day and bringing wealth to mortals.VI.65Rigveda VI.65 — a hymn invoking Uṣas, daughter of heaven, to dawn as she did for the ancestors and grant treasure and fame to the worshiper.VI.66Rigveda VI.66 — a hymn to the Maruts, storm-gods born of Rudra and Pṛśni, praising their strength, their unhindered course, and their unassailable might.VI.67Rigveda VI.67 — a hymn to Mitra and Varuṇa, praising their shared dominion, their protective shelter, and their power to uphold order against those who violate it.VI.68Rigveda VI.68 — a hymn to Indra and Varuṇa together, praising their combined might, order, and generosity, and inviting them to drink the pressed soma.VI.69Rigveda VI.69 — a joint hymn to Indra and Vishnu, invoking them together as soma-drinkers who once contended and divided a prize into three.VI.70Rigveda VI.70 — a hymn invoking Heaven and Earth (Dyāvāpṛthivī) as a ghee-rich, honey-yielding pair, asking for offspring, wealth, and vigor.VI.71Rigveda VI.71 — a hymn invoking Savitṛ, the golden-armed impeller god, for household protection and the daily gift of good things.VI.72Rigveda VI.72 — a hymn addressed jointly to Indra and Soma, praising the deeds they performed together: finding the sun, propping apart sky and earth, slaying Vṛtra, and granting strength to the peoples.VI.73Rigveda VI.73 — a three-verse hymn to Bṛhaspati, firstborn priest of the Aṅgiras line, who splits the rock, breaks open the strongholds, and wins cattle, water, and light.VI.74Rigveda VI.74 — a four-verse hymn to the paired deity Soma-Rudra, invoked for healing and release from affliction.VI.75Rigveda VI.75 — a hymn in praise of the weapons of war: armor, bow, quiver, arrows, and chariot, with prayers for their protection in battle.