Hymn to Agni
Rigveda VII.12 is a sūkta (hymn of praise) from Maṇḍala 7 of the Rigveda, one of the 1,028 hymns organized within the ten books of the oldest Veda. The Rigveda was composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE in Vedic Sanskrit and preserved through oral transmission across millennia.
This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
O Agni, thou art born of heaven and earth! The gods have sent thee forth to dwell in every home.
Come, O bright one, to the pressing of the soma. The stones are ringing out; the juice floweth in golden streams.
Hear thou our call, O mighty Agni, and accept the offerings we make.
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This hymn is drawn from the Śākala recension of the Rigveda, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE. This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, translated independently from the Sanskrit. Reference translations consulted during original translation are to be documented during audit.
Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.
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Source Text: ṛgveda VII.12
Sanskrit source text from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input). Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English translation above.
aganma mahā namasā yaviṣṭhaṁ yo dīdāya samiddhaḥ sve duroṇe |
citrabhānuṁ rodasī antar urvī svāhutaṁ viśvataḥ pratyañcam || 1 ||
sa mahnā viśvā duritāni sāhvān agniḥ ṣṭave dama ā jātavedāḥ |
sa no rakṣiṣad duritād avadyād asmān gṛṇata uta no maghonaḥ || 2 ||
tvaṁ varuṇa uta mitro agne tvāṁ vardhanti matibhir vasiṣṭhāḥ |
tve vasu suṣaṇanāni santu yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ || 3 ||
Source Colophon
Sanskrit text of the Rigveda, Śākala recension. The standard scholarly edition is the Bombay Oriental (Vishva Bandhu, 5 vols., 1963–66). IAST transliteration available from GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages) and Vedaweb (University of Cologne). Both sources are open access. IAST transliteration from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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