Rigveda 1.031.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 31 · Verse 1.31.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वम॑ग्ने वृजि॒नव॑र्तनिं॒ नरं॒ सक्म॑न्पिपर्षि वि॒दथे॑ विचर्षणे । यः शूर॑साता॒ परि॑तक्म्ये॒ धने॑ द॒भ्रेभि॑श्चि॒त्समृ॑ता॒ हंसि॒ भूय॑सः
tvamagne vṛjinavartaniṃ naraṃ sakmanpiparṣi vidathe vicarṣaṇe yaḥ śūrasātā paritakmye dhane dabhrebhiścitsamṛtā haṃsi bhūyasaḥ
You, O Agni, when seeking the man who brings gifts, stir the generous in the ritual. Courageous ones, moving around with wealth and noisy possessions, you make them famous like swans, many in number.
Agni, excellently wise, you direct the man who follows improper paths, to acts that are fitted to reclaim him; you who, in the strife of heroes, (grateful to them) as widely- scattered wealth, destryed in the combat the mighty by the feeble.
Agni, thou savest in the synod when pursued e'en him, farseeing One! who walks in evil ways. Thou, when the heroes fight for spoil which men rush, round, slayest in war the many by the hands of few.