Agni and Soma

Agni and Soma in the Rig Veda

Mandala 1, Hymn 93 (Verse 6)

Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa | Devata: Agnīṣomā | Chandas: Trishtubh

Verse 1.93.6

Sanskrit

आन्यं दि॒वो मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑ जभा॒राम॑थ्नाद॒न्यं परि॑ श्ये॒नो अद्रे॑: ।
अग्नी॑षोमा॒ ब्रह्म॑णा वावृधा॒नोरुं य॒ज्ञाय॑ चक्रथुरु लो॒कम् ॥

Word-by-Word

आ-अन्यानम् (One of you) | दिवः (from heaven) | मातरिश्वा (Matarishvan/Vayu) | जभार (brought) | अमथ्नात् (churned/wrested) | अन्यम् (the other) | परि (from/around) | श्येनः (the hawk) | अद्रेः (from the rock/mountain) | अग्नीषोमा (O Agni and Soma) | ब्रह्मणा (by the sacred prayer) | वावृधाना (growing/strengthened) | उरुम् (wide/vast) | यज्ञाय (for the sacrifice) | चक्रथुः (you two have made) | उ (indeed) | लोकम् (space/world).

Translation

Matarishvan brought one of you (Agni) from the heavens; the Hawk wrested the other (Soma) from the mountain. O Agni and Soma, strengthened by our prayers, you have provided a vast space for the performance of the sacrifice.

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Reference: Rig Veda