# Mandala 3

The third Mandala of the Rigveda has 62 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda in Nepal, which were composed in early Vedic period (1500 – 1000 BCE). Most hymns in this book are attributed to Viśvāmitra Gāthinaḥ.
The verse 3.62.10 gained great importance in Hinduism as the Gayatri Mantra.

## List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets:
3.1 (235) [ Agni.] sómasya mā tavásaṃ vákṣi agne 3.2 (236) [Agni.] vaiśvānarâya dhiṣáṇām ṛtāvŕdhe 3.3 (237) [Agni.] vaiśvānarâya pṛthupâjase vípo 3.4 (238) [ Apris.] samít-samit sumánā bodhi asmé 3.5 (239) [Agni.] práti agnír uṣásaś cékitāno 3.6 (240) [Agni.] prá kāravo mananâ vacyámānā 3.7 (241) [Agni.] prá yá ārúḥ śitipṛṣṭhásya dhāsér 3.8 (242) [Sacrificial Post.] añjánti tvâm adhvaré devayánto 3.9 (243) [Agni.] sákhāyas tvā vavṛmahe 3.10 (244) [Agni.] tuvâm agne manīṣíṇaḥ 3.11 (245) [Agni.] agnír hótā puróhito 3.12 (246) [ Indra-Agni.] índrāgnī â gataṃ sutáṃ 3.13 (247) [Agni.] prá vo devâya agnáye 3.14 (248) [Agni.] â hótā mandró vidáthāni asthāt 3.15 (249) [Agni.] ví pâjasā pṛthúnā śóśucāno 3.16 (250) [Agni.] ayám agníḥ suvîryasya 3.17 (251) [Agni.] samidhyámānaḥ prathamânu dhármā 3.18 (252) [Agni.] bhávā no agne sumánā úpetau 3.19 (253) [Agni.] agníṃ hótāram prá vṛṇe miyédhe 3.20 (254) [Agni.] agním uṣásam aśvínā dadhikrâṃ 3.21 (255) [Agni.] imáṃ no yajñám amŕteṣu dhehi 3.22 (256) [Agni.] ayáṃ só agnír yásmin sómam índraḥ 3.23 (257) [Agni.] nírmathitaḥ súdhita â sadhásthe 3.24 (258) [Agni.] ágne sáhasva pŕtanā 3.25 (259) [Agni.] ágne diváḥ sūnúr asi prácetās 3.26 (260) [Agni.] vaiśvānarám mánasāgníṃ nicâyiyā 3.27 (261) [Agni.] prá vo vâjā abhídyavo 3.28 (262) [Agni.] ágne juṣásva no havíḥ 3.29 (263) [Agni.] ástīdám adhimánthanam 3.30 (264) [Indra.] ichánti tvā somiyâsaḥ sákhāyaḥ 3.31 (265) [Indra.] śâsad váhnir duhitúr naptíyaṃ gād 3.32 (266) [Indra.] índra sómaṃ somapate píbemám 3.33 (267) [Indra.] prá párvatānām uśatî upásthād 3.34 (268) [Indra.] índraḥ pūrbhíd âtirad dâsam arkaír 3.35 (269) [Indra.] tíṣṭhā hárī rátha â yujyámānā 3.36 (270) [Indra.] imâm ū ṣú prábhṛtiṃ sātáye dhāḥ 3.37 (271) [Indra.] vârtrahatyāya śávase 3.38 (272) [Indra.] abhí táṣṭeva dīdhayā manīṣâm 3.39 (273) [Indra.] índram matír hṛdá â vacyámānā 3.40 (274) [Indra.] índra tvā vṛṣabháṃ vayáṃ 3.41 (275) [Indra.] â tû na indra madríag 3.42 (276) [Indra.] úpa naḥ sutám â gahi 3.43 (277) [Indra.] â yāhi arvâṅ úpa vandhureṣṭhâs
3.44 (278) [Indra.] ayáṃ te astu haryatáḥ 3.45 (279) [Indra.] â mandraír indra háribhir 3.46 (280) [Indra.] yudhmásya te vṛṣabhásya svarâja 3.47 (281) [Indra.] marútvāṁ indra vṛṣabhó ráṇāya 3.48 (282) [Indra.] sadyó ha jātó vṛṣabháḥ kanînaḥ 3.49 (283) [Indra.] śáṃsā mahâm índaraṃ yásmi * víśvā 3.50 (284) [Indra.] índraḥ svâhā pibatu yásya sóma 3.51 (285) [Indra.] carṣaṇīdhŕtam maghávānam ukthíyam 3.52 (286) [Indra.] dhānâvantaṃ karambhíṇam 3.53 (287) [Indra, Parvata, Etc.] índrāparvatā bṛhatâ ráthena 3.54 (288) [ Visvedevas.] imám mahé vidathíyāya śūṣáṃ 3.55 (289) [Visvedevas.] uṣásaḥ pûrvā ádha yád viūṣúr 3.56 (290) [Visvedevas.] ná tâ minanti māyíno ná dhîrā 3.57 (291) [Visvedevas.] prá me vivikvâṁ avidan manīṣâṃ 3.58 (292) [ Asvins.] dhenúḥ pratnásya kâmiyaṃ dúhānā 3.59 (293) [ Mitra.] mitró jánān yātayati bruvāṇó 3.60 (294) [ Rbhus.] ihéha vo mánasā bandhútā nara
3.61 (295) [ Uṣas.] úṣo vâjena vājini prácetā 3.62 (296) [Indra and Others.] imâ u vām bhṛmáyo mányamānā