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Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Verse 18
इमा ब्रह्म सरस्वति जुषस्व वाजिनीवति । या ते मन्म गृत्समदा ऋतावरि प्रिया देवेषु जुह्वति ॥
imā brahma sarasvati juṣasva vājinīvati | yā te manma gṛtsamadā ṛtāvari priyā deveṣu juhvati ||
Translation: Sarasvatī, abounding in food, abounding in water, be propitiated by these oblations, which the Gṛtsamadas offer as acceptable to you, and precious of the gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Verse 19
प्रेतां यज्ञस्य शम्भुवा युवामिदा वृणीमहे । अग्निं च हव्यवाहनम् ॥
pretāṃ yajñasya śambhuvā yuvāmidā vṛṇīmahe | agniṃ ca havyavāhanam ||
Translation: May the two, (Heaven and Earth), who confer good fortune upon the sacrifice, proceed (to the altar); for verily, we implore you both (to com), as well as Agni the bearer of oblations.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Verse 20
द्यावा नः पृथिवी इमं सिध्रमद्य दिविस्पृशम् । यज्ञं देवेषु यच्छताम् ॥
dyāvā naḥ pṛthivī imaṃ sidhramadya divispṛśam | yajñaṃ deveṣu yacchatām ||
Translation: Heaven and Earth, bear to the gods today our heaven aspiring sacrifice, the means of obtaining svarga.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Verse 21
आ वामुपस्थमद्रुहा देवाः सीदन्तु यज्ञियाः । इहाद्य सोमपीतये ॥
ā vāmupasthamadruhā devāḥ sīdantu yajñiyāḥ | ihādya somapītaye ||
Translation: May the adorable gods, devoice of malice, sit down today nigh to you both to drink the Soma.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 42, Verse 1
कनिक्रदज्जनुषं प्रब्रुवाण इयर्ति वाचमरितेव नावम् । सुमङ्गलश्च शकुने भवासि मा त्वा का चिदभिभा विश्व्या विदत् ॥
kanikradajjanuṣaṃ prabruvāṇa iyarti vācamariteva nāvam | sumaṅgalaśca śakune bhavāsi mā tvā kā cidabhibhā viśvyā vidat ||
Translation: Crying repeatedly, and foretelling what will come to pass, (the kapiñjala) gives (due) direction to its voice, as a helmsman (guides) a boat; be ominous, bird, of good fortune, and may no calamity whatever befall you from any quarter.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 42, Verse 2
मा त्वा श्येन उद्वधीन्मा सुपर्णो मा त्वा विददिषुमान्वीरो अस्ता । पित्र्यामनु प्रदिशं कनिक्रदत्सुमङ्गलो भद्रवादी वदेह ॥
mā tvā śyena udvadhīnmā suparṇo mā tvā vidadiṣumānvīro astā | pitryāmanu pradiśaṃ kanikradatsumaṅgalo bhadravādī vadeha ||
Translation: May no kite, no eagle, kill you; may no archer armed with arrows, reach you; crying repeatedly, in the region of the Pitā, be ominous of good fortune; proclaimer of good luck, speak to us on this occasion.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 42, Verse 3
अव क्रन्द दक्षिणतो गृहाणां सुमङ्गलो भद्रवादी शकुन्ते । मा नः स्तेन ईशत माघशंसो बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
ava kranda dakṣiṇato gṛhāṇāṃ sumaṅgalo bhadravādī śakunte | mā naḥ stena īśata māghaśaṃso bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
Translation: Bird, who are ominous of good fortune, the proclaimer of good luck, cry from the south of our dwellings; may no thief, no evil-doer prevail agains tus; that blessed with excellent descendants we may worthily praise you at this sacrifice.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 43, Verse 1
प्रदक्षिणिदभि गृणन्ति कारवो वयो वदन्त ऋतुथा शकुन्तयः । उभे वाचौ वदति सामगा इव गायत्रं च त्रैष्टुभं चानु राजति ॥
pradakṣiṇidabhi gṛṇanti kāravo vayo vadanta ṛtuthā śakuntayaḥ | ubhe vācau vadati sāmagā iva gāyatraṃ ca traiṣṭubhaṃ cānu rājati ||
Translation: Let the birds in quest of their food, according to the season, proclaim their circumambulations like the celebrators (of sacred rites); he utters both notes, as the chanter of the sāma recites the gayatrī and tṛṣṭubh, and delights (the hearers).
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 43, Verse 2
उद्गातेव शकुने साम गायसि ब्रह्मपुत्र इव सवनेषु शंससि । वृषेव वाजी शिशुमतीरपीत्या सर्वतो नः शकुने भद्रमा वद विश्वतो नः शकुने पुण्यमा वद ॥
udgāteva śakune sāma gāyasi brahmaputra iva savaneṣu śaṃsasi | vṛṣeva vājī śiśumatīrapītyā sarvato naḥ śakune bhadramā vada viśvato naḥ śakune puṇyamā vada ||
Translation: You sing, Bird, like the udgatā chanting the sāma; you murmur like the brahmaputra at sacrifices; like a horse (neighing) when approaching a mare do you proclaim (aloud) to us good fortune from every quarter; proclaim aloud prosperity to us from every direction.
Rigveda, Mandala 2, Sukta 43, Verse 3
आवदँस्त्वं शकुने भद्रमा वद तूष्णीमासीनः सुमतिं चिकिद्धि नः । यदुत्पतन्वदसि कर्करिर्यथा बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
āvada~stvaṃ śakune bhadramā vada tūṣṇīmāsīnaḥ sumatiṃ cikiddhi naḥ | yadutpatanvadasi karkariryathā bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
Translation: When uttering your cry, O Bird, proclaim good fortune; when sitting silently cherish kind thoughts towards us; when you cry as you are flying, let the sound be like that of a lute; so that, blessed with excellent descendants, we may worthily praise you at this sacrifice.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 1
सोमस्य मा तवसं वक्ष्यग्ने वह्निं चकर्थ विदथे यजध्यै । देवाँ अच्छा दीद्यद्युञ्जे अद्रिं शमाये अग्ने तन्वं जुषस्व ॥
somasya mā tavasaṃ vakṣyagne vahniṃ cakartha vidathe yajadhyai | devā~ acchā dīdyadyuñje adriṃ śamāye agne tanvaṃ juṣasva ||
Translation: Render me vigorous, Agni, since you have made me the bearer of the Soma to offer it in the sacrifice; honouring the gods who are present, I take hold of the stone (to express Soma); I propitiate them; do you, Agni, protect my person n.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 2
प्राञ्चं यज्ञं चकृम वर्धतां गीः समिद्भिरग्निं नमसा दुवस्यन् । दिवः शशासुर्विदथा कवीनां गृत्साय चित्तवसे गातुमीषुः ॥
prāñcaṃ yajñaṃ cakṛma vardhatāṃ gīḥ samidbhiragniṃ namasā duvasyan | divaḥ śaśāsurvidathā kavīnāṃ gṛtsāya cittavase gātumīṣuḥ ||
Translation: We have performed, Agni, a successful sacrifice; may my praise magnify (you) as worshipping you with fuel and with reverence; (the gods) fromheaven desire the adoration of the pious, who are anxious to praise the adorable and mighty (Agni).
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 3
मयो दधे मेधिरः पूतदक्षो दिवः सुबन्धुर्जनुषा पृथिव्याः । अविन्दन्नु दर्शतमप्स्वन्तर्देवासो अग्निमपसि स्वसॄणाम् ॥
mayo dadhe medhiraḥ pūtadakṣo divaḥ subandhurjanuṣā pṛthivyāḥ | avindannu darśatamapsvantardevāso agnimapasi svasṝṇām ||
Translation: The gods discovered the graceful Agni (concealed) amidst the waters of the flowing (rivers), for the purpose of (sacred) acts; Agni, who is intelligent,of purified vigour, and friendly; who from his birth bestowed happiness on earth and heaven.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 4
अवर्धयन्त्सुभगं सप्त यह्वीः श्वेतं जज्ञानमरुषं महित्वा । शिशुं न जातमभ्यारुरश्वा देवासो अग्निं जनिमन्वपुष्यन् ॥
avardhayantsubhagaṃ sapta yahvīḥ śvetaṃ jajñānamaruṣaṃ mahitvā | śiśuṃ na jātamabhyāruraśvā devāso agniṃ janimanvapuṣyan ||
Translation: The seven great rivers augmented in might the auspicious, pure, and radiant Agni as soon as he was born, in like manner as mares (tend) the newborn foal; the gods cherished the body (of Agni) at his birth.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 5
शुक्रेभिरङ्गै रज आततन्वान्क्रतुं पुनानः कविभिः पवित्रैः । शोचिर्वसानः पर्यायुरपां श्रियो मिमीते बृहतीरनूनाः ॥
śukrebhiraṅgai raja ātatanvānkratuṃ punānaḥ kavibhiḥ pavitraiḥ | śocirvasānaḥ paryāyurapāṃ śriyo mimīte bṛhatīranūnāḥ ||
Translation: Spreading through the firmament with shining limbs, sanctifying the rite with intelligent and purifying (energies), and clothed with radiance, he bestows upon the worshiper abundant food and great and undiminished prosperity.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 6
वव्राजा सीमनदतीरदब्धा दिवो यह्वीरवसाना अनग्नाः । सना अत्र युवतयः सयोनीरेकं गर्भं दधिरे सप्त वाणीः ॥
vavrājā sīmanadatīradabdhā divo yahvīravasānā anagnāḥ | sanā atra yuvatayaḥ sayonīrekaṃ garbhaṃ dadhire sapta vāṇīḥ ||
Translation: Agni everywhere repairs to the undevouring, undevoured (waters); the vast (offspring) of the firmament, not clothed, yet not naked, seven eternal ever youthfful rivers, sprung from the same source, received Agni as their common embryo.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 7
स्तीर्णा अस्य संहतो विश्वरूपा घृतस्य योनौ स्रवथे मधूनाम् । अस्थुरत्र धेनवः पिन्वमाना मही दस्मस्य मातरा समीची ॥
stīrṇā asya saṃhato viśvarūpā ghṛtasya yonau sravathe madhūnām | asthuratra dhenavaḥ pinvamānā mahī dasmasya mātarā samīcī ||
Translation: Aggregated in the womb of the waters, (his rays) spread abroad; and omniform, are here effective for the diffusion of the sweet (Soma), like kine full uddered; the mighty (Heaven and Earth) are the fitting parents of the graceful Agni.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 8
बभ्राणः सूनो सहसो व्यद्यौद्दधानः शुक्रा रभसा वपूंषि । श्चोतन्ति धारा मधुनो घृतस्य वृषा यत्र वावृधे काव्येन ॥
babhrāṇaḥ sūno sahaso vyadyauddadhānaḥ śukrā rabhasā vapūṃṣi | ścotanti dhārā madhuno ghṛtasya vṛṣā yatra vāvṛdhe kāvyena ||
Translation: Son of strength, sustained by all, you shine, possessing bright and rapid rays; when the vigorous Agni is magnified by praise, then the showers of sweet rain descend.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 9
पितुश्चिदूधर्जनुषा विवेद व्यस्य धारा असृजद्वि धेनाः । गुहा चरन्तं सखिभिः शिवेभिर्दिवो यह्वीभिर्न गुहा बभूव ॥
pituścidūdharjanuṣā viveda vyasya dhārā asṛjadvi dhenāḥ | guhā carantaṃ sakhibhiḥ śivebhirdivo yahvībhirna guhā babhūva ||
Translation: At his birth he knew the udder of his parent and let forth its torrents, and its speech (of thunder); there was no one to detect him, lurking in the deep, with his auspicious associates, (the winds), and the many (waters) of the firmament.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 10
पितुश्च गर्भं जनितुश्च बभ्रे पूर्वीरेको अधयत्पीप्यानाः । वृष्णे सपत्नी शुचये सबन्धू उभे अस्मै मनुष्ये नि पाहि ॥
pituśca garbhaṃ janituśca babhre pūrvīreko adhayatpīpyānāḥ | vṛṣṇe sapatnī śucaye sabandhū ubhe asmai manuṣye ni pāhi ||
Translation: He cherishes the embryo of the parent (firmament), and of the genitive rator (of the world); he alone consumes many flourishing (plural nts); the associated brides (of the Sun, Heaven and Earth), who are kind to man, are both of kin to that pure showerer (of blessings); do you, Agni, ever preserve them.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 11
उरौ महाँ अनिबाधे ववर्धापो अग्निं यशसः सं हि पूर्वीः । ऋतस्य योनावशयद्दमूना जामीनामग्निरपसि स्वसॄणाम् ॥
urau mahā~ anibādhe vavardhāpo agniṃ yaśasaḥ saṃ hi pūrvīḥ | ṛtasya yonāvaśayaddamūnā jāmīnāmagnirapasi svasṝṇām ||
Translation: The great Agni increases on the broad unbounded (firmament), for the waters supply abundant nutriment, and plural cid, he sleeps in the birth-plural ce of the waters for the service of the sister streams.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 12
अक्रो न बभ्रिः समिथे महीनां दिदृक्षेयः सूनवे भाऋजीकः । उदुस्रिया जनिता यो जजानापां गर्भो नृतमो यह्वो अग्निः ॥
akro na babhriḥ samithe mahīnāṃ didṛkṣeyaḥ sūnave bhāṛjīkaḥ | udusriyā janitā yo jajānāpāṃ garbho nṛtamo yahvo agniḥ ||
Translation: The invincible Agni, the cherisher of the valiant in battle, the seen of all, shining by his own lustre, the genitive rator (of the world), the embryo of the waters, the chief of leaders, the mighty, is he who has begotton the waters for (the benefit of) the offerer of the libation.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 13
अपां गर्भं दर्शतमोषधीनां वना जजान सुभगा विरूपम् । देवासश्चिन्मनसा सं हि जग्मुः पनिष्ठं जातं तवसं दुवस्यन् ॥
apāṃ garbhaṃ darśatamoṣadhīnāṃ vanā jajāna subhagā virūpam | devāsaścinmanasā saṃ hi jagmuḥ paniṣṭhaṃ jātaṃ tavasaṃ duvasyan ||
Translation: The auspicious timber has genitive rated the graceful and multiform embryo of the waters and the plural nts; the gods approached him with reverence, and worshipped the adorable and mighty (Agni) as soon as born.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 14
बृहन्त इद्भानवो भाऋजीकमग्निं सचन्त विद्युतो न शुक्राः । गुहेव वृद्धं सदसि स्वे अन्तरपार ऊर्वे अमृतं दुहानाः ॥
bṛhanta idbhānavo bhāṛjīkamagniṃ sacanta vidyuto na śukrāḥ | guheva vṛddhaṃ sadasi sve antarapāra ūrve amṛtaṃ duhānāḥ ||
Translation: Mighty sins, like brilliant lightning, associate with the self-shining Agni, great in his own abode, as if in a (deep) cavern, as they milk forth ambrosia into the boundless and vast ocean.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 15
ईऴे च त्वा यजमानो हविर्भिरीऴे सखित्वं सुमतिं निकामः । देवैरवो मिमीहि सं जरित्रे रक्षा च नो दम्येभिरनीकैः ॥
īḻe ca tvā yajamāno havirbhirīḻe sakhitvaṃ sumatiṃ nikāmaḥ | devairavo mimīhi saṃ jaritre rakṣā ca no damyebhiranīkaiḥ ||
Translation: I, the instrumental tutor of the rite, worship you with oblations; desirous of your favour, I implore your friendship; grant, along with the gods, protection to him who praises you, preserve us with your well-regulated rays.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 16
उपक्षेतारस्तव सुप्रणीतेऽग्ने विश्वानि धन्या दधानाः । सुरेतसा श्रवसा तुञ्जमाना अभि ष्याम पृतनायूँरदेवान् ॥
upakṣetārastava supraṇīte'gne viśvāni dhanyā dadhānāḥ | suretasā śravasā tuñjamānā abhi ṣyāma pṛtanāyū~radevān ||
Translation: Approaching you, benevolent Agni, and performing all holy acts that are the cause of opulence, offering oblations with earnestness and in abundance, may we overcome the hostile hosts that are without gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 17
आ देवानामभवः केतुरग्ने मन्द्रो विश्वानि काव्यानि विद्वान् । प्रति मर्ताँ अवासयो दमूना अनु देवान्रथिरो यासि साधन् ॥
ā devānāmabhavaḥ keturagne mandro viśvāni kāvyāni vidvān | prati martā~ avāsayo damūnā anu devānrathiro yāsi sādhan ||
Translation: You, Agni, are the commendable announcer of the gods, cognizant of all sacred rites; plural cid, you abide among mortals, and, like a charioteer, you follow the gods, accomplishing (their wishes).
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 18
नि दुरोणे अमृतो मर्त्यानां राजा ससाद विदथानि साधन् । घृतप्रतीक उर्विया व्यद्यौदग्निर्विश्वानि काव्यानि विद्वान् ॥
ni duroṇe amṛto martyānāṃ rājā sasāda vidathāni sādhan | ghṛtapratīka urviyā vyadyaudagnirviśvāni kāvyāni vidvān ||
Translation: The immortal being has sat down in the dwelling of mortals, accomplishing (their) sacrifices; Agni, who is cognizant of all sacred rites, shines with expanded bulk when fed with clarified butter.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 19
आ नो गहि सख्येभिः शिवेभिर्महान्महीभिरूतिभिः सरण्यन् । अस्मे रयिं बहुलं संतरुत्रं सुवाचं भागं यशसं कृधी नः ॥
ā no gahi sakhyebhiḥ śivebhirmahānmahībhirūtibhiḥ saraṇyan | asme rayiṃ bahulaṃ saṃtarutraṃ suvācaṃ bhāgaṃ yaśasaṃ kṛdhī naḥ ||
Translation: Come to us with friendly, auspicious, and mighty aids, you who are great and all-pervading; besto wupon us ample riches, safe from injury, well-spoken of, desirable, and renowned.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 20
एता ते अग्ने जनिमा सनानि प्र पूर्व्याय नूतनानि वोचम् । महान्ति वृष्णे सवना कृतेमा जन्मञ्जन्मन्निहितो जातवेदाः ॥
etā te agne janimā sanāni pra pūrvyāya nūtanāni vocam | mahānti vṛṣṇe savanā kṛtemā janmañjanmannihito jātavedāḥ ||
Translation: I address to you, Agni, who are of old, these eternal as well as recent adorations; these solemn sacrifices are offered to the showerer of benefits, who in every birth is established (among men), cognizant of all that exists.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 21
जन्मञ्जन्मन्निहितो जातवेदा विश्वामित्रेभिरिध्यते अजस्रः । तस्य वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम ॥
janmañjanmannihito jātavedā viśvāmitrebhiridhyate ajasraḥ | tasya vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyasyāpi bhadre saumanase syāma ||
Translation: The undecaying Jātavedas, who in every birth is established (among men), is kindled by the Viśvāmitras; may we, (enjoying) his favour, ever be (held) in the auspicious good-will of that adorable (deity).
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 22
इमं यज्ञं सहसावन्त्वं नो देवत्रा धेहि सुक्रतो रराणः । प्र यंसि होतर्बृहतीरिषो नोऽग्ने महि द्रविणमा यजस्व ॥
imaṃ yajñaṃ sahasāvantvaṃ no devatrā dhehi sukrato rarāṇaḥ | pra yaṃsi hotarbṛhatīriṣo no'gne mahi draviṇamā yajasva ||
Translation: Powerful Agni, (fulfiller) of good works, convey, rejoicing this our sacrifice towards the gods; invoker of the gods, bestow upon us abundant food; grant us, Agni, great wealth.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 1, Verse 23
इऴामग्ने पुरुदंसं सनिं गोः शश्वत्तमं हवमानाय साध । स्यान्नः सूनुस्तनयो विजावाग्ने सा ते सुमतिर्भूत्वस्मे ॥
iḻāmagne purudaṃsaṃ saniṃ goḥ śaśvattamaṃ havamānāya sādha | syānnaḥ sūnustanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatirbhūtvasme ||
Translation: Grant, Agni, to the offerer of the oblation, the earth, the bestower of cattle, the means of many (pious rites), such that it may be perpetual; may there be to us sons and grandsons born in our race, and may your good-will ever be upon us.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 1
वैश्वानराय धिषणामृतावृधे घृतं न पूतमग्नये जनामसि । द्विता होतारं मनुषश्च वाघतो धिया रथं न कुलिशः समृण्वति ॥
vaiśvānarāya dhiṣaṇāmṛtāvṛdhe ghṛtaṃ na pūtamagnaye janāmasi | dvitā hotāraṃ manuṣaśca vāghato dhiyā rathaṃ na kuliśaḥ samṛṇvati ||
Translation: We offer to Agni, who is Vaiśvānara, the augmenter of water, praise (as bland) as pure clarified butter; and the priests and the worshipper incite by their (pious) rites the invoker of the gods to his two-fold function, as a wheelwright fabricates a caṛ
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 2
स रोचयज्जनुषा रोदसी उभे स मात्रोरभवत्पुत्र ईड्यः । हव्यवाऴग्निरजरश्चनोहितो दूऴभो विशामतिथिर्विभावसुः ॥
sa rocayajjanuṣā rodasī ubhe sa mātrorabhavatputra īḍyaḥ | havyavāḻagnirajaraścanohito dūḻabho viśāmatithirvibhāvasuḥ ||
Translation: By his birth he lighted up both heaven and earth; he was the praiseworthy son of his parents; the undecaying Agni, the bearer of oblations, the giver of food, the guest of men, the affluent in radiance.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 3
क्रत्वा दक्षस्य तरुषो विधर्मणि देवासो अग्निं जनयन्त चित्तिभिः । रुरुचानं भानुना ज्योतिषा महामत्यं न वाजं सनिष्यन्नुप ब्रुवे ॥
kratvā dakṣasya taruṣo vidharmaṇi devāso agniṃ janayanta cittibhiḥ | rurucānaṃ bhānunā jyotiṣā mahāmatyaṃ na vājaṃ saniṣyannupa bruve ||
Translation: The gods (endowed) with intelligence, gave birth to Agni in the multiform rite by the exertion of preserving strength; desirous of food, I eulogise the great Agni, bright with solar effulgence, and (vigorous) as a horse.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 4
आ मन्द्रस्य सनिष्यन्तो वरेण्यं वृणीमहे अह्रयं वाजमृग्मियम् । रातिं भृगूणामुशिजं कविक्रतुमग्निं राजन्तं दिव्येन शोचिषा ॥
ā mandrasya saniṣyanto vareṇyaṃ vṛṇīmahe ahrayaṃ vājamṛgmiyam | rātiṃ bhṛgūṇāmuśijaṃ kavikratumagniṃ rājantaṃ divyena śociṣā ||
Translation: Desiring excellent food, inflicting no disgrace, we solicit the boon of the adorable (Vaiśvānara) from Agni, the benefactor of the Bhṛgus, the object of our desires, who is acquainted with past acts, and shines with celestial splendour.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 5
अग्निं सुम्नाय दधिरे पुरो जना वाजश्रवसमिह वृक्तबर्हिषः । यतस्रुचः सुरुचं विश्वदेव्यं रुद्रं यज्ञानां साधदिष्टिमपसाम् ॥
agniṃ sumnāya dadhire puro janā vājaśravasamiha vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | yatasrucaḥ surucaṃ viśvadevyaṃ rudraṃ yajñānāṃ sādhadiṣṭimapasām ||
Translation: Men with strewn holy grass, and uplifted ladles, plural ce before them this solemnity for the sake of obtaining happiness, Agni, the bestower of food, the resplendent, the benefactor of all the gods, the remover of sorrow, the perfecter of the (holy) acts of the sacrificer.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 6
पावकशोचे तव हि क्षयं परि होतर्यज्ञेषु वृक्तबर्हिषो नरः । अग्ने दुव इच्छमानास आप्यमुपासते द्रविणं धेहि तेभ्यः ॥
pāvakaśoce tava hi kṣayaṃ pari hotaryajñeṣu vṛktabarhiṣo naraḥ | agne duva icchamānāsa āpyamupāsate draviṇaṃ dhehi tebhyaḥ ||
Translation: Agni, of purifying lustre, invoker of the gods, men desirous of worshipping (you), having strewn the sacred grass, repair to your appropriate abode at sacrifices; bestow upon them wealth.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 7
आ रोदसी अपृणदा स्वर्महज्जातं यदेनमपसो अधारयन् । सो अध्वराय परि णीयते कविरत्यो न वाजसातये चनोहितः ॥
ā rodasī apṛṇadā svarmahajjātaṃ yadenamapaso adhārayan | so adhvarāya pari ṇīyate kaviratyo na vājasātaye canohitaḥ ||
Translation: He has filled both heaven and earth and the spacious firmament, he whom the performers of (sacred) rites have laid hold of as soon as born; he, the sage, the giver of food, is brought like a horse to the sacrificer, for (the sake of) obtaining food.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 8
नमस्यत हव्यदातिं स्वध्वरं दुवस्यत दम्यं जातवेदसम् । रथीॠतस्य बृहतो विचर्षणिरग्निर्देवानामभवत्पुरोहितः ॥
namasyata havyadātiṃ svadhvaraṃ duvasyata damyaṃ jātavedasam | rathīṝtasya bṛhato vicarṣaṇiragnirdevānāmabhavatpurohitaḥ ||
Translation: Reverence the bearer of oblations (to the gods), him whose sacrifice is acceptable; worship him by whom all that exists is known, who is friendly to our dwellings; for Agni is the conductor of the great sacrifice, the beholder of all, who has been plural ced in front of the gods.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 9
तिस्रो यह्वस्य समिधः परिज्मनोऽग्नेरपुनन्नुशिजो अमृत्यवः । तासामेकामदधुर्मर्त्ये भुजमु लोकमु द्वे उप जामिमीयतुः ॥
tisro yahvasya samidhaḥ parijmano'gnerapunannuśijo amṛtyavaḥ | tāsāmekāmadadhurmartye bhujamu lokamu dve upa jāmimīyatuḥ ||
Translation: The immortals, desirous (of his presence), sanctified the three radiances of the great circumambient Agni; one of them they have plural ced in the world of mortals as the nourisher (of all); the other two have gone to the neighbouring sphere.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 10
विशां कविं विश्पतिं मानुषीरिषः सं सीमकृण्वन्त्स्वधितिं न तेजसे । स उद्वतो निवतो याति वेविषत्स गर्भमेषु भुवनेषु दीधरत् ॥
viśāṃ kaviṃ viśpatiṃ mānuṣīriṣaḥ saṃ sīmakṛṇvantsvadhitiṃ na tejase | sa udvato nivato yāti veviṣatsa garbhameṣu bhuvaneṣu dīdharat ||
Translation: Human beings, wishing for wealth, give brightnesss, (by their praises), to the lord of men, the wise (Agni), as they add lustre, (by polishing), to an axe; spreading everywhere, he goes alike through high and low plural ces, and has taken an embryo (condition) in these regions.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 11
स जिन्वते जठरेषु प्रजज्ञिवान्वृषा चित्रेषु नानदन्न सिंहः । वैश्वानरः पृथुपाजा अमर्त्यो वसु रत्ना दयमानो वि दाशुषे ॥
sa jinvate jaṭhareṣu prajajñivānvṛṣā citreṣu nānadanna siṃhaḥ | vaiśvānaraḥ pṛthupājā amartyo vasu ratnā dayamāno vi dāśuṣe ||
Translation: The showerer (of benefits), genitive rated in (many) receptacles, flourishes, roaring in various (plural ces) like a lion; Vaiśvānara, the resplendent, the immortal, giving precious treasure to the donor (of the oblation).
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 12
वैश्वानरः प्रत्नथा नाकमारुहद्दिवस्पृष्ठं भन्दमानः सुमन्मभिः । स पूर्ववज्जनयञ्जन्तवे धनं समानमज्मं पर्येति जागृविः ॥
vaiśvānaraḥ pratnathā nākamāruhaddivaspṛṣṭhaṃ bhandamānaḥ sumanmabhiḥ | sa pūrvavajjanayañjantave dhanaṃ samānamajmaṃ paryeti jāgṛviḥ ||
Translation: Glorified by his adorers, Vaiśvānara of old ascended to the heaven that is above the firmament bestowing wealth upon his (present) worshipper, as he did in former times; he travels, ever vigilant, the common path (of the gods).
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 13
ऋतावानं यज्ञियं विप्रमुक्थ्यमा यं दधे मातरिश्वा दिवि क्षयम् । तं चित्रयामं हरिकेशमीमहे सुदीतिमग्निं सुविताय नव्यसे ॥
ṛtāvānaṃ yajñiyaṃ vipramukthyamā yaṃ dadhe mātariśvā divi kṣayam | taṃ citrayāmaṃ harikeśamīmahe sudītimagniṃ suvitāya navyase ||
Translation: We implore for present riches, the many-moving tawny-rayed, resplendent Agni, whom mighty venerable, wise, adorable, and dwelling in the sky, the wind (brought down) and deposited (upon the earth).
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 14
शुचिं न यामन्निषिरं स्वर्दृशं केतुं दिवो रोचनस्थामुषर्बुधम् । अग्निं मूर्धानं दिवो अप्रतिष्कुतं तमीमहे नमसा वाजिनं बृहत् ॥
śuciṃ na yāmanniṣiraṃ svardṛśaṃ ketuṃ divo rocanasthāmuṣarbudham | agniṃ mūrdhānaṃ divo apratiṣkutaṃ tamīmahe namasā vājinaṃ bṛhat ||
Translation: We implore with prayer the mighty Agni, the giver of food, the unrefusing, (seated on) the front of heaven; the radiant in the sacrifice, him who is to be sought (for by all), the beholder of all, the emblem of heaven, the dweller in light, who is to be awakened at dawn.
Rigveda, Mandala 3, Sukta 2, Verse 15
मन्द्रं होतारं शुचिमद्वयाविनं दमूनसमुक्थ्यं विश्वचर्षणिम् । रथं न चित्रं वपुषाय दर्शतं मनुर्हितं सदमिद्राय ईमहे ॥
mandraṃ hotāraṃ śucimadvayāvinaṃ damūnasamukthyaṃ viśvacarṣaṇim | rathaṃ na citraṃ vapuṣāya darśataṃ manurhitaṃ sadamidrāya īmahe ||
Translation: We solicit wealth of the adorable (Agni), the invoker of the gods, the pure, the single-minded, the munificent, the commendable, the beholder of all, who is many-coloured like a chariot, elegant in form, and always friendly to mankind.