Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.11
अग्निर् होता पुरोहितो ऽध्वरस्य विचर्षणिः । स वेद यज्ञम् आनुषक् ॥
agnir hotā purohito 'dhvarasya vicarṣaṇiḥ | sa veda yajñam ānuṣak ||
Agni is Priest, the great High Priest of sacrifice, most swift in act: He knows the rite in constant course.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स हव्यवाळ् अमर्त्य उशिग् दूतश् चनोहितः । अग्निर् धिया सम् ऋण्वति ॥
sa havyavāḷ amartya uśig dūtaś canohitaḥ | agnir dhiyā sam ṛṇvati ||
Oblation-bearer, deathless, well inclined, an eager messenger, Agni comes nigh us with the thought.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् धिया स चेतति केतुर् यज्ञस्य पूर्व्यः । अर्थं ह्य् अस्य तरणि ॥
agnir dhiyā sa cetati ketur yajñasya pūrvyaḥ | arthaṃ hy asya taraṇi ||
Ensign of sacrifice from of old, Agni well knoweth with his thought To prosper this man's aim and hope.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निं सूनुं सनश्रुतं सहसो जातवेदसम् । वह्निं देवा अकृण्वत ॥
agniṃ sūnuṃ sanaśrutaṃ sahaso jātavedasam | vahniṃ devā akṛṇvata ||
Agni, illustrious from old time, the Son of Strength who knows all life, The Gods have made to their Priest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अदाभ्यः पुरएता विशाम् अग्निर् मानुषीणाम् । तूर्णी रथः सदा नवः ॥
adābhyaḥ puraetā viśām agnir mānuṣīṇām | tūrṇī rathaḥ sadā navaḥ ||
Infallible is Agni, he who goes before the tribes of men, A chariot swift and ever new.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
साह्वान् विश्वा अभियुजः क्रतुर् देवानाम् अमृक्तः । अग्निस् तुविश्रवस्तमः ॥
sāhvān viśvā abhiyujaḥ kratur devānām amṛktaḥ | agnis tuviśravastamaḥ ||
Strength of the Gods which none may harm, subduing all his enemies, Agni is mightiest in fame.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि प्रयांसि वाहसा दाश्वां अश्नोति मर्त्यः । क्षयम् पावकशोचिषः ॥
abhi prayāṃsi vāhasā dāśvāṃ aśnoti martyaḥ | kṣayam pāvakaśociṣaḥ ||
By offering sacred food to him the mortal worshipper obtains. A home from him whose light makes pure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परि विश्वानि सुधिताग्नेर् अश्याम मन्मभिः । विप्रासो जातवेदसः ॥
pari viśvāni sudhitāgner aśyāma manmabhiḥ | viprāso jātavedasaḥ ||
From Agni, by our hymns, may we gain all things that bring happiness, Singers of him who knows all life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने विश्वानि वार्या वाजेषु सनिषामहे । त्वे देवास एरिरे ॥
agne viśvāni vāryā vājeṣu saniṣāmahe | tve devāsa erire ||
O Agni, in our deeds of might may we obtain all precious things: The Gods are centred all in thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)