Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.15
वि पाजसा पृथुना शोशुचानो बाधस्व द्विषो रक्षसो अमीवाः । सुशर्मणो बृहतः शर्मणि स्याम् अग्नेर् अहं सुहवस्य प्रणीतौ ॥
vi pājasā pṛthunā śośucāno bādhasva dviṣo rakṣaso amīvāḥ | suśarmaṇo bṛhataḥ śarmaṇi syām agner ahaṃ suhavasya praṇītau ||
Resplendent with thy wide-extending lustre, dispel the terrors of the fiends who hate us May lofty Agni be my guide and shelter, the easily-invoked, the good Protector.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं नो अस्या उषसो व्युष्टौ त्वं सूर उदिते बोधि गोपाः । जन्मेव नित्यं तनयं जुषस्व स्तोमम् मे अग्ने तन्वा सुजात ॥
tvaṃ no asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭau tvaṃ sūra udite bodhi gopāḥ | janmeva nityaṃ tanayaṃ juṣasva stomam me agne tanvā sujāta ||
Be thou To us, while now the morn is breaking, be thou a guardian when the Sun hath mounted.. Accept, as men accept a true-born infant, my laud, O Agni nobly born in body.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं नृचक्षा वृषभानु पूर्वीः कृष्णास्व् अग्ने अरुषो वि भाहि । वसो नेषि च पर्षि चात्य् अंहः कृधी नो राय उशिजो यविष्ठ ॥
tvaṃ nṛcakṣā vṛṣabhānu pūrvīḥ kṛṣṇāsv agne aruṣo vi bhāhi | vaso neṣi ca parṣi cāty aṃhaḥ kṛdhī no rāya uśijo yaviṣṭha ||
Bull, who beholdest men, through many mornings, among the dark ones shine forth red, O Agni. Lead us, good Lord, and bear us over trouble: Help us who long, Most Youthful God, to riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अषाळ्हो अग्ने वृषभो दिदीहि पुरो विश्वाः सौभगा संजिगीवान् । यज्ञस्य नेता प्रथमस्य पायोर् जातवेदो बृहतः सुप्रणीते ॥
aṣāḷho agne vṛṣabho didīhi puro viśvāḥ saubhagā saṃjigīvān | yajñasya netā prathamasya pāyor jātavedo bṛhataḥ supraṇīte ||
Shine forth, a Bull invincible, O Agni, winning by conquest all the forts and treasures, Thou Jatavedas who art skilled in guiding, the chief high saving sacrifice's Leader.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अच्छिद्रा शर्म जरितः पुरूणि देवां अच्छा दीद्यानः सुमेधाः । रथो न सस्निर् अभि वक्षि वाजम् अग्ने त्वं रोदसी नः सुमेके ॥
acchidrā śarma jaritaḥ purūṇi devāṃ acchā dīdyānaḥ sumedhāḥ | ratho na sasnir abhi vakṣi vājam agne tvaṃ rodasī naḥ sumeke ||
Lighting Gods hither, Agni, wisest Singer, bring thou to us many and flawless shelters. Bring vigour, like a car that gathers booty: bring us, O Agni, beauteous Earth and Heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र पीपय वृषभ जिन्व वाजान् अग्ने त्वं रोदसी नः सुदोघे । देवेभिर् देव सुरुचा रुचानो मा नो मर्तस्य दुर्मतिः परि ष्ठात् ॥
pra pīpaya vṛṣabha jinva vājān agne tvaṃ rodasī naḥ sudoghe | devebhir deva surucā rucāno mā no martasya durmatiḥ pari ṣṭhāt ||
Swell, O thou Bull and give those powers an impulse, e'en Earth and Heaven who yield their milk in plenty, Shining, O God, with Gods in clear effulgence. Let not a mortal's evil will obstruct us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इळाम् अग्ने पुरुदंसं सनिं गोः शश्वत्तमं हवमानाय साध । स्यान् नः सूनुस् तनयो विजावाग्ने सा ते सुमतिर् भूत्व् अस्मे ॥
iḷām agne purudaṃsaṃ saniṃ goḥ śaśvattamaṃ havamānāya sādha | syān naḥ sūnus tanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatir bhūtv asme ||
Agni, as holy food to thine invoker, give wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels. To us be born a son and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to us-ward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)