Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.16
अयम् अग्निः सुवीर्यस्येशे महः सौभगस्य । राय ईशे स्वपत्यस्य गोमत ईशे वृत्रहथानाम् ॥
ayam agniḥ suvīryasyeśe mahaḥ saubhagasya | rāya īśe svapatyasya gomata īśe vṛtrahathānām ||
This Agni is the Lord of great felicity and hero Strength; Lord of wealth in herds of kine; Lord of the battles with the foe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं नरो मरुतः सश्चता वृधं यस्मिन् रायः शेवृधासः । अभि ये सन्ति पृतनासु दूढ्यो विश्वाहा शत्रुम् आदभुः ॥
imaṃ naro marutaḥ saścatā vṛdhaṃ yasmin rāyaḥ śevṛdhāsaḥ | abhi ye santi pṛtanāsu dūḍhyo viśvāhā śatrum ādabhuḥ ||
Wait, Maruts, Heroes, upon him the Prosperer in whom is bliss-increasing wealth; Who in fights ever conquer evil-hearted men, who overcome the enemy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स त्वं नो रायः शिशीहि मीढ्वो अग्ने सुवीर्यस्य । तुविद्युम्न वर्षिष्ठस्य प्रजावतो ऽनमीवस्य शुष्मिणः ॥
sa tvaṃ no rāyaḥ śiśīhi mīḍhvo agne suvīryasya | tuvidyumna varṣiṣṭhasya prajāvato 'namīvasya śuṣmiṇaḥ ||
As such, O Agni, deal us wealth and hero might, O Bounteous One! Most lofty, very glorious, rich in progeny, free from disease and full of power.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चक्रिर् यो विश्वा भुवनाभि सासहिश् चक्रिर् देवेष्व् आ दुवः । आ देवेषु यतत आ सुवीर्य आ शंस उत नृणाम् ॥
cakrir yo viśvā bhuvanābhi sāsahiś cakrir deveṣv ā duvaḥ | ā deveṣu yatata ā suvīrya ā śaṃsa uta nṛṇām ||
He who made all that lives, who passes all in might, who orders service to the Gods, He works among the Gods, he works in hero strength, yea, also in the praise of men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा नो अग्ने ऽमतये मावीरतायै रीरधः । मागोतायै सहसस् पुत्र मा निदे ऽप द्वेषांस्य् आ कृधि ॥
mā no agne 'mataye māvīratāyai rīradhaḥ | māgotāyai sahasas putra mā nide 'pa dveṣāṃsy ā kṛdhi ||
Give us not up to indigence, Agni, nor want of hero sons, Nor, Son of Strength, to lack of cattle, nor to blame. Drive. thou our enemies away.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शग्धि वाजस्य सुभग प्रजावतो ऽग्ने बृहतो अध्वरे । सं राया भूयसा सृज मयोभुना तुविद्युम्न यशस्वता ॥
śagdhi vājasya subhaga prajāvato 'gne bṛhato adhvare | saṃ rāyā bhūyasā sṛja mayobhunā tuvidyumna yaśasvatā ||
Help us to strength, blest Agni! rich in progeny, abundant, in our sacrifice. Flood us with riches yet more plenteous, bringing weal, with high renown, most Glorious One!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)