Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.18
भवा नो अग्ने सुमना उपेतौ सखेव सख्ये पितरेव साधुः । पुरुद्रुहो हि क्षितयो जनानाम् प्रति प्रतीचीर् दहताद् अरातीः ॥
bhavā no agne sumanā upetau sakheva sakhye pitareva sādhuḥ | purudruho hi kṣitayo janānām prati pratīcīr dahatād arātīḥ ||
Agni, be kind to us when we approach thee good as a friend to friend, as sire and mother. The races of mankind are great oppressors burn up malignity that strives against us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तपो ष्व् अग्ने अन्तरां अमित्रान् तपा शंसम् अररुषः परस्य । तपो वसो चिकितानो अचित्तान् वि ते तिष्ठन्ताम् अजरा अयासः ॥
tapo ṣv agne antarāṃ amitrān tapā śaṃsam araruṣaḥ parasya | tapo vaso cikitāno acittān vi te tiṣṭhantām ajarā ayāsaḥ ||
Agni, burn up the unfriendly who are near us, burn thou the foeman's curse who pays no worship. Burn, Vasu, thou who markest well, the foolish: let thine eternal nimble beams surround thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इध्मेनाग्न इच्छमानो घृतेन जुहोमि हव्यं तरसे बलाय । यावद् ईशे ब्रह्मणा वन्दमान इमां धियं शतसेयाय देवीम् ॥
idhmenāgna icchamāno ghṛtena juhomi havyaṃ tarase balāya | yāvad īśe brahmaṇā vandamāna imāṃ dhiyaṃ śataseyāya devīm ||
With fuel, Agni, and with oil, desirous, mine offering I present for strength and conquest, With prayer, so far as I have power, adoring-this hymn divine to gain a hundred treasures.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उच् छोचिषा सहसस् पुत्र स्तुतो बृहद् वयः शशमानेषु धेहि । रेवद् अग्ने विश्वामित्रेषु शं योर् मर्मृज्मा ते तन्वम् भूरि कृत्वः ॥
uc chociṣā sahasas putra stuto bṛhad vayaḥ śaśamāneṣu dhehi | revad agne viśvāmitreṣu śaṃ yor marmṛjmā te tanvam bhūri kṛtvaḥ ||
Give with thy glow, thou Son of Strength, when lauded, great vital power to those who toil to serve thee. Give richly, Agni, to the Visvamitras in rest and stir. Oft have we decked thy body.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कृधि रत्नं सुसनितर् धनानां स घेद् अग्ने भवसि यत् समिद्धः । स्तोतुर् दुरोणे सुभगस्य रेवत् सृप्रा करस्ना दधिषे वपूंषि ॥
kṛdhi ratnaṃ susanitar dhanānāṃ sa ghed agne bhavasi yat samiddhaḥ | stotur duroṇe subhagasya revat sṛprā karasnā dadhiṣe vapūṃṣi ||
Give us, O liberal Lord, great store of riches, for, Agni, such art thou when duly kindled. Thou in the happy singer's home bestowest, amply with arms extended, things of beauty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)