Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.20
अग्निम् उषसम् अश्विना दधिक्रां व्युष्टिषु हवते वह्निर् उक्थैः । सुज्योतिषो नः शृण्वन्तु देवाः सजोषसो अध्वरं वावशानाः ॥
agnim uṣasam aśvinā dadhikrāṃ vyuṣṭiṣu havate vahnir ukthaiḥ | sujyotiṣo naḥ śṛṇvantu devāḥ sajoṣaso adhvaraṃ vāvaśānāḥ ||
With lauds at break of morn the priest invoketh Agni, Dawn, Dadhikras, and both the Asvins. With one consent the Gods whose light is splendid, longing to taste our sacrifice, shall hear us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने त्री ते वाजिना त्री षधस्था तिस्रस् ते जिह्वा ऋतजात पूर्वीः । तिस्र उ ते तन्वो देववातास् ताभिर् नः पाहि गिरो अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
agne trī te vājinā trī ṣadhasthā tisras te jihvā ṛtajāta pūrvīḥ | tisra u te tanvo devavātās tābhir naḥ pāhi giro aprayucchan ||
Three are thy powers, O Agni, three thy stations, three are thy tongues, yea, many, Child of Order! Three bodies hast thou which the Gods delight in: with these protect our hymns with care unceasing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने भूरीणि तव जातवेदो देव स्वधावो ऽमृतस्य नाम । याश् च माया मायिनां विश्वमिन्व त्वे पूर्वीः संदधुः पृष्टबन्धो ॥
agne bhūrīṇi tava jātavedo deva svadhāvo 'mṛtasya nāma | yāś ca māyā māyināṃ viśvaminva tve pūrvīḥ saṃdadhuḥ pṛṣṭabandho ||
O Agni, many are the names thou bearest, immortal, God, Divine, and Jatavedas. And many charms of charmers, All-Inspirer! have they laid in thee, Lord of true attendants!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् नेता भग इव क्षितीनां दैवीनां देव ऋतुपा ऋतावा । स वृत्रहा सनयो विश्ववेदाः पर्षद् विश्वाति दुरिता गृणन्तम् ॥
agnir netā bhaga iva kṣitīnāṃ daivīnāṃ deva ṛtupā ṛtāvā | sa vṛtrahā sanayo viśvavedāḥ parṣad viśvāti duritā gṛṇantam ||
Agni, like Bhaga, leads the godly people, he who is true to Law and guards the seasons. Ancient, all-knowing, he the Vrtra-slayer shall bear the singer safe through every trouble.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दधिक्राम् अग्निम् उषसं च देवीम् बृहस्पतिं सवितारं च देवम् । अश्विना मित्रावरुणा भगं च वसून् रुद्रां आदित्यां इह हुवे ॥
dadhikrām agnim uṣasaṃ ca devīm bṛhaspatiṃ savitāraṃ ca devam | aśvinā mitrāvaruṇā bhagaṃ ca vasūn rudrāṃ ādityāṃ iha huve ||
I call on Savitar the God, on Morning, Brhaspati, and Dadhikras, and Agni, On Varuna and Mitra, on the Asvins, Bhaga, the Vasus, Rudras and Adityas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)