Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.29
अस्तीदम् अधिमन्थनम् अस्ति प्रजननं कृतम् । एतां विश्पत्नीम् आ भराग्निम् मन्थाम पूर्वथा ॥
astīdam adhimanthanam asti prajananaṃ kṛtam | etāṃ viśpatnīm ā bharāgnim manthāma pūrvathā ||
Here is the gear for friction, here tinder made ready for the spark. Bring thou the Matron: we will rub Agni in ancient fashion forth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अरण्योर् निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुधितो गर्भिणीषु । दिवे-दिव ईड्यो जागृवद्भिर् हविष्मद्भिर् मनुष्येभिर् अग्निः ॥
araṇyor nihito jātavedā garbha iva sudhito garbhiṇīṣu | dive-diva īḍyo jāgṛvadbhir haviṣmadbhir manuṣyebhir agniḥ ||
1n the two fire-sticks Jatavedas lieth, even as the well-set germ in pregnant women, Agni who day by day must be exalted by men who watch and worship with oblations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत्तानायाम् अव भरा चिकित्वान् सद्यः प्रवीता वृषणं जजान । अरुषस्तूपो रुशद् अस्य पाज इळायास् पुत्रो वयुने ऽजनिष्ट ॥
uttānāyām ava bharā cikitvān sadyaḥ pravītā vṛṣaṇaṃ jajāna | aruṣastūpo ruśad asya pāja iḷāyās putro vayune 'janiṣṭa ||
Lay this with care on that which lies extended: straight hath she borne the Steerwhen made prolific. With his red pillar-radiant is his splendour -in our skilled task is born the Son of Ila.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इळायास् त्वा पदे वयं नाभा पृथिव्या अधि । जातवेदो नि धीमह्य् अग्ने हव्याय वोळ्हवे ॥
iḷāyās tvā pade vayaṃ nābhā pṛthivyā adhi | jātavedo ni dhīmahy agne havyāya voḷhave ||
In Ila's place we set thee down, upon the central point of earth, That, Agni Jatavedas, thou mayst bear our offerings to the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मन्थता नरः कविम् अद्वयन्तम् प्रचेतसम् अमृतं सुप्रतीकम् । यज्ञस्य केतुम् प्रथमम् पुरस्ताद् अग्निं नरो जनयता सुशेवम् ॥
manthatā naraḥ kavim advayantam pracetasam amṛtaṃ supratīkam | yajñasya ketum prathamam purastād agniṃ naro janayatā suśevam ||
Rub into life, ye men, the Sage, the guileless, Immortal, very wise and fair to look on. O men, bring forth the most propitious Agni, first ensign of the sacrifice to eastward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यदी मन्थन्ति बाहुभिर् वि रोचते ऽश्वो न वाज्य् अरुषो वनेष्व् आ । चित्रो न यामन्न् अश्विनोर् अनिवृतः परि वृणक्त्य् अश्मनस् तृणा दहन् ॥
yadī manthanti bāhubhir vi rocate 'śvo na vājy aruṣo vaneṣv ā | citro na yāmann aśvinor anivṛtaḥ pari vṛṇakty aśmanas tṛṇā dahan ||
When with their arms they rub him straight he shineth forth like a strong courser, red in colour, in the wood. Bright, checkless, as it were upon the Atvins' path, lie passeth by the stones and burneth up the grass.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
जातो अग्नी रोचते चेकितानो वाजी विप्रः कविशस्तः सुदानुः । यं देवास ईड्यं विश्वविदं हव्यवाहम् अदधुर् अध्वरेषु ॥
jāto agnī rocate cekitāno vājī vipraḥ kaviśastaḥ sudānuḥ | yaṃ devāsa īḍyaṃ viśvavidaṃ havyavāham adadhur adhvareṣu ||
Agni shines forth when born, observant, mighty, the bountiful, the Singar praised by sages; Whom, as adorable and knowing all things, Gods set at solemn rites as offering bearer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सीद होतः स्व उ लोके चिकित्वान् सादया यज्ञं सुकृतस्य योनौ । देवावीर् देवान् हविषा यजास्य् अग्ने बृहद् यजमाने वयो धाः ॥
sīda hotaḥ sva u loke cikitvān sādayā yajñaṃ sukṛtasya yonau | devāvīr devān haviṣā yajāsy agne bṛhad yajamāne vayo dhāḥ ||
Set thee, O Priest, in, thine own place, observant: lay down the sacrifice in the home of worship. Thou, dear to Gods, shalt serve them with oblation: Agni, give long life to the sacrificer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कृणोत धूमं वृषणं सखायो ऽस्रेधन्त इतन वाजम् अच्छ । अयम् अग्निः पृतनाषाट् सुवीरो येन देवासो असहन्त दस्यून् ॥
kṛṇota dhūmaṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ sakhāyo 'sredhanta itana vājam accha | ayam agniḥ pṛtanāṣāṭ suvīro yena devāso asahanta dasyūn ||
Raise ye a mighty smoke, my fellow-workers! Ye shall attain to wealth without obstruction. This Agni is the battle-winning Hero by whom the Gods have overcome the Dasyus.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः । तं जानन्न् अग्न आ सीदाथा नो वर्धया गिरः ॥
ayaṃ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ | taṃ jānann agna ā sīdāthā no vardhayā giraḥ ||
This is thine ordered place of birth whence sprung to life thou shonest forth. Knowing this, Agni, sit thee down, and prosper thou the songs we sing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तनूनपाद् उच्यते गर्भ आसुरो नराशंसो भवति यद् विजायते । मातरिश्वा यद् अमिमीत मातरि वातस्य सर्गो अभवत् सरीमणि ॥
tanūnapād ucyate garbha āsuro narāśaṃso bhavati yad vijāyate | mātariśvā yad amimīta mātari vātasya sargo abhavat sarīmaṇi ||
As Germ Celestial he is called Tanunapat, and Narasamsa born diffused in varied shape. Formed in his Mother he is Matarisvan; he hath, in his course, become the rapid flight of wind.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुनिर्मथा निर्मथितः सुनिधा निहितः कविः । अग्ने स्वध्वरा कृणु देवान् देवयते यज ॥
sunirmathā nirmathitaḥ sunidhā nihitaḥ kaviḥ | agne svadhvarā kṛṇu devān devayate yaja ||
With strong attrition rubbed to life, laid down with careful hand, a Sage, Agni, make sacrifices good, and for the pious bring the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अजीजनन्न् अमृतम् मर्त्यासो ऽस्रेमाणं तरणिं वीळुजम्भम् । दश स्वसारो अग्रुवः समीचीः पुमांसं जातम् अभि सं रभन्ते ॥
ajījanann amṛtam martyāso 'sremāṇaṃ taraṇiṃ vīḷujambham | daśa svasāro agruvaḥ samīcīḥ pumāṃsaṃ jātam abhi saṃ rabhante ||
Mortals have brought to life the God Immortal, the Conqueror with mighty jaws, unfailing. The sisters ten, unwedded and united, together grasp the Babe, the new-born Infant.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र सप्तहोता सनकाद् अरोचत मातुर् उपस्थे यद् अशोचद् ऊधनि । न नि मिषति सुरणो दिवे-दिवे यद् असुरस्य जठराद् अजायत ॥
pra saptahotā sanakād arocata mātur upasthe yad aśocad ūdhani | na ni miṣati suraṇo dive-dive yad asurasya jaṭharād ajāyata ||
Served by the seven priests, he shone forth from ancient time, when in his Mother's bosom, in her lap, he glowed. Giving delight each day he closeth not his eye, since from the Asura's body hewas brought to life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अमित्रायुधो मरुताम् इव प्रयाः प्रथमजा ब्रह्मणो विश्वम् इद् विदुः । द्युम्नवद् ब्रह्म कुशिकास एरिर एक-एको दमे अग्निं सम् ईधिरे ॥
amitrāyudho marutām iva prayāḥ prathamajā brahmaṇo viśvam id viduḥ | dyumnavad brahma kuśikāsa erira eka-eko dame agniṃ sam īdhire ||
Even as the Maruts, onslaughts who attack the foe, those born the first of all knew the full power of prayer. The Kusikas have made the glorious hymn ascend, and, each one singly in his home, have kindled fire.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अद्य त्वा प्रयति यज्ञे अस्मिन् होतश् चिकित्वो ऽवृणीमहीह । ध्रुवम् अया ध्रुवम् उताशमिष्ठाः प्रजानन् विद्वां उप याहि सोमम् ॥
yad adya tvā prayati yajñe asmin hotaś cikitvo 'vṛṇīmahīha | dhruvam ayā dhruvam utāśamiṣṭhāḥ prajānan vidvāṃ upa yāhi somam ||
As we, O Priest observant, have elected thee this day, what time the solemn sacrifice began, So surely hast thou worshipped, surely hast thou toiled: come thou unto the Soma, wise and knowing all.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)