Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.3
वैश्वानराय पृथुपाजसे विपो रत्ना विधन्त धरुणेषु गातवे । अग्निर् हि देवां अमृतो दुवस्यत्य् अथा धर्माणि सनता न दूदुषत् ॥
vaiśvānarāya pṛthupājase vipo ratnā vidhanta dharuṇeṣu gātave | agnir hi devāṃ amṛto duvasyaty athā dharmāṇi sanatā na dūduṣat ||
To him who shines afar, Vaisvanara, shall bards give precious things that he may go on certain paths: For Agni the Immortal serves the Deities, and therefore never breaks their everlasting laws.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अन्तर् दूतो रोदसी दस्म ईयते होता निषत्तो मनुषः पुरोहितः । क्षयम् बृहन्तम् परि भूषति द्युभिर् देवेभिर् अग्निर् इषितो धियावसुः ॥
antar dūto rodasī dasma īyate hotā niṣatto manuṣaḥ purohitaḥ | kṣayam bṛhantam pari bhūṣati dyubhir devebhir agnir iṣito dhiyāvasuḥ ||
He, wondrous envoy, goes between the earth and heaven, firm seated as the Herald, great High Priest of men. He compasseth with rays the lofty dwelling-place, Agni, sent forward by the Gods, enriched with piayer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
केतुं यज्ञानां विदथस्य साधनं विप्रासो अग्निम् महयन्त चित्तिभिः । अपांसि यस्मिन्न् अधि संदधुर् गिरस् तस्मिन् सुम्नानि यजमान आ चके ॥
ketuṃ yajñānāṃ vidathasya sādhanaṃ viprāso agnim mahayanta cittibhiḥ | apāṃsi yasminn adhi saṃdadhur giras tasmin sumnāni yajamāna ā cake ||
Sages shall glorify Agni with earnest thoughts, ensign of sacrifice, who fills the synod full: In whom the singers have stored up their holy acts to him the worshipper looks for joy and happiness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पिता यज्ञानाम् असुरो विपश्चितां विमानम् अग्निर् वयुनं च वाघताम् । आ विवेश रोदसी भूरिवर्पसा पुरुप्रियो भन्दते धामभिः कविः ॥
pitā yajñānām asuro vipaścitāṃ vimānam agnir vayunaṃ ca vāghatām | ā viveśa rodasī bhūrivarpasā purupriyo bhandate dhāmabhiḥ kaviḥ ||
The Sire of sacrifice, great God of holy bards, Agni, the measure and the symbol of the priests, Hath entered heaven and earth that show in varied form: the Sage whom many love rejoiceth in his might.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चन्द्रम् अग्निं चन्द्ररथं हरिव्रतं वैश्वानरम् अप्सुषदं स्वर्विदम् । विगाहं तूर्णिं तविषीभिर् आवृतम् भूर्णिं देवास इह सुश्रियं दधुः ॥
candram agniṃ candrarathaṃ harivrataṃ vaiśvānaram apsuṣadaṃ svarvidam | vigāhaṃ tūrṇiṃ taviṣībhir āvṛtam bhūrṇiṃ devāsa iha suśriyaṃ dadhuḥ ||
Bright Agni with the bright car, Lord of green domains, Vaisvanara dweller in the floods, who finds the light, Pervading, swift and wild, encompassed round with powers, him very glorious have the Gods established here.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् देवेभिर् मनुषश् च जन्तुभिस् तन्वानो यज्ञम् पुरुपेशसं धिया । रथीर् अन्तर् ईयते साधदिष्टिभिर् जीरो दमूना अभिशस्तिचातनः ॥
agnir devebhir manuṣaś ca jantubhis tanvāno yajñam purupeśasaṃ dhiyā | rathīr antar īyate sādhadiṣṭibhir jīro damūnā abhiśasticātanaḥ ||
Agni, together with the Gods and Manu's folk by thought extending sacrifice in varied form, Goes, car-borne, to and fro with those who crown each rite, the fleet, the Household Friend, who turns the curse aside.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्ने जरस्व स्वपत्य आयुन्य् ऊर्जा पिन्वस्व सम् इषो दिदीहि नः । वयांसि जिन्व बृहतश् च जागृव उशिग् देवानाम् असि सुक्रतुर् विपाम् ॥
agne jarasva svapatya āyuny ūrjā pinvasva sam iṣo didīhi naḥ | vayāṃsi jinva bṛhataś ca jāgṛva uśig devānām asi sukratur vipām ||
Sing, Agni, for long life to us and noble sons: teem thou with plenty, shine upon us store of food. Increase the great man's strength, thou ever-vigilant: thou, longing for the Gods, knowest their hymns full well.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्पतिं यह्वम् अतिथिं नरः सदा यन्तारं धीनाम् उशिजं च वाघताम् । अध्वराणां चेतनं जातवेदसम् प्र शंसन्ति नमसा जूतिभिर् वृधे ॥
viśpatiṃ yahvam atithiṃ naraḥ sadā yantāraṃ dhīnām uśijaṃ ca vāghatām | adhvarāṇāṃ cetanaṃ jātavedasam pra śaṃsanti namasā jūtibhir vṛdhe ||
The Mighty One, Lord of the people and their guest, the leader of their thoughts, devoted Friend of priests, Our solemn rites' announcer, Jatavedas, men with worship ever praise, with urgings for their weal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विभावा देवः सुरणः परि क्षितीर् अग्निर् बभूव शवसा सुमद्रथः । तस्य व्रतानि भूरिपोषिणो वयम् उप भूषेम दम आ सुवृक्तिभिः ॥
vibhāvā devaḥ suraṇaḥ pari kṣitīr agnir babhūva śavasā sumadrathaḥ | tasya vratāni bhūripoṣiṇo vayam upa bhūṣema dama ā suvṛktibhiḥ ||
Agni the God resplendent, giver of great joy, hath on his lovely car compassed the lands with, might. Let us with pure laudations in his house approach the high laws of the nourisher of multitudes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वैश्वानर तव धामान्य् आ चके येभिः स्वर्विद् अभवो विचक्षण । जात आपृणो भुवनानि रोदसी अग्ने ता विश्वा परिभूर् असि त्मना ॥
vaiśvānara tava dhāmāny ā cake yebhiḥ svarvid abhavo vicakṣaṇa | jāta āpṛṇo bhuvanāni rodasī agne tā viśvā paribhūr asi tmanā ||
I celebrate thy glories, O Vaisvanara, wherewith thou, O farsighted God, has found the light. Thou filledst at thy birth both worlds, the earth and heaven: all this, O Agni, hast thou compassed of thyself.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वैश्वानरस्य दंसनाभ्यो बृहद् अरिणाद् एकः स्वपस्यया कविः । उभा पितरा महयन्न् अजायताग्निर् द्यावापृथिवी भूरिरेतसा ॥
vaiśvānarasya daṃsanābhyo bṛhad ariṇād ekaḥ svapasyayā kaviḥ | ubhā pitarā mahayann ajāyatāgnir dyāvāpṛthivī bhūriretasā ||
By his great skill the Sage alone hath brought to pass a great deed, mightier than Vaisvanara's wondrous acts. Agni sprang into being, magnifying both his Parents, Heaven and Earth, rich in prolific seed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)