Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.4
समित्-समित् सुमना बोध्य् अस्मे शुचा-शुचा सुमतिं रासि वस्वः । आ देव देवान् यजथाय वक्षि सखा सखीन् सुमना यक्ष्य् अग्ने ॥
samit-samit sumanā bodhy asme śucā-śucā sumatiṃ rāsi vasvaḥ | ā deva devān yajathāya vakṣi sakhā sakhīn sumanā yakṣy agne ||
Be friendly with each kindled log of fuel, with every flash bestow the boon of riches. Bring thou the Gods, O God, unto our worship: serve, well-inclined, as Friend thy friends, O Agni.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यं देवासस् त्रिर् अहन्न् आयजन्ते दिवे-दिवे वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः । सेमं यज्ञम् मधुमन्तं कृधी नस् तनूनपाद् घृतयोनिं विधन्तम् ॥
yaṃ devāsas trir ahann āyajante dive-dive varuṇo mitro agniḥ | semaṃ yajñam madhumantaṃ kṛdhī nas tanūnapād ghṛtayoniṃ vidhantam ||
Agni whom daily Varuna and Mitra the Gods bring thrice a day to this our worship, Tanunapat, enrich with meath our service that dwells with holy oil, that offers honour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र दीधितिर् विश्ववारा जिगाति होतारम् इळः प्रथमं यजध्यै । अच्छा नमोभिर् वृषभं वन्दध्यै स देवान् यक्षद् इषितो यजीयान् ॥
pra dīdhitir viśvavārā jigāti hotāram iḷaḥ prathamaṃ yajadhyai | acchā namobhir vṛṣabhaṃ vandadhyai sa devān yakṣad iṣito yajīyān ||
The thought that bringeth every boon proceedeth to worship first the Priest of the libation, That we may greet the Strong One with our homage. Urged, may he bring the Gods, best Sacrificer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऊर्ध्वो वां गातुर् अध्वरे अकार्य् ऊर्ध्वा शोचींषि प्रस्थिता रजांसि । दिवो वा नाभा न्य् असादि होता स्तृणीमहि देवव्यचा वि बर्हिः ॥
ūrdhvo vāṃ gātur adhvare akāry ūrdhvā śocīṃṣi prasthitā rajāṃsi | divo vā nābhā ny asādi hotā stṛṇīmahi devavyacā vi barhiḥ ||
On high your way to sacrifice was made ready; the radiant flames went upward to the regions. Full in the midst of heaven the Priest is seated: strew we the sacred grass where Gods may rest them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सप्त होत्राणि मनसा वृणाना इन्वन्तो विश्वम् प्रति यन्न् ऋतेन । नृपेशसो विदथेषु प्र जाता अभीमं यज्ञं वि चरन्त पूर्वीः ॥
sapta hotrāṇi manasā vṛṇānā invanto viśvam prati yann ṛtena | nṛpeśaso vidatheṣu pra jātā abhīmaṃ yajñaṃ vi caranta pūrvīḥ ||
Claiming in mind the seven priests' burnt oblations, inciting all, they came in settled order. To this our sacrifice approach the many who show in hero beauty at assemblies.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ भन्दमाने उषसा उपाके उत स्मयेते तन्वा विरूपे । यथा नो मित्रो वरुणो जुजोषद् इन्द्रो मरुत्वां उत वा महोभिः ॥
ā bhandamāne uṣasā upāke uta smayete tanvā virūpe | yathā no mitro varuṇo jujoṣad indro marutvāṃ uta vā mahobhiḥ ||
Night and Dawn, lauded, hither come together, both smiling, different are their forms in colour, That Varuna and Mitra may accept us, and Indra, girt by Maruts, with his glories.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा न्य् ऋञ्जे सप्त पृक्षासः स्वधया मदन्ति । ऋतं शंसन्त ऋतम् इत् त आहुर् अनु व्रतं व्रतपा दीध्यानाः ॥
daivyā hotārā prathamā ny ṛñje sapta pṛkṣāsaḥ svadhayā madanti | ṛtaṃ śaṃsanta ṛtam it ta āhur anu vrataṃ vratapā dīdhyānāḥ ||
I crave the grace of heaven's two chief Invokers: the seven swift steeds joy in their wonted manner. These speak of truth, praising the truth eternal, thinking on Order as the guards of Order.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ भारती भारतीभिः सजोषा इळा देवैर् मनुष्येभिर् अग्निः । सरस्वती सारस्वतेभिर् अर्वाक् तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदं सदन्तु ॥
ā bhāratī bhāratībhiḥ sajoṣā iḷā devair manuṣyebhir agniḥ | sarasvatī sārasvatebhir arvāk tisro devīr barhir edaṃ sadantu ||
May Bharati with all her Sisters, Ila accordant with the Gods, with immortal Agni, Sarasvati with all her kindred Rivers, come to this grass, Three Goddesses, and seat them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तन् नस् तुरीपम् अध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर् वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः ॥
tan nas turīpam adha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭar vi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ ||
Well pleased with us do thou O God, O Tvastar, give ready issue to our procreant vigour, Whence springs the hero, powerful, skilled in action, lover of Gods, adjuster of the press-stones.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वनस्पते ऽव सृजोप देवान् अग्निर् हविः शमिता सूदयाति । सेद् उ होता सत्यतरो यजाति यथा देवानां जनिमानि वेद ॥
vanaspate 'va sṛjopa devān agnir haviḥ śamitā sūdayāti | sed u hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṃ janimāni veda ||
Send to the Gods the oblation, Lord of Forests; and let the Immolator, Agni, dress it. He as the truer Priest shall offer worship, for the Gods' generations well he knoweth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ याह्य् अग्ने समिधानो अर्वाङ् इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं तुरेभिः । बर्हिर् न आस्ताम् अदितिः सुपुत्रा स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम् ॥
ā yāhy agne samidhāno arvāṅ indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṃ turebhiḥ | barhir na āstām aditiḥ suputrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām ||
Come thou to us, O Agni, duly kindled, together with the potent Gods and Indra. On this our grass sit Aditi, happy Mother, and let our Hail delight the Gods Immortal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)