Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.6
प्र कारवो मनना वच्यमाना देवद्रीचीं नयत देवयन्तः । दक्षिणावाड् वाजिनी प्राच्य् एति हविर् भरन्त्य् अग्नये घृताची ॥
pra kāravo mananā vacyamānā devadrīcīṃ nayata devayantaḥ | dakṣiṇāvāḍ vājinī prācy eti havir bharanty agnaye ghṛtācī ||
Urged on by deep devotion, O ye singers, bring, pious ones, the God-approaching ladle. Borne onward to the right it travels eastward, and, filled with oil, to Agni bears oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ रोदसी अपृणा जायमान उत प्र रिक्था अध नु प्रयज्यो । दिवश् चिद् अग्ने महिना पृथिव्या वच्यन्तां ते वह्नयः सप्तजिह्वाः ॥
ā rodasī apṛṇā jāyamāna uta pra rikthā adha nu prayajyo | divaś cid agne mahinā pṛthivyā vacyantāṃ te vahnayaḥ saptajihvāḥ ||
Thou at thy birth didst fill both earth and heaven, yea, Most Adorable, thou didst exceed them. Even through the heaven's and through the earth's expanses let thy swift seven tongued flames roll on, O Agni.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्यौश् च त्वा पृथिवी यज्ञियासो नि होतारं सादयन्ते दमाय । यदी विशो मानुषीर् देवयन्तीः प्रयस्वतीर् ईळते शुक्रम् अर्चिः ॥
dyauś ca tvā pṛthivī yajñiyāso ni hotāraṃ sādayante damāya | yadī viśo mānuṣīr devayantīḥ prayasvatīr īḷate śukram arciḥ ||
Both Heaven and Earth and Gods who should be worshipped establish thee as Priest for every dwelling, Whenever human families, God-devoted, bringing oblations; laud thy splendid lustre.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महान् सधस्थे ध्रुव आ निषत्तो ऽन्तर् द्यावा माहिने हर्यमाणः । आस्क्रे सपत्नी अजरे अमृक्ते सबर्दुघे उरुगायस्य धेनू ॥
mahān sadhasthe dhruva ā niṣatto 'ntar dyāvā māhine haryamāṇaḥ | āskre sapatnī ajare amṛkte sabardughe urugāyasya dhenū ||
Firm in the Gods' home is the Mighty seated, between vast Heaven and Earth the well-beloved- Those Cows who yield, unharmed, their nectar, Spouses of the Far-Strider, ever young, united.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
व्रता ते अग्ने महतो महानि तव क्रत्वा रोदसी आ ततन्थ । त्वं दूतो अभवो जायमानस् त्वं नेता वृषभ चर्षणीनाम् ॥
vratā te agne mahato mahāni tava kratvā rodasī ā tatantha | tvaṃ dūto abhavo jāyamānas tvaṃ netā vṛṣabha carṣaṇīnām ||
Great are the deeds of thee, the Great, O Agni: thou by thy power hast spread out earth and heaven. As soon as thou wast born thou wast an envoy, thou, Mighty One, was Leader of the people.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतस्य वा केशिना योग्याभिर् घृतस्नुवा रोहिता धुरि धिष्व । अथा वह देवान् देव विश्वान् स्वध्वरा कृणुहि जातवेदः ॥
ṛtasya vā keśinā yogyābhir ghṛtasnuvā rohitā dhuri dhiṣva | athā vaha devān deva viśvān svadhvarā kṛṇuhi jātavedaḥ ||
Bind to the pole with cords of holy Order the long-maned ruddy steeds who sprinkle fatness. Bring hither, O thou God, all Gods together: provide them noble worship, Jatavedas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दिवश् चिद् आ ते रुचयन्त रोका उषो विभातीर् अनु भासि पूर्वीः । अपो यद् अग्न उशधग् वनेषु होतुर् मन्द्रस्य पनयन्त देवाः ॥
divaś cid ā te rucayanta rokā uṣo vibhātīr anu bhāsi pūrvīḥ | apo yad agna uśadhag vaneṣu hotur mandrasya panayanta devāḥ ||
Even from the sky thy brilliant lights shone hither: still hast thou beamed through many a radiant morning, That the Gods praised their joyous Herald's labour eagerly burning, Agni, in the forests.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उरौ वा ये अन्तरिक्षे मदन्ति दिवो वा ये रोचने सन्ति देवाः । ऊमा वा ये सुहवासो यजत्रा आयेमिरे रथ्यो अग्ने अश्वाः ॥
urau vā ye antarikṣe madanti divo vā ye rocane santi devāḥ | ūmā vā ye suhavāso yajatrā āyemire rathyo agne aśvāḥ ||
The Gods who take delight in air's wide region, or those the dwellers in heaven's realm of brightness, Or those, the Holy, prompt to hear, our helpers, who, car borne, turn their horses hither, Agni---
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऐभिर् अग्ने सरथं याह्य् अर्वाङ् नानारथं वा विभवो ह्य् अश्वाः । पत्नीवतस् त्रिंशतं त्रींश् च देवान् अनुष्वधम् आ वह मादयस्व ॥
aibhir agne sarathaṃ yāhy arvāṅ nānārathaṃ vā vibhavo hy aśvāḥ | patnīvatas triṃśataṃ trīṃś ca devān anuṣvadham ā vaha mādayasva ||
With these, borne on one ear, Agni, approach us, or borne on many, for thy steeds are able. Bring, with their Dames, the Gods, the Three and-Thirty, after thy Godlike nature, and be joyful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स होता यस्य रोदसी चिद् उर्वी यज्ञं-यज्ञम् अभि वृधे गृणीतः । प्राची अध्वरेव तस्थतुः सुमेके ऋतावरी ऋतजातस्य सत्ये ॥
sa hotā yasya rodasī cid urvī yajñaṃ-yajñam abhi vṛdhe gṛṇītaḥ | prācī adhvareva tasthatuḥ sumeke ṛtāvarī ṛtajātasya satye ||
He is the Priest at whose repeated worship even wide Heaven and Earth sing out for increase. They fair and true and holy coming forward stand at his sacrifice who springs from Order.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इळाम् अग्ने पुरुदंसं सनिं गोः शश्वत्तमं हवमानाय साध । स्यान् नः सूनुस् तनयो विजावाग्ने सा ते सुमतिर् भूत्व् अस्मे ॥
iḷām agne purudaṃsaṃ saniṃ goḥ śaśvattamaṃ havamānāya sādha | syān naḥ sūnus tanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatir bhūtv asme ||
As holy food, Agni, to thine invoker give wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels. To us be born a son and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to usward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)