Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 3

RV 2 3.1

समिद्धो अग्निर् निहितः पृथिव्याम् प्रत्यङ् विश्वानि भुवनान्य् अस्थात् । होता पावकः प्रदिवः सुमेधा देवो देवान् यजत्व् अग्निर् अर्हन्

samiddho agnir nihitaḥ pṛthivyām pratyaṅ viśvāni bhuvanāny asthāt | hotā pāvakaḥ pradivaḥ sumedhā devo devān yajatv agnir arhan

Kindled, Agni, set down upon the earth, has taken his stand facing all the worlds — the hotṛ, the purifier, from of old, of good wisdom, the god: let Agni, the worthy one, sacrifice to the gods.

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RV 2 3.2

नराशꣳसः प्रति धामान्य् अञ्जन् तिस्रो दिवः प्रति मह्ना स्वर्चिः । घृतप्रुषा मनसा हव्यम् उन्दन् मूर्धन् यज्ञस्य सम् अनक्तु देवान्

narāśaṁsaḥ prati dhāmāny añjan tisro divaḥ prati mahnā svarciḥ | ghṛtapruṣā manasā havyam undan mūrdhan yajñasya sam anaktu devān

Narāśaṁsa, anointing the (three) abodes, (turned) toward the three (regions) of heaven with his greatness, fair-shining, drenching the oblation with a ghee-sprinkling mind — at the head of the sacrifice let him anoint the gods together.

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RV 2 3.3

ईऴितो अग्ने मनसा नो अर्हन् देवान् यक्षि मानुषात् पूर्वो अद्य । स आ वह मरुताꣳ शर्धो अच्युतम् इन्द्रꣳ नरो बर्हिषदꣳ यजध्वम्

īḻito agne manasā no arhan devān yakṣi mānuṣāt pūrvo adya | sa ā vaha marutāṁ śardho acyutam indraṁ naro barhiṣadaṁ yajadhvam

Invoked with (our) mind, O Agni, worthy, sacrifice to the gods for us today, going before the human (priest); bring here the unshaken host of the Maruts. Men, sacrifice to Indra who sits on the barhis!

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RV 2 3.4

देव बर्हिर् वर्धमानꣳ सुवीरꣳ स्तीर्णꣳ राये सुभरꣳ वेद्य् अस्याम् । घृतेनाक्तꣳ वसवः सीदतेदꣳ विश्वे देवा आदित्या यज्ञियासः

deva barhir vardhamānaṁ suvīraṁ stīrṇaṁ rāye subharaṁ vedy asyām | ghṛtenāktaṁ vasavaḥ sīdatedaṁ viśve devā ādityā yajñiyāsaḥ

O divine barhis, increasing, bringing good heroes, strewn for wealth, easy to bear, on this vedi — anointed with ghee: sit down here, O Vasus, all you gods, you Ādityas worthy of sacrifice.

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RV 2 3.5

वि श्रयन्ताम् उर्विया हूयमाना द्वारो देवीः सुप्रायणा नमोभिः । व्यचस्वतीर् वि प्रथन्ताम् अजुर्या वर्णम् पुनाना यशसꣳ सुवीरम्

vi śrayantām urviyā hūyamānā dvāro devīḥ suprāyaṇā namobhiḥ | vyacasvatīr vi prathantām ajuryā varṇam punānā yaśasaṁ suvīram

Let them swing wide open, called with reverences, the divine doors, easy to pass through; let them spread apart, spacious, unaging, purifying a glorious class (of men) rich in heroes.

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RV 2 3.6

साध्व् अपाꣳसि सनता न उक्षिते उषासानक्ता वय्येव रण्विते । तन्तुꣳ ततꣳ सꣳवयन्ती समीची यज्ञस्य पेशः सुदुघे पयस्वती

sādhv apāṁsi sanatā na ukṣite uṣāsānaktā vayyeva raṇvite | tantuṁ tataṁ saṁvayantī samīcī yajñasya peśaḥ sudughe payasvatī

Well are the works from of old grown strong for us — Dawn and Night, delightful like two weaving women, weaving together the stretched thread, the two turned toward each other, the ornament of the sacrifice, good milkers, full of milk.

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RV 2 3.7

दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा विदुष्टर ऋजु यक्षतः सम् ऋचा वपुष्टरा । देवान् यजन्ताव् ऋतुथा सम् अञ्जतो नाभा पृथिव्या अधि सानुषु त्रिषु

daivyā hotārā prathamā viduṣṭara ṛju yakṣataḥ sam ṛcā vapuṣṭarā | devān yajantāv ṛtuthā sam añjato nābhā pṛthivyā adhi sānuṣu triṣu

Let the two divine hotṛs, the first, the more knowing, sacrifice straight, together with the verse, the more wondrous; the two, sacrificing to the gods at the (right) seasons, anoint (them) at the navel of the earth, upon the three heights.

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RV 2 3.8

सरस्वती साधयन्ती धियꣳ न इऴा देवी भारती विश्वतूर्तिः । तिस्रो देवीः स्वधया बर्हिर् एदम् अच्छिद्रम् पान्तु शरणꣳ निषद्य

sarasvatī sādhayantī dhiyaṁ na iḻā devī bhāratī viśvatūrtiḥ | tisro devīḥ svadhayā barhir edam acchidram pāntu śaraṇaṁ niṣadya

Sarasvatī, who brings our thought to fulfilment, the goddess Iḷā, Bhāratī who passes through all — the three goddesses, having sat down on this barhis by their own power, let them guard the unbroken shelter.

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RV 2 3.9

पिशङ्गरूपः सुभरो वयोधाः श्रुष्टी वीरो जायते देवकामः । प्रजाꣳ त्वष्टा वि ष्यतु नाभिम् अस्मे अथा देवानाम् अप्य् एतु पाथः

piśaṅgarūpaḥ subharo vayodhāḥ śruṣṭī vīro jāyate devakāmaḥ | prajāṁ tvaṣṭā vi ṣyatu nābhim asme athā devānām apy etu pāthaḥ

Of ruddy form, easy to bear, bestowing vigour, a hero obedient, loving the gods, is born. Let Tvaṣṭṛ release offspring for us, the navel (of the line); and then let him go to the protection of the gods.

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RV 2 3.10

वनस्पतिर् अवसृजन्न् उप स्थाद् अग्निर् हविः सूदयाति प्र धीभिः । त्रिधा समक्तꣳ नयतु प्रजानन् देवेभ्यो दैव्यः शमितोप हव्यम्

vanaspatir avasṛjann upa sthād agnir haviḥ sūdayāti pra dhībhiḥ | tridhā samaktaṁ nayatu prajānan devebhyo daivyaḥ śamitopa havyam

Vanaspati, setting (the victim) free, has stood near; let Agni make the oblation savoury with (his) insights; let the divine immolator, knowing the way, lead the thrice-anointed oblation to the gods.

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RV 2 3.11

घृतम् मिमिक्षे घृतम् अस्य योनिर् घृते श्रितो घृतम् व् अस्य धाम । अनुष्वधम् आ वह मादयस्व स्वाहाकृतꣳ वृषभ वक्षि हव्यम्

ghṛtam mimikṣe ghṛtam asya yonir ghṛte śrito ghṛtam v asya dhāma | anuṣvadham ā vaha mādayasva svāhākṛtaṁ vṛṣabha vakṣi havyam

Ghee is mixed (in); ghee is his womb; he rests in ghee; ghee too is his abode. Bring (the gods) here according to (their) custom; take your delight; O bull, convey the oblation made with 'svāhā'.

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