Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 13
RV 3 13.1
प्र वो देवायाग्नये बर्हिष्ठम् अर्चास्मै । गमद् देवेभिर् आ स नो यजिष्ठो बर्हिर् आ सदत्
pra vo devāyāgnaye barhiṣṭham arcāsmai | gamad devebhir ā sa no yajiṣṭho barhir ā sadat
Sing forth for your god, for Agni — (sing) the loftiest (song) to him: may he come here with the gods; may he, the best sacrificer, sit down on our barhis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
To Agni, to this God of yours I sing aloud with utmost power. May he come to us with the Gods, and sit, best Offerer, on the grass.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 3 13.2
ऋतावा यस्य रोदसी दक्षꣳ सचन्त ऊतयः । हविष्मन्तस् तम् ईऴते तꣳ सनिष्यन्तो ऽवसे
ṛtāvā yasya rodasī dakṣaṁ sacanta ūtayaḥ | haviṣmantas tam īḻate taṁ saniṣyanto 'vase
He who possesses ṛta, whose skill the two world-halves and the (divine) aids attend — him those with oblations invoke, him those seeking gain (invoke) for help.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The Holy, whose are earth and heaven, and succour waits upon his strength; Him men who bring oblations laud, and they who wish to gain, for grace.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 3 13.3
स यन्ता विप्र एषाꣳ स यज्ञानाम् अथा हि षः । अग्निꣳ तꣳ वो दुवस्यत दाता यो वनिता मघम्
sa yantā vipra eṣāṁ sa yajñānām athā hi ṣaḥ | agniṁ taṁ vo duvasyata dātā yo vanitā magham
He is the guide of these (men), the inspired one; he too (is the guide) of the sacrifices. Honour for yourselves that Agni, who is the giver and the winner of bounty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He is the Sage who guides these men, Leader of sacred rites is he. Him your own Agni, serve ye well, who winneth and bestoweth wealth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 3 13.4
स नः शर्माणि वीतये ऽग्निर् यच्छतु शꣳतमा । यतो नः प्रुष्णवद् वसु दिवि क्षितिभ्यो अप्स्व् आ
sa naḥ śarmāṇi vītaye 'gnir yacchatu śaṁtamā | yato naḥ pruṣṇavad vasu divi kṣitibhyo apsv ā
May that Agni grant us most beneficial shelters for (our) enjoyment, from which he may sprinkle goods upon us, in heaven, for the settlements, in the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
So may the gracious Agni grant most goodly shelter for our use; Whence in the heavens or in the floods he shall pour wealth upon our lands.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 3 13.5
दीदिवाꣳसम् अपूर्व्यꣳ वस्वीभिर् अस्य धीतिभिः । ऋक्वाणो अग्निम् इन्धते होतारꣳ विश्पतिꣳ विशाम्
dīdivāṁsam apūrvyaṁ vasvībhir asya dhītibhiḥ | ṛkvāṇo agnim indhate hotāraṁ viśpatiṁ viśām
Him who shines, who is without precedent — with these good insights of his the chanters kindle Agni, the hotṛ, the clan-lord of the clans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The singers kindle him, the Priest, Agni the Lord of tribes of men, Resplendent and without a peer through his own excellent designs.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 3 13.6
उत नो ब्रह्मन्न् अविष उक्थेषु देवहूतमः । शꣳ नः शोचा मरुद्वृधो ऽग्ने सहस्रसातमः
uta no brahmann aviṣa uktheṣu devahūtamaḥ | śaṁ naḥ śocā marudvṛdho 'gne sahasrasātamaḥ
And help us, O formulator, in the recitations, you who most invoke the gods; blaze out well-being for us, O Agni, you who are strengthened by the Maruts, the best winner of a thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Help us, thou Brahman, best of all invokers of the Gods in song. Beam, Friend of Maruts, bliss on us, O Agni, a most liberal God.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 3 13.7
नू नो रास्व सहस्रवत् तोकवत् पुष्टिमद् वसु । द्युमद् अग्ने सुवीर्यꣳ वर्षिष्ठम् अनुपक्षितम्
nū no rāsva sahasravat tokavat puṣṭimad vasu | dyumad agne suvīryaṁ varṣiṣṭham anupakṣitam
Now bestow on us wealth that brings thousands, that brings offspring, that brings prosperity; O Agni, (give) brilliant good heroism, most abundant, unexhausted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Yea, grant us treasure thousandfold with children and with nourishment, And, Agni, splendid hero strength, exalted, wasting not away.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)