Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 16

RV 3 16.1

अयम् अग्निः सुवीर्यस्येशे महः सौभगस्य । राय ईशे स्वपत्यस्य गोमत ईशे वृत्रहथानाम्

ayam agniḥ suvīryasyeśe mahaḥ saubhagasya | rāya īśe svapatyasya gomata īśe vṛtrahathānām

This Agni has power over good heroism, over great good fortune; he has power over wealth with good offspring and rich in cattle; he has power over the smitings of Vṛtra (the foe).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 16.2

इमꣳ नरो मरुतः सश्चता वृधꣳ यस्मिन् रायः शेवृधासः । अभि ये सन्ति पृतनासु दूढ्यो विश्वाहा शत्रुम् आदभुः

imaṁ naro marutaḥ saścatā vṛdhaṁ yasmin rāyaḥ śevṛdhāsaḥ | abhi ye santi pṛtanāsu dūḍhyo viśvāhā śatrum ādabhuḥ

Him the men, the Maruts, attend as the increaser, in whom are riches that increase (our) comfort — (those Maruts) who in the battles are superior to the ill-minded, who have always undone the enemy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 3 16.3

स त्वꣳ नो रायः शिशीहि मीढ्वो अग्ने सुवीर्यस्य । तुविद्युम्न वर्षिष्ठस्य प्रजावतो ऽनमीवस्य शुष्मिणः

sa tvaṁ no rāyaḥ śiśīhi mīḍhvo agne suvīryasya | tuvidyumna varṣiṣṭhasya prajāvato 'namīvasya śuṣmiṇaḥ

So do you sharpen (grant keenly) for us, O bounteous Agni, riches of good heroism — O richly brilliant one — of the highest sort, rich in progeny, free of sickness, full of vigour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 16.4

चक्रिर् यो विश्वा भुवनाभि सासहिश् चक्रिर् देवेष्व् आ दुवः । आ देवेषु यतत आ सुवीर्य आ शꣳस उत नृणाम्

cakrir yo viśvā bhuvanābhi sāsahiś cakrir deveṣv ā duvaḥ | ā deveṣu yatata ā suvīrya ā śaṁsa uta nṛṇām

He who is the doer, overpowering all the worlds, the doer of homage among the gods — he takes his place among the gods, toward good heroism and toward the praise of men as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 3 16.5

मा नो अग्ने ऽमतये मावीरतायै रीरधः । मागोतायै सहसस् पुत्र मा निदे ऽप द्वेषाꣳस्य् आ कृधि

mā no agne 'mataye māvīratāyai rīradhaḥ | māgotāyai sahasas putra mā nide 'pa dveṣāṁsy ā kṛdhi

Do not, Agni, hand us over to indigence, nor to lack of heroes, nor to lack of cattle, O son of strength, nor to reproach: drive the hostilities away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 16.6

शग्धि वाजस्य सुभग प्रजावतो ऽग्ने बृहतो अध्वरे । सꣳ राया भूयसा सृज मयोभुना तुविद्युम्न यशस्वता

śagdhi vājasya subhaga prajāvato 'gne bṛhato adhvare | saṁ rāyā bhūyasā sṛja mayobhunā tuvidyumna yaśasvatā

Be able (to grant us), O fortunate one, of the prize that brings progeny, O Agni, of the lofty (prize) at the rite; unite (us) with more abundant wealth, joy-giving, glorious, O richly brilliant one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain