Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 17

RV 3 17.1

समिध्यमानः प्रथमानु धर्मा सम् अक्तुभिर् अज्यते विश्ववारः । शोचिष्केशो घृतनिर्णिक् पावकः सुयज्ञो अग्निर् यजथाय देवान्

samidhyamānaḥ prathamānu dharmā sam aktubhir ajyate viśvavāraḥ | śociṣkeśo ghṛtanirṇik pāvakaḥ suyajño agnir yajathāya devān

Being kindled according to the first ordinances, he who has all good things is anointed with unguents: flame-haired, ghee-robed, purifying, Agni the good sacrificer, (ready) to sacrifice to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 17.2

यथायजो होत्रम् अग्ने पृथिव्या यथा दिवो जातवेदश् चिकित्वान् । एवानेन हविषा यक्षि देवान् मनुष्वद् यज्ञम् प्र तिरेमम् अद्य

yathāyajo hotram agne pṛthivyā yathā divo jātavedaś cikitvān | evānena haviṣā yakṣi devān manuṣvad yajñam pra tiremam adya

As you performed the hotṛ's office of the earth, as (that) of heaven, O Jātavedas, discerning it — so with this oblation sacrifice to the gods; as Manu did, carry this sacrifice forward today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 17.3

त्रीण्य् आयूꣳषि तव जातवेदस् तिस्र आजानीर् उषसस् ते अग्ने । ताभिर् देवानाम् अवो यक्षि विद्वान् अथा भव यजमानाय शꣳ योः

trīṇy āyūṁṣi tava jātavedas tisra ājānīr uṣasas te agne | tābhir devānām avo yakṣi vidvān athā bhava yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ

Three are your lifetimes, Jātavedas; three the births of dawn (that are) yours, Agni; with them win by sacrifice, as one who knows, the gods' help; then be weal and relief for the sacrificer.

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

RV 3 17.4

अग्निꣳ सुदीतिꣳ सुदृशꣳ गृणन्तो नमस्यामस् त्वेड्यꣳ जातवेदः । त्वाꣳ दूतम् अरतिꣳ हव्यवाहꣳ देवा अकृण्वन्न् अमृतस्य नाभिम्

agniṁ sudītiṁ sudṛśaṁ gṛṇanto namasyāmas tveḍyaṁ jātavedaḥ | tvāṁ dūtam aratiṁ havyavāhaṁ devā akṛṇvann amṛtasya nābhim

Praising Agni of fair shine, fair to see, we do homage to you, the one to be invoked, O Jātavedas; you the gods made their messenger, their steward, the bearer of oblations, the navel of immortality.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 17.5

यस् त्वद् धोता पूर्वो अग्ने यजीयान् द्विता च सत्ता स्वधया च शम्भुः । तस्यानु धर्म प्र यजा चिकित्वो ऽथा नो धा अध्वरꣳ देववीतौ

yas tvad dhotā pūrvo agne yajīyān dvitā ca sattā svadhayā ca śambhuḥ | tasyānu dharma pra yajā cikitvo 'thā no dhā adhvaraṁ devavītau

The hotṛ who was before you, Agni, the better sacrificer, from of old both seated (at the rite) and beneficent by his own power — according to his ordinance go on sacrificing, O discerning one, and set our rite in the gods' feasting.

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