Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 20

RV 3 20.1

अग्निम् उषसम् अश्विना दधिक्राꣳ व्युष्टिषु हवते वह्निर् उक्थैः । सुज्योतिषो नः शृण्वन्तु देवाः सजोषसो अध्वरꣳ वावशानाः

agnim uṣasam aśvinā dadhikrāṁ vyuṣṭiṣu havate vahnir ukthaiḥ | sujyotiṣo naḥ śṛṇvantu devāḥ sajoṣaso adhvaraṁ vāvaśānāḥ

Agni, Uṣas, the Aśvins, Dadhikrā — the draught-bearer calls upon (them) with hymns at the dawnings. May the gods of fair light hear us, of one accord, longing for the rite.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 20.2

अग्ने त्री ते वाजिना त्री षधस्था तिस्रस् ते जिह्वा ऋतजात पूर्वीः । तिस्र उ ते तन्वो देववातास् ताभिर् नः पाहि गिरो अप्रयुच्छन्

agne trī te vājinā trī ṣadhasthā tisras te jihvā ṛtajāta pūrvīḥ | tisra u te tanvo devavātās tābhir naḥ pāhi giro aprayucchan

Agni, three are your prize-steeds, three your seats, three are your tongues, O you born of ṛta, and many; three too are your bodies favoured by the gods — with these protect our songs, never faltering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 20.3

अग्ने भूरीणि तव जातवेदो देव स्वधावो ऽमृतस्य नाम । याश् च माया मायिनाꣳ विश्वमिन्व त्वे पूर्वीः सꣳदधुः पृष्टबन्धो

agne bhūrīṇi tava jātavedo deva svadhāvo 'mṛtasya nāma | yāś ca māyā māyināṁ viśvaminva tve pūrvīḥ saṁdadhuḥ pṛṣṭabandho

Agni, many, O Jātavedas, O god of your own power, are your names of the immortal; and the magic powers of the magic-wielders — those many, O all-compelling one, they have gathered together in you, O you whose kinship is sought (?).

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

RV 3 20.4

अग्निर् नेता भग इव क्षितीनाꣳ दैवीनाꣳ देव ऋतुपा ऋतावा । स वृत्रहा सनयो विश्ववेदाः पर्षद् विश्वाति दुरिता गृणन्तम्

agnir netā bhaga iva kṣitīnāṁ daivīnāṁ deva ṛtupā ṛtāvā | sa vṛtrahā sanayo viśvavedāḥ parṣad viśvāti duritā gṛṇantam

Agni is the leader of the divine dwellings, like Bhaga — a god, guardian of the ritual seasons, possessed of ṛta; he, the slayer of Vṛtra, the ancient, the all-knowing, shall carry the singer across all difficulties.

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

RV 3 20.5

दधिक्राम् अग्निम् उषसꣳ च देवीम् बृहस्पतिꣳ सवितारꣳ च देवम् । अश्विना मित्रावरुणा भगꣳ च वसून् रुद्राꣳ आदित्याꣳ इह हुवे

dadhikrām agnim uṣasaṁ ca devīm bṛhaspatiṁ savitāraṁ ca devam | aśvinā mitrāvaruṇā bhagaṁ ca vasūn rudrām̐ ādityām̐ iha huve

Dadhikrā, Agni, and the goddess Uṣas, Bṛhaspati and the god Savitṛ, the Aśvins, Mitra-Varuṇa and Bhaga, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas — here I call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition