Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 21

RV 3 21.1

इमꣳ नो यज्ञम् अमृतेषु धेहीमा हव्या जातवेदो जुषस्व । स्तोकानाम् अग्ने मेदसो घृतस्य होतः प्राशान प्रथमो निषद्य

imaṁ no yajñam amṛteṣu dhehīmā havyā jātavedo juṣasva | stokānām agne medaso ghṛtasya hotaḥ prāśāna prathamo niṣadya

Set this sacrifice of ours among the immortals; enjoy these oblations, O Jātavedas. O Agni, hotṛ, having sat down first, eat of the drops of fat and of ghee.

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RV 3 21.2

घृतवन्तः पावक ते स्तोकाः श्चोतन्ति मेदसः । स्वधर्मन् देववीतये श्रेष्ठꣳ नो धेहि वार्यम्

ghṛtavantaḥ pāvaka te stokāḥ ścotanti medasaḥ | svadharman devavītaye śreṣṭhaṁ no dhehi vāryam

Rich in ghee, O purifier, your drops of fat trickle down. O you of your own law, for the gods' enjoyment set for us the most excellent good thing.

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RV 3 21.3

तुभ्यꣳ स्तोका घृतश्चुतो ऽग्ने विप्राय सन्त्य । ऋषिः श्रेष्ठः सम् इध्यसे यज्ञस्य प्राविता भव

tubhyaṁ stokā ghṛtaścuto 'gne viprāya santya | ṛṣiḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sam idhyase yajñasya prāvitā bhava

For you the drops dripping ghee, O Agni, for you the inspired one, O true one; as the most excellent ṛṣi you are kindled — be the furtherer of the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 21.4

तुभ्यꣳ श्चोतन्त्य् अध्रिगो शचीवः स्तोकासो अग्ने मेदसो घृतस्य । कविशस्तो बृहता भानुनागा हव्या जुषस्व मेधिर

tubhyaṁ ścotanty adhrigo śacīvaḥ stokāso agne medaso ghṛtasya | kaviśasto bṛhatā bhānunāgā havyā juṣasva medhira

For you they trickle, O irresistible one, O you of power, the drops of fat and of ghee, O Agni; proclaimed by the poets, come with your lofty radiance — enjoy the oblations, O wise one.

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

RV 3 21.5

ओजिष्ठꣳ ते मध्यतो मेद उद्भृतम् प्र ते वयꣳ ददामहे । श्चोतन्ति ते वसो स्तोका अधि त्वचि प्रति तान् देवशो विहि

ojiṣṭhaṁ te madhyato meda udbhṛtam pra te vayaṁ dadāmahe | ścotanti te vaso stokā adhi tvaci prati tān devaśo vihi

Your most vigorous fat, lifted out from the middle — we present it to you. Your drops trickle upon the hide, O good one: go after them, god by god.

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