Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 23

RV 3 23.1

निर्मथितः सुधित आ सधस्थे युवा कविर् अध्वरस्य प्रणेता । जूर्यत्स्व् अग्निर् अजरो वनेष्व् अत्रा दधे अमृतꣳ जातवेदाः

nirmathitaḥ sudhita ā sadhasthe yuvā kavir adhvarasya praṇetā | jūryatsv agnir ajaro vaneṣv atrā dadhe amṛtaṁ jātavedāḥ

Churned out, well set in the common seat, young, a poet, the fore-leader of the rite — Agni, unaging among the aging woods: there Jātavedas has placed the immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 23.2

अमन्थिष्टाम् भारता रेवद् अग्निꣳ देवश्रवा देववातः सुदक्षम् । अग्ने वि पश्य बृहताभि रायेषाꣳ नो नेता भवताद् अनु द्यून्

amanthiṣṭām bhāratā revad agniṁ devaśravā devavātaḥ sudakṣam | agne vi paśya bṛhatābhi rāyeṣāṁ no netā bhavatād anu dyūn

The two Bharatas churned out Agni richly, Devaśravas and Devavāta, him of good skill. Agni, look out with your greatness toward wealth; be the leader of refreshments for us day after day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 23.3

दश क्षिपः पूर्व्यꣳ सीम् अजीजनन् सुजातम् मातृषु प्रियम् । अग्निꣳ स्तुहि दैववातꣳ देवश्रवो यो जनानाम् असद् वशी

daśa kṣipaḥ pūrvyaṁ sīm ajījanan sujātam mātṛṣu priyam | agniṁ stuhi daivavātaṁ devaśravo yo janānām asad vaśī

The ten fingers have brought him to birth, the ancient one, well born, dear among his mothers. Praise Agni of Devavāta, O Devaśravas, who shall be the master of the peoples.

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RV 3 23.4

नि त्वा दधे वर आ पृथिव्या इऴायास् पदे सुदिनत्वे अह्नाम् । दृषद्वत्याम् मानुष आपयायाꣳ सरस्वत्याꣳ रेवद् अग्ने दिदीहि

ni tvā dadhe vara ā pṛthivyā iḻāyās pade sudinatve ahnām | dṛṣadvatyām mānuṣa āpayāyāṁ sarasvatyāṁ revad agne didīhi

I have set you in the choicest place of the earth, in the seat of Iḻā, in the fair-weather of days. On the Dṛṣadvatī, at Mānuṣa, on the Āpayā, on the Sarasvatī — shine richly, O Agni.

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RV 3 23.5

इऴाम् अग्ने पुरुदꣳसꣳ सनिꣳ गोः शश्वत्तमꣳ हवमानाय साध । स्यान् नः सूनुस् तनयो विजावाग्ने सा ते सुमतिर् भूत्व् अस्मे

iḻām agne purudaṁsaṁ saniṁ goḥ śaśvattamaṁ havamānāya sādha | syān naḥ sūnus tanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatir bhūtv asme

O Agni, bring to success for the invoker refreshment rich in wondrous deeds, the winning of cattle, most constant. May there be for us a son, an offspring, propagating further; O Agni, let that good favour of yours be with us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition