Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 29

RV 3 29.1

अस्तीदम् अधिमन्थनम् अस्ति प्रजननꣳ कृतम् । एताꣳ विश्पत्नीम् आ भराग्निम् मन्थाम पूर्वथा

astīdam adhimanthanam asti prajananaṁ kṛtam | etāṁ viśpatnīm ā bharāgnim manthāma pūrvathā

Here is the churning-block, here the means of generation is made ready; bring here this mistress of the clan: let us churn out Agni as before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 29.2

अरण्योर् निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुधितो गर्भिणीषु । दिवे-दिव ईड्यो जागृवद्भिर् हविष्मद्भिर् मनुष्येभिर् अग्निः

araṇyor nihito jātavedā garbha iva sudhito garbhiṇīṣu | dive-diva īḍyo jāgṛvadbhir haviṣmadbhir manuṣyebhir agniḥ

Jātavedas is laid down in the two fire-sticks, well set like an embryo in pregnant women; day by day Agni is to be invoked by wakeful men bearing oblations.

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RV 3 29.3

उत्तानायाम् अव भरा चिकित्वान् सद्यः प्रवीता वृषणꣳ जजान । अरुषस्तूपो रुशद् अस्य पाज इऴायास् पुत्रो वयुने ऽजनिष्ट

uttānāyām ava bharā cikitvān sadyaḥ pravītā vṛṣaṇaṁ jajāna | aruṣastūpo ruśad asya pāja iḻāyās putro vayune 'janiṣṭa

Bring (him) down into her who lies outstretched, you who understand; impregnated, she has at once borne the bull. Red-crested, gleaming is his form; the son of Iḍā was born at the (appointed) time.

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RV 3 29.4

इऴायास् त्वा पदे वयꣳ नाभा पृथिव्या अधि । जातवेदो नि धीमह्य् अग्ने हव्याय वोऴ्हवे

iḻāyās tvā pade vayaṁ nābhā pṛthivyā adhi | jātavedo ni dhīmahy agne havyāya voḻhave

In the place of Iḍā, at the navel of the earth, let us set you down, O Jātavedas, Agni, to carry the oblation.

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RV 3 29.5

मन्थता नरः कविम् अद्वयन्तम् प्रचेतसम् अमृतꣳ सुप्रतीकम् । यज्ञस्य केतुम् प्रथमम् पुरस्ताद् अग्निꣳ नरो जनयता सुशेवम्

manthatā naraḥ kavim advayantam pracetasam amṛtaṁ supratīkam | yajñasya ketum prathamam purastād agniṁ naro janayatā suśevam

Churn out, O men, the sage, free of duplicity, wise, immortal, of fair aspect; the banner of the sacrifice, first, in front — generate, O men, Agni the very kindly.

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RV 3 29.6

यदी मन्थन्ति बाहुभिर् वि रोचते ऽश्वो न वाज्य् अरुषो वनेष्व् आ । चित्रो न यामन्न् अश्विनोर् अनिवृतः परि वृणक्त्य् अश्मनस् तृणा दहन्

yadī manthanti bāhubhir vi rocate 'śvo na vājy aruṣo vaneṣv ā | citro na yāmann aśvinor anivṛtaḥ pari vṛṇakty aśmanas tṛṇā dahan

When they churn with their arms, he shines out, like a ruddy prize-winning horse, amid the woods; brilliant like the Aśvins on their course, unstoppable, he passes by the stones, burning the grasses.

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RV 3 29.7

जातो अग्नी रोचते चेकितानो वाजी विप्रः कविशस्तः सुदानुः । यꣳ देवास ईड्यꣳ विश्वविदꣳ हव्यवाहम् अदधुर् अध्वरेषु

jāto agnī rocate cekitāno vājī vipraḥ kaviśastaḥ sudānuḥ | yaṁ devāsa īḍyaṁ viśvavidaṁ havyavāham adadhur adhvareṣu

Born, Agni shines, conspicuous, a prize-winner, inspired, proclaimed by poets, of good gifts — whom the gods set in the rites as the one to be invoked, the all-knowing conveyor of oblations.

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RV 3 29.8

सीद होतः स्व उ लोके चिकित्वान् सादया यज्ञꣳ सुकृतस्य योनौ । देवावीर् देवान् हविषा यजास्य् अग्ने बृहद् यजमाने वयो धाः

sīda hotaḥ sva u loke cikitvān sādayā yajñaṁ sukṛtasya yonau | devāvīr devān haviṣā yajāsy agne bṛhad yajamāne vayo dhāḥ

Sit, O hotṛ, in your own place, understanding; set the sacrifice in the womb of the well-done work. Furthering the gods, you shall sacrifice to the gods with the oblation; Agni, place lofty vitality in the sacrificer.

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RV 3 29.9

कृणोत धूमꣳ वृषणꣳ सखायो ऽस्रेधन्त इतन वाजम् अच्छ । अयम् अग्निः पृतनाषाट् सुवीरो येन देवासो असहन्त दस्यून्

kṛṇota dhūmaṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ sakhāyo 'sredhanta itana vājam accha | ayam agniḥ pṛtanāṣāṭ suvīro yena devāso asahanta dasyūn

Make the smoke bull-like, O friends; unfaltering, go toward the prize. This is Agni, conqueror in battles, rich in heroes, by whom the gods overcame the Dasyus.

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RV 3 29.10

अयꣳ ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः । तꣳ जानन्न् अग्न आ सीदाथा नो वर्धया गिरः

ayaṁ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ | taṁ jānann agna ā sīdāthā no vardhayā giraḥ

This is your seasonable womb, from which, born, you shone. Knowing it, Agni, sit here, and then strengthen our songs.

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RV 3 29.11

तनूनपाद् उच्यते गर्भ आसुरो नराशꣳसो भवति यद् विजायते । मातरिश्वा यद् अमिमीत मातरि वातस्य सर्गो अभवत् सरीमणि

tanūnapād ucyate garbha āsuro narāśaṁso bhavati yad vijāyate | mātariśvā yad amimīta mātari vātasya sargo abhavat sarīmaṇi

He is called Tanūnapāt as an asuric embryo; he becomes Narāśaṁsa when he is born forth; when as Mātariśvan he took shape in the mother, he became the gush of the wind in its rushing.

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RV 3 29.12

सुनिर्मथा निर्मथितः सुनिधा निहितः कविः । अग्ने स्वध्वरा कृणु देवान् देवयते यज

sunirmathā nirmathitaḥ sunidhā nihitaḥ kaviḥ | agne svadhvarā kṛṇu devān devayate yaja

Churned out with good churning, deposited with good depositing, the sage: Agni, make the rites go well, sacrifice to the gods for the one who seeks the gods.

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RV 3 29.13

अजीजनन्न् अमृतम् मर्त्यासो ऽस्रेमाणꣳ तरणिꣳ वीऴुजम्भम् । दश स्वसारो अग्रुवः समीचीः पुमाꣳसꣳ जातम् अभि सꣳ रभन्ते

ajījanann amṛtam martyāso 'sremāṇaṁ taraṇiṁ vīḻujambham | daśa svasāro agruvaḥ samīcīḥ pumāṁsaṁ jātam abhi saṁ rabhante

Mortals have begotten the immortal, the unfailing, the one who carries across, with firm jaw; ten unwed sisters together take hold of the male when he is born.

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RV 3 29.14

प्र सप्तहोता सनकाद् अरोचत मातुर् उपस्थे यद् अशोचद् ऊधनि । न नि मिषति सुरणो दिवे-दिवे यद् असुरस्य जठराद् अजायत

pra saptahotā sanakād arocata mātur upasthe yad aśocad ūdhani | na ni miṣati suraṇo dive-dive yad asurasya jaṭharād ajāyata

From of old the one with seven hotṛs shone forth, when he blazed in the mother's lap, at her udder; joyful, he does not shut his eyes day by day, since he was born from the belly of the Asura.

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RV 3 29.15

अमित्रायुधो मरुताम् इव प्रयाः प्रथमजा ब्रह्मणो विश्वम् इद् विदुः । द्युम्नवद् ब्रह्म कुशिकास एरिर एक-एको दमे अग्निꣳ सम् ईधिरे

amitrāyudho marutām iva prayāḥ prathamajā brahmaṇo viśvam id viduḥ | dyumnavad brahma kuśikāsa erira eka-eko dame agniṁ sam īdhire

Fighting off foes like the onsets of the Maruts, first-born of the sacred formulation, they know everything indeed; the Kuśikas have sent forth a brilliant formulation, and each one singly has kindled Agni in his house.

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

RV 3 29.16

यद् अद्य त्वा प्रयति यज्ञे अस्मिन् होतश् चिकित्वो ऽवृणीमहीह । ध्रुवम् अया ध्रुवम् उताशमिष्ठाः प्रजानन् विद्वाꣳ उप याहि सोमम्

yad adya tvā prayati yajñe asmin hotaś cikitvo 'vṛṇīmahīha | dhruvam ayā dhruvam utāśamiṣṭhāḥ prajānan vidvām̐ upa yāhi somam

In that today, as this sacrifice goes forward, we have chosen you here, O attentive hotṛ — firmly you have travelled and firmly you have laboured — knowing your way, wise, come to the soma.

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