Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 4

RV 3 4.1

समित्-समित् सुमना बोध्य् अस्मे शुचा-शुचा सुमतिꣳ रासि वस्वः । आ देव देवान् यजथाय वक्षि सखा सखीन् सुमना यक्ष्य् अग्ने

samit-samit sumanā bodhy asme śucā-śucā sumatiṁ rāsi vasvaḥ | ā deva devān yajathāya vakṣi sakhā sakhīn sumanā yakṣy agne

At each kindling be well-minded toward us; with each flame bestow a favourable thought of wealth; O god, convey the gods here for the sacrifice; as a friend to friends, well-minded, sacrifice, Agni.

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RV 3 4.2

यꣳ देवासस् त्रिर् अहन्न् आयजन्ते दिवे-दिवे वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः । सेमꣳ यज्ञम् मधुमन्तꣳ कृधी नस् तनूनपाद् घृतयोनिꣳ विधन्तम्

yaṁ devāsas trir ahann āyajante dive-dive varuṇo mitro agniḥ | semaṁ yajñam madhumantaṁ kṛdhī nas tanūnapād ghṛtayoniṁ vidhantam

He whom the gods worship three times a day, day after day — Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni — make for us this sacrifice full of honey, O Tanūnapāt, (make) the worshipper one whose womb is ghee.

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

RV 3 4.3

प्र दीधितिर् विश्ववारा जिगाति होतारम् इऴः प्रथमꣳ यजध्यै । अच्छा नमोभिर् वृषभꣳ वन्दध्यै स देवान् यक्षद् इषितो यजीयान्

pra dīdhitir viśvavārā jigāti hotāram iḻaḥ prathamaṁ yajadhyai | acchā namobhir vṛṣabhaṁ vandadhyai sa devān yakṣad iṣito yajīyān

The all-treasure-bringing thought goes forth, to worship first the hotṛ of Iḍā, to praise the bull with acts of homage; may he, urged on, the better sacrificer, sacrifice to the gods.

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

RV 3 4.4

ऊर्ध्वो वाꣳ गातुर् अध्वरे अकार्य् ऊर्ध्वा शोचीꣳषि प्रस्थिता रजाꣳसि । दिवो वा नाभा न्य् असादि होता स्तृणीमहि देवव्यचा वि बर्हिः

ūrdhvo vāṁ gātur adhvare akāry ūrdhvā śocīṁṣi prasthitā rajāṁsi | divo vā nābhā ny asādi hotā stṛṇīmahi devavyacā vi barhiḥ

Upward your way has been made in the rite; upward the flames have set out to the spaces; in the navel of heaven the hotṛ has seated himself; let us spread the barhis wide, with room for the gods.

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RV 3 4.5

सप्त होत्राणि मनसा वृणाना इन्वन्तो विश्वम् प्रति यन्न् ऋतेन । नृपेशसो विदथेषु प्र जाता अभी३मꣳ यज्ञꣳ वि चरन्त पूर्वीः

sapta hotrāṇi manasā vṛṇānā invanto viśvam prati yann ṛtena | nṛpeśaso vidatheṣu pra jātā abhī3maṁ yajñaṁ vi caranta pūrvīḥ

Choosing with their mind the seven priestly offices, urging on everything, they came forward in accord with ṛta; adorned as men, born forth in the assemblies, the many (of them) spread out over this sacrifice.

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

RV 3 4.6

आ भन्दमाने उषसा उपाके उत स्मयेते तन्वा३ विरूपे । यथा नो मित्रो वरुणो जुजोषद् इन्द्रो मरुत्वाꣳ उत वा महोभिः

ā bhandamāne uṣasā upāke uta smayete tanvā3 virūpe | yathā no mitro varuṇo jujoṣad indro marutvām̐ uta vā mahobhiḥ

The two, praising, close together, Dawn (and Night), and they smile, unlike in body, so that Mitra and Varuṇa may take pleasure in us, and Indra with the Maruts, or (they) with their greatnesses.

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

RV 3 4.7

दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा न्य् ऋञ्जे सप्त पृक्षासः स्वधया मदन्ति । ऋतꣳ शꣳसन्त ऋतम् इत् त आहुर् अनु व्रतꣳ व्रतपा दीध्यानाः

daivyā hotārā prathamā ny ṛñje sapta pṛkṣāsaḥ svadhayā madanti | ṛtaṁ śaṁsanta ṛtam it ta āhur anu vrataṁ vratapā dīdhyānāḥ

The two divine hotṛs, the first, I draw to me; the seven rich (offerings) exhilarate by their own power; proclaiming ṛta they speak ṛta indeed, contemplating in accord with the observance, guardians of the observance.

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

RV 3 4.8

आ भारती भारतीभिः सजोषा इऴा देवैर् मनुष्येभिर् अग्निः । सरस्वती सारस्वतेभिर् अर्वाक् तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदꣳ सदन्तु

ā bhāratī bhāratībhiḥ sajoṣā iḻā devair manuṣyebhir agniḥ | sarasvatī sārasvatebhir arvāk tisro devīr barhir edaṁ sadantu

Let Bhāratī come in concord with the Bhāratīs, Iḍā with the gods, Agni with men, Sarasvatī with the Sārasvatas, hitherward: let the three goddesses sit on this barhis.

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RV 3 4.9

तन् नस् तुरीपम् अध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर् वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः

tan nas turīpam adha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭar vi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ

That seed of ours, then, that makes to thrive — O god Tvaṣṭar, bestowing freely, bind it fast — from which is born a hero, effective in work, very skilled, who sets the pressing-stones going, who loves the gods.

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

RV 3 4.10

वनस्पते ऽव सृजोप देवान् अग्निर् हविः शमिता सूदयाति । सेद् उ होता सत्यतरो यजाति यथा देवानाꣳ जनिमानि वेद

vanaspate 'va sṛjopa devān agnir haviḥ śamitā sūdayāti | sed u hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṁ janimāni veda

O Vanaspati, release (the offering) to the gods; let Agni the preparer make the oblation savoury; he indeed, the truer hotṛ, shall sacrifice, since he knows the births of the gods.

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RV 3 4.11

आ याह्य् अग्ने समिधानो अर्वाङ् इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथꣳ तुरेभिः । बर्हिर् न आस्ताम् अदितिः सुपुत्रा स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम्

ā yāhy agne samidhāno arvāṅ indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṁ turebhiḥ | barhir na āstām aditiḥ suputrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām

Come hither, Agni, kindled, on the same chariot with Indra and with the swift gods; let Aditi, of good sons, sit on our barhis; svāhā — let the immortal gods take their delight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition