Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 5

RV 3 5.1

प्रत्य् अग्निर् उषसश् चेकितानो ऽबोधि विप्रः पदवीः कवीनाम् । पृथुपाजा देवयद्भिः समिद्धो ऽप द्वारा तमसो वह्निर् आवः

praty agnir uṣasaś cekitāno 'bodhi vipraḥ padavīḥ kavīnām | pṛthupājā devayadbhiḥ samiddho 'pa dvārā tamaso vahnir āvaḥ

Agni, discerning, has awakened to meet the dawns, the inspired one, the path-finder of the sages; broad in splendour, kindled by those who serve the gods, the bearer (of oblations) has opened up the doors of the darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.2

प्रेद् व् अग्निर् वावृधे स्तोमेभिर् गीर्भिः स्तोतॄणाꣳ नमस्य उक्थैः । पूर्वीर् ऋतस्य सꣳदृशश् चकानः सꣳ दूतो अद्यौद् उषसो विरोके

pred v agnir vāvṛdhe stomebhir gīrbhiḥ stotṝṇāṁ namasya ukthaiḥ | pūrvīr ṛtasya saṁdṛśaś cakānaḥ saṁ dūto adyaud uṣaso viroke

Agni has grown strong through praise-songs, through the words of the praisers, he who is to be revered with hymns; taking delight in the many appearances of ṛta, as messenger he has blazed forth at the shining-out of dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.3

अधाय्य् अग्निर् मानुषीषु विक्ष्व् अ१पाꣳ गर्भो मित्र ऋतेन साधन् । आ हर्यतो यजतः सान्व् अस्थाद् अभूद् उ विप्रो हव्यो मतीनाम्

adhāyy agnir mānuṣīṣu vikṣv a1pāṁ garbho mitra ṛtena sādhan | ā haryato yajataḥ sānv asthād abhūd u vipro havyo matīnām

Agni has been established among the human clans, the child of the waters, Mitra, bringing (things) to fulfilment by ṛta; desirable, worthy of worship, he has mounted the height, and the inspired one has become the one to be invoked by (our) thoughts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.4

मित्रो अग्निर् भवति यत् समिद्धो मित्रो होता वरुणो जातवेदाः । मित्रो अध्वर्युर् इषिरो दमूना मित्रः सिन्धूनाम् उत पर्वतानाम्

mitro agnir bhavati yat samiddho mitro hotā varuṇo jātavedāḥ | mitro adhvaryur iṣiro damūnā mitraḥ sindhūnām uta parvatānām

Agni becomes Mitra when he is kindled; Mitra the hotṛ, Varuṇa, Jātavedas; Mitra the impetuous adhvaryu, master of the house; Mitra of the rivers and also of the mountains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.5

पाति प्रियꣳ रिपो अग्रम् पदꣳ वेः पाति यह्वश् चरणꣳ सूर्यस्य । पाति नाभा सप्तशीर्षाणम् अग्निः पाति देवानाम् उपमादम् ऋष्वः

pāti priyaṁ ripo agram padaṁ veḥ pāti yahvaś caraṇaṁ sūryasya | pāti nābhā saptaśīrṣāṇam agniḥ pāti devānām upamādam ṛṣvaḥ

He guards the dear highest track of the bird from the deceiver; the mighty one guards the course of the sun; Agni guards at the navel the seven-headed one; the lofty one guards the gods' shared revelling.

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

RV 3 5.6

ऋभुश् चक्र ईड्यꣳ चारु नाम विश्वानि देवो वयुनानि विद्वान् । ससस्य चर्म घृतवत् पदꣳ वेस् तद् इद् अग्नी रक्षत्य् अप्रयुच्छन्

ṛbhuś cakra īḍyaṁ cāru nāma viśvāni devo vayunāni vidvān | sasasya carma ghṛtavat padaṁ ves tad id agnī rakṣaty aprayucchan

The skilful one has made himself a dear name to be invoked, the god who knows all the marks (of time); the skin of sasa, the ghee-rich track of the bird — just that Agni guards without slackening.

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

RV 3 5.7

आ योनिम् अग्निर् घृतवन्तम् अस्थात् पृथुप्रगाणम् उशन्तम् उशानः । दीद्यानः शुचिर् ऋष्वः पावकः पुनः-पुनर् मातरा नव्यसी कः

ā yonim agnir ghṛtavantam asthāt pṛthupragāṇam uśantam uśānaḥ | dīdyānaḥ śucir ṛṣvaḥ pāvakaḥ punaḥ-punar mātarā navyasī kaḥ

Agni has mounted the ghee-filled womb, wide of approach and willing, he himself willing; shining, pure, lofty, cleansing, again and again he makes the two mothers new.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.8

सद्यो जात ओषधीभिर् ववक्षे यदी वर्धन्ति प्रस्वो घृतेन । आप इव प्रवता शुम्भमाना उरुष्यद् अग्निः पित्रोर् उपस्थे

sadyo jāta oṣadhībhir vavakṣe yadī vardhanti prasvo ghṛtena | āpa iva pravatā śumbhamānā uruṣyad agniḥ pitror upasthe

Born on the same day, he has grown strong by the plants, when the swelling shoots increase him with ghee; like waters gleaming as they run downhill, Agni gave broad room in the lap of the two parents.

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

RV 3 5.9

उद् उ ष्टुतः समिधा यह्वो अद्यौद् वर्ष्मन् दिवो अधि नाभा पृथिव्याः । मित्रो अग्निर् ईड्यो मातरिश्वा दूतो वक्षद् यजथाय देवान्

ud u ṣṭutaḥ samidhā yahvo adyaud varṣman divo adhi nābhā pṛthivyāḥ | mitro agnir īḍyo mātariśvā dūto vakṣad yajathāya devān

Praised, the mighty one has blazed up with the kindling-wood, on the height of heaven, at the navel of earth; Mitra, Agni, to be invoked, Mātariśvan — let the messenger convey the gods here for the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.10

उद् अस्तम्भीत् समिधा नाकम् ऋष्वो३ ऽग्निर् भवन्न् उत्तमो रोचनानाम् । यदी भृगुभ्यः परि मातरिश्वा गुहा सन्तꣳ हव्यवाहꣳ समीधे

ud astambhīt samidhā nākam ṛṣvo3 'gnir bhavann uttamo rocanānām | yadī bhṛgubhyaḥ pari mātariśvā guhā santaṁ havyavāhaṁ samīdhe

With the kindling-wood the lofty one propped up the vault, Agni becoming the highest of the lights, when Mātariśvan kindled for the Bhṛgus the oblation-bearer that was in hiding.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 5.11

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, accomplish for him who calls refreshment of many wonders, the gain of cattle, most constant; may there be for us a son, offspring, propagating (the line); Agni, let that favour of yours be ours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition