Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 6

RV 3 6.1

प्र कारवो मनना वच्यमाना देवद्रीचीꣳ नयत देवयन्तः । दक्षिणावाड् वाजिनी प्राच्य् एति हविर् भरन्त्य् अग्नये घृताची

pra kāravo mananā vacyamānā devadrīcīṁ nayata devayantaḥ | dakṣiṇāvāḍ vājinī prācy eti havir bharanty agnaye ghṛtācī

Forward, O singers, swaying with your thought, seeking the gods, lead (the song) god-ward; bearing the oblation, the prize-winning one that carries the dakṣiṇā goes eastward, ghee-laden, to Agni.

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RV 3 6.2

आ रोदसी अपृणा जायमान उत प्र रिक्था अध नु प्रयज्यो । दिवश् चिद् अग्ने महिना पृथिव्या वच्यन्ताꣳ ते वह्नयः सप्तजिह्वाः

ā rodasī apṛṇā jāyamāna uta pra rikthā adha nu prayajyo | divaś cid agne mahinā pṛthivyā vacyantāṁ te vahnayaḥ saptajihvāḥ

Being born, you filled the two worlds, and indeed you went beyond them, O you eager for sacrifice; beyond heaven too, O Agni, and beyond earth by your greatness — let your seven-tongued draught-horses be driven on.

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RV 3 6.3

द्यौश् च त्वा पृथिवी यज्ञियासो नि होतारꣳ सादयन्ते दमाय । यदी विशो मानुषीर् देवयन्तीः प्रयस्वतीर् ईऴते शुक्रम् अर्चिः

dyauś ca tvā pṛthivī yajñiyāso ni hotāraṁ sādayante damāya | yadī viśo mānuṣīr devayantīḥ prayasvatīr īḻate śukram arciḥ

Heaven and Earth and those worthy of sacrifice seat you down as hotṛ for the house, when the human clans, seeking the gods, with their offerings, invoke the bright flame.

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RV 3 6.4

महान् सधस्थे ध्रुव आ निषत्तो ऽन्तर् द्यावा माहिने हर्यमाणः । आस्क्रे सपत्नी अजरे अमृक्ते सबर्दुघे उरुगायस्य धेनू

mahān sadhasthe dhruva ā niṣatto 'ntar dyāvā māhine haryamāṇaḥ | āskre sapatnī ajare amṛkte sabardughe urugāyasya dhenū

Great, firm, seated in the common place, between the two mighty ones, heaven (and earth), being desired — the two inseparable co-wives, unaging, unharmed, ever-milking, the two milk-cows of the far-striding one.

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RV 3 6.5

व्रता ते अग्ने महतो महानि तव क्रत्वा रोदसी आ ततन्थ । त्वꣳ दूतो अभवो जायमानस् त्वꣳ नेता वृषभ चर्षणीनाम्

vratā te agne mahato mahāni tava kratvā rodasī ā tatantha | tvaṁ dūto abhavo jāyamānas tvaṁ netā vṛṣabha carṣaṇīnām

Your vows, O great Agni, are great; by your resolve you stretched out the two worlds; as you were being born you became the messenger; you, O bull, are the leader of the peoples.

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RV 3 6.6

ऋतस्य वा केशिना योग्याभिर् घृतस्नुवा रोहिता धुरि धिष्व । अथा वह देवान् देव विश्वान् स्वध्वरा कृणुहि जातवेदः

ṛtasya vā keśinā yogyābhir ghṛtasnuvā rohitā dhuri dhiṣva | athā vaha devān deva viśvān svadhvarā kṛṇuhi jātavedaḥ

Set at the pole, with the harness-straps, the two ruddy ones of ṛta, maned, dripping ghee; then convey all the gods, O god; make the rites go well, O Jātavedas.

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RV 3 6.7

दिवश् चिद् आ ते रुचयन्त रोका उषो विभातीर् अनु भासि पूर्वीः । अपो यद् अग्न उशधग् वनेषु होतुर् मन्द्रस्य पनयन्त देवाः

divaś cid ā te rucayanta rokā uṣo vibhātīr anu bhāsi pūrvīḥ | apo yad agna uśadhag vaneṣu hotur mandrasya panayanta devāḥ

Even from heaven your gleams have shone; you shine along the many dawns as they blaze out; when, O Agni, burning eagerly in the woods, the gods praised the work of the gladdening hotṛ.

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RV 3 6.8

उरौ वा ये अन्तरिक्षे मदन्ति दिवो वा ये रोचने सन्ति देवाः । ऊमा वा ये सुहवासो यजत्रा आयेमिरे रथ्यो अग्ने अश्वाः

urau vā ye antarikṣe madanti divo vā ye rocane santi devāḥ | ūmā vā ye suhavāso yajatrā āyemire rathyo agne aśvāḥ

Or those gods who revel in the wide midspace, or who are in the shining realm of heaven, or the helpers, easily invoked, worthy of worship — for them your chariot-horses have been reined in, O Agni.

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RV 3 6.9

ऐभिर् अग्ने सरथꣳ याह्य् अर्वाङ् नानारथꣳ वा विभवो ह्य् अश्वाः । पत्नीवतस् त्रिꣳशतꣳ त्रीꣳश् च देवान् अनुष्वधम् आ वह मादयस्व

aibhir agne sarathaṁ yāhy arvāṅ nānārathaṁ vā vibhavo hy aśvāḥ | patnīvatas triṁśataṁ trīm̐ś ca devān anuṣvadham ā vaha mādayasva

Come hither, Agni, on one chariot with these, or on separate chariots — for your horses are mighty; convey here the thirty-three gods with their wives, each according to his own custom, and rejoice.

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RV 3 6.10

स होता यस्य रोदसी चिद् उर्वी यज्ञꣳ-यज्ञम् अभि वृधे गृणीतः । प्राची अध्वरेव तस्थतुः सुमेके ऋतावरी ऋतजातस्य सत्ये

sa hotā yasya rodasī cid urvī yajñaṁ-yajñam abhi vṛdhe gṛṇītaḥ | prācī adhvareva tasthatuḥ sumeke ṛtāvarī ṛtajātasya satye

He is the hotṛ whose sacrifice, at each and every sacrifice, even the two wide worlds sing forth for increase. Facing east they stand, like (the two at) the rite, well-fixed, holding ṛta, true (worlds) of him who is born of ṛta.

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RV 3 6.11

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

Agni, bring to fulfilment for the one who invokes (thee) Iḍā of many wondrous deeds, the winning of cattle, most continual. May there be to us a son, an offspring, one who propagates. Agni, let that favour of thine be with us.

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