Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 9

RV 3 9.1

सखायस् त्वा ववृमहे देवम् मर्तास ऊतये । अपाꣳ नपातꣳ सुभगꣳ सुदीदितिꣳ सुप्रतूर्तिम् अनेहसम्

sakhāyas tvā vavṛmahe devam martāsa ūtaye | apāṁ napātaṁ subhagaṁ sudīditiṁ supratūrtim anehasam

We mortals, as comrades, have chosen you, the god, for (our) help — the child of the waters, bringing good fortune, brightly shining, well pressing forward, without a rival.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.2

कायमानो वना त्वꣳ यन् मातॄर् अजगन्न् अपः । न तत् ते अग्ने प्रमृषे निवर्तनꣳ यद् दूरे सन्न् इहाभवः

kāyamāno vanā tvaṁ yan mātṝr ajagann apaḥ | na tat te agne pramṛṣe nivartanaṁ yad dūre sann ihābhavaḥ

Longing for the woods, you went to the waters, your mothers; that returning of yours is not to be forgotten, Agni, that being far away you came to be here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.3

अति तृष्टꣳ ववक्षिथाथैव सुमना असि । प्र-प्रान्ये यन्ति पर्य् अन्य आसते येषाꣳ सख्ये असि श्रितः

ati tṛṣṭaṁ vavakṣithāthaiva sumanā asi | pra-prānye yanti pary anya āsate yeṣāṁ sakhye asi śritaḥ

You have grown beyond what is harsh, and yet you are kindly-minded. Some go forth and forth, others sit around — they in whose friendship you are lodged.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.4

ईयिवाꣳसम् अति स्रिधः शश्वतीर् अति सश्चतः । अन्व् ईम् अविन्दन् निचिरासो अद्रुहो ऽप्सु सिꣳहम् इव श्रितम्

īyivāṁsam ati sridhaḥ śaśvatīr ati saścataḥ | anv īm avindan nicirāso adruho 'psu siṁham iva śritam

Him who had gone beyond the stumblings, beyond the many pursuers — the watchful, undeceiving ones tracked him down, lodged in the waters like a lion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.5

ससृवाꣳसम् इव त्मनाग्निम् इत्था तिरोहितम् । ऐनꣳ नयन् मातरिश्वा परावतो देवेभ्यो मथितम् परि

sasṛvāṁsam iva tmanāgnim itthā tirohitam | ainaṁ nayan mātariśvā parāvato devebhyo mathitam pari

Agni, who had as it were slipped away of himself, thus hidden — him Mātariśvan led from afar, churned out, to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.6

तꣳ त्वा मर्ता अगृभ्णत देवेभ्यो हव्यवाहन । विश्वान् यद् यज्ञाꣳ अभिपासि मानुष तव क्रत्वा यविष्ठ्य

taṁ tvā martā agṛbhṇata devebhyo havyavāhana | viśvān yad yajñām̐ abhipāsi mānuṣa tava kratvā yaviṣṭhya

You, such as you are, the mortals took for the gods, O carrier of oblations, since you, O (friend) of men, watch over all the sacrifices by your own resolve, O youngest one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.7

तद् भद्रꣳ तव दꣳसना पाकाय चिच् छदयति । त्वाꣳ यद् अग्ने पशवः समासते समिद्धम् अपिशर्वरे

tad bhadraṁ tava daṁsanā pākāya cic chadayati | tvāṁ yad agne paśavaḥ samāsate samiddham apiśarvare

That is a blessing of yours: your skill gives shelter even to the simple man, since, Agni, the animals sit together about you when you are kindled at nightfall.

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

RV 3 9.8

आ जुहोता स्वध्वरꣳ शीरम् पावकशोचिषम् । आशुꣳ दूतम् अजिरम् प्रत्नम् ईड्यꣳ श्रुष्टी देवꣳ सपर्यत

ā juhotā svadhvaraṁ śīram pāvakaśociṣam | āśuṁ dūtam ajiram pratnam īḍyaṁ śruṣṭī devaṁ saparyata

Pour (the offering) to him of the good rite, the keen one with purifying flame; serve readily the swift, untiring messenger, the ancient one to be invoked, the god.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 9.9

त्रीणि शता त्री सहस्राण्य् अग्निꣳ त्रिꣳशच् च देवा नव चासपर्यन् । औक्षन् घृतैर् अस्तृणन् बर्हिर् अस्मा आद् इद् धोतारꣳ न्य् असादयन्त

trīṇi śatā trī sahasrāṇy agniṁ triṁśac ca devā nava cāsaparyan | aukṣan ghṛtair astṛṇan barhir asmā ād id dhotāraṁ ny asādayanta

Three hundred, three thousand, and thirty and nine gods served Agni; they sprinkled him with ghee, spread the barhis for him, and thereupon seated him as hotṛ.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition