Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 3

RV 4 3.1

आ वो राजानम् अध्वरस्य रुद्रꣳ होतारꣳ सत्ययजꣳ रोदस्योः । अग्निम् पुरा तनयित्नोर् अचित्ताद् धिरण्यरूपम् अवसे कृणुध्वम्

ā vo rājānam adhvarasya rudraṁ hotāraṁ satyayajaṁ rodasyoḥ | agnim purā tanayitnor acittād dhiraṇyarūpam avase kṛṇudhvam

Bring here for yourselves, for your protection, the king of the rite, the Rudra, the hotṛ of the two worlds who sacrifices truly — Agni of golden form — before the unlooked-for thunderclap.

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RV 4 3.2

अयꣳ योनिश् चकृमा यꣳ वयꣳ ते जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासाः । अर्वाचीनः परिवीतो नि षीदेमा उ ते स्वपाक प्रतीचीः

ayaṁ yoniś cakṛmā yaṁ vayaṁ te jāyeva patya uśatī suvāsāḥ | arvācīnaḥ parivīto ni ṣīdemā u te svapāka pratīcīḥ

This is the womb-seat we have made for you, as a wife, longing and well-robed, (makes one) for her husband; turned toward us, wrapped about, sit down — and these (hymns) of yours (stand) facing you, O skilful one.

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RV 4 3.3

आशृण्वते अदृपिताय मन्म नृचक्षसे सुमृऴीकाय वेधः । देवाय शस्तिम् अमृताय शꣳस ग्रावेव सोता मधुषुद् यम् ईऴे

āśṛṇvate adṛpitāya manma nṛcakṣase sumṛḻīkāya vedhaḥ | devāya śastim amṛtāya śaṁsa grāveva sotā madhuṣud yam īḻe

To him who hearkens, who is not confused, who looks upon men, who is gracious — O ordainer, recite a thought, a praise-song to the god, the immortal, whom I, the presser crushing out the sweet like a pressing-stone, invoke.

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RV 4 3.4

त्वꣳ चिन् नः शम्या अग्ने अस्या ऋतस्य बोध्य् ऋतचित् स्वाधीः । कदा त उक्था सधमाद्यानि कदा भवन्ति सख्या गृहे ते

tvaṁ cin naḥ śamyā agne asyā ṛtasya bodhy ṛtacit svādhīḥ | kadā ta ukthā sadhamādyāni kadā bhavanti sakhyā gṛhe te

Do thou too, Agni, take note of this ritual labour of ours, (and) of this ṛta, thou who art mindful of ṛta and well-intentioned. When are there songs of thine to be shared in the revel, when friendships in thy house?

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RV 4 3.5

कथा ह तद् वरुणाय त्वम् अग्ने कथा दिवे गर्हसे कन् न आगः । कथा मित्राय मीऴ्हुषे पृथिव्यै ब्रवः कद् अर्यम्णे कद् भगाय

kathā ha tad varuṇāya tvam agne kathā dive garhase kan na āgaḥ | kathā mitrāya mīḻhuṣe pṛthivyai bravaḥ kad aryamṇe kad bhagāya

How then, Agni, dost thou denounce that to Varuṇa, how to Heaven? What offence of ours (is it)? How wilt thou speak to Mitra the bountiful, to Earth? What to Aryaman, what to Bhaga?

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RV 4 3.6

कद् धिष्ण्यासु वृधसानो अग्ने कद् वाताय प्रतवसे शुभꣳये । परिज्मने नासत्याय क्षे ब्रवः कद् अग्ने रुद्राय नृघ्ने

kad dhiṣṇyāsu vṛdhasāno agne kad vātāya pratavase śubhaṁye | parijmane nāsatyāya kṣe bravaḥ kad agne rudrāya nṛghne

What (wilt thou say), Agni, growing strong upon the hearth-fires, what to Vāta who rushes onward, who moves in beauty? What wilt thou say to the one who circles about, to Nāsatya, to Earth? What, Agni, to Rudra the slayer of men?

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RV 4 3.7

कथा महे पुष्टिम्भराय पूष्णे कद् रुद्राय सुमखाय हविर्दे । कद् विष्णव उरुगायाय रेतो ब्रवः कद् अग्ने शरवे बृहत्यै

kathā mahe puṣṭimbharāya pūṣṇe kad rudrāya sumakhāya havirde | kad viṣṇava urugāyāya reto bravaḥ kad agne śarave bṛhatyai

How to great Pūṣan the bringer of thriving, what to Rudra of good sacrifice, the giver of oblation? What seed to Viṣṇu of wide stride? What wilt thou say, Agni, to the mighty arrow?

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RV 4 3.8

कथा शर्धाय मरुताम् ऋताय कथा सूरे बृहते पृच्छ्यमानः । प्रति ब्रवो ऽदितये तुराय साधा दिवो जातवेदश् चिकित्वान्

kathā śardhāya marutām ṛtāya kathā sūre bṛhate pṛcchyamānaḥ | prati bravo 'ditaye turāya sādhā divo jātavedaś cikitvān

How (wilt thou answer) to the host of the Maruts, to ṛta, how to the great sun, when thou art questioned? Answer to Aditi, to the swift one; accomplish (it), O Jātavedas, knowing one, from heaven.

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RV 4 3.9

ऋतेन ऋतꣳ नियतम् ईऴ आ गोर् आमा सचा मधुमत् पक्वम् अग्ने । कृष्णा सती रुशता धासिनैषा जामर्येण पयसा पीपाय

ṛtena ṛtaṁ niyatam īḻa ā gor āmā sacā madhumat pakvam agne | kṛṣṇā satī ruśatā dhāsinaiṣā jāmaryeṇa payasā pīpāya

By ṛta I invoke the ṛta bound fast within the cow: raw (milk) together with the honeyed cooked (milk), O Agni. Though she is black, she has swelled with shining nourishment, with milk of her kind.

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RV 4 3.10

ऋतेन हि ष्मा वृषभश् चिद् अक्तः पुमाꣳ अग्निः पयसा पृष्ठ्येन । अस्पन्दमानो अचरद् वयोधा वृषा शुक्रꣳ दुदुहे पृश्निर् ऊधः

ṛtena hi ṣmā vṛṣabhaś cid aktaḥ pumām̐ agniḥ payasā pṛṣṭhyena | aspandamāno acarad vayodhā vṛṣā śukraṁ duduhe pṛśnir ūdhaḥ

For by ṛta even the bull was anointed, the male Agni, with the milk of the back. Unstirring he moved, the giver of vigour; the dappled bull milked out the bright udder.

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RV 4 3.11

ऋतेनाद्रिꣳ व्य् असन् भिदन्तः सम् अङ्गिरसो नवन्त गोभिः । शुनꣳ नरः परि षदन्न् उषासम् आविः स्वर् अभवज् जाते अग्नौ

ṛtenādriṁ vy asan bhidantaḥ sam aṅgiraso navanta gobhiḥ | śunaṁ naraḥ pari ṣadann uṣāsam āviḥ svar abhavaj jāte agnau

By ṛta, splitting it, they blew the rock apart; the Aṅgirases roared together with the cows. The men sat around Dawn in good fortune; the sun became manifest when Agni was born.

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RV 4 3.12

ऋतेन देवीर् अमृता अमृक्ता अर्णोभिर् आपो मधुमद्भिर् अग्ने । वाजी न सर्गेषु प्रस्तुभानः प्र सदम् इत् स्रवितवे दधन्युः

ṛtena devīr amṛtā amṛktā arṇobhir āpo madhumadbhir agne | vājī na sargeṣu prastubhānaḥ pra sadam it sravitave dadhanyuḥ

By ṛta the divine, immortal, unimpaired waters, O Agni, with their honeyed floods — like a prize-horse urged on in its courses — have sped forth to flow on continually.

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RV 4 3.13

मा कस्य यक्षꣳ सदम् इद् धुरो गा मा वेशस्य प्रमिनतो मापेः । मा भ्रातुर् अग्ने अनृजोर् ऋणꣳ वेर् मा सख्युर् दक्षꣳ रिपोर् भुजेम

mā kasya yakṣaṁ sadam id dhuro gā mā veśasya praminato māpeḥ | mā bhrātur agne anṛjor ṛṇaṁ ver mā sakhyur dakṣaṁ ripor bhujema

Go not ever to anyone's secret power, nor to that of a deceiving neighbour, nor of a kinsman. Pursue not, Agni, the debt of a crooked brother; may we not have to bear the cunning of a treacherous friend.

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RV 4 3.14

रक्षा णो अग्ने तव रक्षणेभी रारक्षाणः सुमख प्रीणानः । प्रति ष्फुर वि रुज वीड्व् अꣳहो जहि रक्षो महि चिद् वावृधानम्

rakṣā ṇo agne tava rakṣaṇebhī rārakṣāṇaḥ sumakha prīṇānaḥ | prati ṣphura vi ruja vīḍv aṁho jahi rakṣo mahi cid vāvṛdhānam

Guard us, Agni, with thy guardings, ever guarding, O thou of good sacrifice, being gladdened. Spurt back, break the hard distress, slay the demon even though it has grown great.

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RV 4 3.15

एभिर् भव सुमना अग्ने अर्कैर् इमान् स्पृश मन्मभिः शूर वाजान् । उत ब्रह्माण्य् अङ्गिरो जुषस्व सꣳ ते शस्तिर् देववाता जरेत

ebhir bhava sumanā agne arkair imān spṛśa manmabhiḥ śūra vājān | uta brahmāṇy aṅgiro juṣasva saṁ te śastir devavātā jareta

Be of good mind toward these chants, Agni; touch these prizes with (our) thoughts, O hero. And take pleasure in the prayers, O Aṅgiras; may the praise of thee, welcome to the gods, be sung out.

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RV 4 3.16

एता विश्वा विदुषे तुभ्यꣳ वेधो नीथान्य् अग्ने निण्या वचाꣳसि । निवचना कवये काव्यान्य् अशꣳसिषम् मतिभिर् विप्र उक्थैः

etā viśvā viduṣe tubhyaṁ vedho nīthāny agne niṇyā vacāṁsi | nivacanā kavaye kāvyāny aśaṁsiṣam matibhir vipra ukthaiḥ

All these songs, O ordainer, these hidden words, Agni, are for thee the knowing one; recitations, poet's works for the poet — these I, the inspired singer, have proclaimed with thoughts and with hymns.

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