Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 3

RV 6 3.1

अग्ने स क्षेषद् ऋतपा ऋतेजा उरु ज्योतिर् नशते देवयुष् टे । यꣳ त्वम् मित्रेण वरुणः सजोषा देव पासि त्यजसा मर्तम् अꣳहः

agne sa kṣeṣad ṛtapā ṛtejā uru jyotir naśate devayuṣ ṭe | yaṁ tvam mitreṇa varuṇaḥ sajoṣā deva pāsi tyajasā martam aṁhaḥ

O Agni, that man shall dwell (in peace), guarding ṛta, born in ṛta; god-loving, he attains your wide light — the mortal whom you, Varuṇa, in accord with Mitra, o god, protect from distress by (your) driving-off.

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

RV 6 3.2

ईजे यज्ञेभिः शशमे शमीभिर् ऋधद्वारायाग्नये ददाश । एवा चन तꣳ यशसाम् अजुष्टिर् नाꣳहो मर्तꣳ नशते न प्रदृप्तिः

īje yajñebhiḥ śaśame śamībhir ṛdhadvārāyāgnaye dadāśa | evā cana taṁ yaśasām ajuṣṭir nāṁho martaṁ naśate na pradṛptiḥ

He hath paid sacrifices, toiled in worship, and offered gifts to wealth-increasing Agni. Him the displeasure of the famous moves not, outrage and scorn affect not such a mortal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 6 3.3

सूरो न यस्य दृशतिर् अरेपा भीमा यद् एति शुचतस् त आ धीः । हेषस्वतः शुरुधो नायम् अक्तोः कुत्रा चिद् रण्वो वसतिर् वनेजाः

sūro na yasya dṛśatir arepā bhīmā yad eti śucatas ta ā dhīḥ | heṣasvataḥ śurudho nāyam aktoḥ kutrā cid raṇvo vasatir vanejāḥ

Whose look is spotless, like the sun's, and fearful when it goes forth — such is the vision of you as you blaze; like the nourishments of a neighing (steed) by night, he is delightful anywhere as a dwelling-place, born in the wood.

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

RV 6 3.4

तिग्मꣳ चिद् एम महि वर्पो अस्य भसद् अश्वो न यमसान आसा । विजेहमानः परशुर् न जिह्वाꣳ द्रविर् न द्रावयति दारु धक्षत्

tigmaṁ cid ema mahi varpo asya bhasad aśvo na yamasāna āsā | vijehamānaḥ paraśur na jihvāṁ dravir na drāvayati dāru dhakṣat

Sharp indeed is his course, great his form; he chews with his mouth like a horse held in check. Gaping wide, (he thrusts out) his tongue like an axe; like a smelter he melts (it), burning the wood.

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

RV 6 3.5

स इद् अस्तेव प्रति धाद् असिष्यञ् छिशीत तेजो ऽयसो न धाराम् । चित्रध्रजतिर् अरतिर् यो अक्तोर् वेर् न द्रुषद्वा रघुपत्मजꣳहाः

sa id asteva prati dhād asiṣyañ chiśīta tejo 'yaso na dhārām | citradhrajatir aratir yo aktor ver na druṣadvā raghupatmajaṁhāḥ

He, like an archer, laid (the arrow) on, about to shoot; he sharpened his flame like the blade of iron — he of brilliant onrush, the one who speeds through the night, who like a bird settling in a tree has swift-flying stride.

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

RV 6 3.6

स ईꣳ रेभो न प्रति वस्त उस्राः शोचिषा रारपीति मित्रमहाः । नक्तꣳ य ईम् अरुषो यो दिवा नॄन् अमर्त्यो अरुषो यो दिवा नॄन्

sa īṁ rebho na prati vasta usrāḥ śociṣā rārapīti mitramahāḥ | naktaṁ ya īm aruṣo yo divā nṝn amartyo aruṣo yo divā nṝn

He, like a singer, answers the dawn rays; with his flame he cries out again and again, he who is great as Mitra — who by night, and who by day, (comes) ruddy to men, the immortal ruddy one who by day (comes) to men.

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

RV 6 3.7

दिवो न यस्य विधतो नवीनोद् वृषा रुक्ष ओषधीषु नूनोत् । घृणा न यो ध्रजसा पत्मना यन्न् आ रोदसी वसुना दꣳ सुपत्नी

divo na yasya vidhato navīnod vṛṣā rukṣa oṣadhīṣu nūnot | ghṛṇā na yo dhrajasā patmanā yann ā rodasī vasunā daṁ supatnī

Whose (roar) bellowed like that of the worshipping heaven; the bull, bright, roared among the plants; who, going with heat, with rushing flight, (fills) the two world-halves with wealth — the house that is well-wived.

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

RV 6 3.8

धायोभिर् वा यो युज्येभिर् अर्कैर् विद्युन् न दविद्योत् स्वेभिः शुष्मैः । शर्धो वा यो मरुताꣳ ततक्ष ऋभुर् न त्वेषो रभसानो अद्यौत्

dhāyobhir vā yo yujyebhir arkair vidyun na davidyot svebhiḥ śuṣmaiḥ | śardho vā yo marutāṁ tatakṣa ṛbhur na tveṣo rabhasāno adyaut

Or (he) who with nourishments, with chants that fit together, flashed out like lightning with his own blasts; or he who fashioned the troop of the Maruts — like a Ṛbhu, fierce, raging, he shone forth.

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