Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 3

RV 7 3.1

अग्निꣳ वो देवम् अग्निभिः सजोषा यजिष्ठꣳ दूतम् अध्वरे कृणुध्वम् । यो मर्त्येषु निध्रुविर् ऋतावा तपुर्मूर्धा घृतान्नः पावकः

agniṁ vo devam agnibhiḥ sajoṣā yajiṣṭhaṁ dūtam adhvare kṛṇudhvam | yo martyeṣu nidhruvir ṛtāvā tapurmūrdhā ghṛtānnaḥ pāvakaḥ

Make Agni, your god, in accord with the fires, most worthy of sacrifice, your messenger in the rite — he who among mortals is steadfast, keeping ṛta, hot-headed, eating ghee, the purifier.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 3.2

प्रोथद् अश्वो न यवसे ऽविष्यन् यदा महः सꣳवरणाद् व्य् अस्थात् । आद् अस्य वातो अनु वाति शोचिर् अध स्म ते व्रजनꣳ कृष्णम् अस्ति

prothad aśvo na yavase 'viṣyan yadā mahaḥ saṁvaraṇād vy asthāt | ād asya vāto anu vāti śocir adha sma te vrajanaṁ kṛṣṇam asti

He snorted like a horse greedy for fodder when he strode forth out of the great enclosure; then the wind blows after his flame; and then your track is black.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 3.3

उद् यस्य ते नवजातस्य वृष्णो ऽग्ने चरन्त्य् अजरा इधानाः । अच्छा द्याम् अरुषो धूम एति सꣳ दूतो अग्न ईयसे हि देवान्

ud yasya te navajātasya vṛṣṇo 'gne caranty ajarā idhānāḥ | acchā dyām aruṣo dhūma eti saṁ dūto agna īyase hi devān

You, O Agni, the newly born bull, whose unaging kindled (flames) move upward — toward heaven goes the ruddy smoke: for as messenger, Agni, you go to the gods.

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RV 7 3.4

वि यस्य ते पृथिव्याम् पाजो अश्रेत् तृषु यद् अन्ना समवृक्त जम्भैः । सेनेव सृष्टा प्रसितिष् ट एति यवꣳ न दस्म जुह्वा विवेक्षि

vi yasya te pṛthivyām pājo aśret tṛṣu yad annā samavṛkta jambhaiḥ | seneva sṛṣṭā prasitiṣ ṭa eti yavaṁ na dasma juhvā vivekṣi

You whose brilliance has spread over the earth, when greedily he has seized the foods with his jaws — like an army let loose your onslaught goes; with your tongue you split (it) as (one splits) barley, O wondrous one.

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

RV 7 3.5

तम् इद् दोषा तम् उषसि यविष्ठम् अग्निम् अत्यꣳ न मर्जयन्त नरः । निशिशाना अतिथिम् अस्य योनौ दीदाय शोचिर् आहुतस्य वृष्णः

tam id doṣā tam uṣasi yaviṣṭham agnim atyaṁ na marjayanta naraḥ | niśiśānā atithim asya yonau dīdāya śocir āhutasya vṛṣṇaḥ

Him at evening, him at dawn, the youngest Agni, the men groom like a steed; whetting (him), the guest in his own seat — the flame of the bull, when offered to, has shone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 3.6

सुसꣳदृक् ते स्वनीक प्रतीकꣳ वि यद् रुक्मो न रोचस उपाके । दिवो न ते तन्यतुर् एति शुष्मश् चित्रो न सूरः प्रति चक्षि भानुम्

susaṁdṛk te svanīka pratīkaṁ vi yad rukmo na rocasa upāke | divo na te tanyatur eti śuṣmaś citro na sūraḥ prati cakṣi bhānum

Fair to behold is your face, O fair-faced one, when you shine forth close by like gold; like the thunder of heaven your force comes; like the bright sun you show forth your radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 3.7

यथा वः स्वाहाग्नये दाशेम परीऴाभिर् घृतवद्भिश् च हव्यैः । तेभिर् नो अग्ने अमितैर् महोभिः शतम् पूर्भिर् आयसीभिर् नि पाहि

yathā vaḥ svāhāgnaye dāśema parīḻābhir ghṛtavadbhiś ca havyaiḥ | tebhir no agne amitair mahobhiḥ śatam pūrbhir āyasībhir ni pāhi

So that we may offer to Agni for you with the cry "svāhā", with heaped-up gifts and with oblations rich in ghee — with those immeasurable powers, Agni, guard us, with a hundred iron strongholds.

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

RV 7 3.8

या वा ते सन्ति दाशुषे अधृष्टा गिरो वा याभिर् नृवतीर् उरुष्याः । ताभिर् नः सूनो सहसो नि पाहि स्मत् सूरीञ् जरितॄञ् जातवेदः

yā vā te santi dāśuṣe adhṛṣṭā giro vā yābhir nṛvatīr uruṣyāḥ | tābhir naḥ sūno sahaso ni pāhi smat sūrīñ jaritṝñ jātavedaḥ

Or whatever unassailable (aids) of yours there are for the one who offers, or the songs by which you protect the manly (clans) — with those, O son of strength, guard us, together with our patrons and singers, O Jātavedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 3.9

निर् यत् पूतेव स्वधितिः शुचिर् गात् स्वया कृपा तन्वा३ रोचमानः । आ यो मात्रोर् उशेन्यो जनिष्ट देवयज्याय सुक्रतुः पावकः

nir yat pūteva svadhitiḥ śucir gāt svayā kṛpā tanvā3 rocamānaḥ | ā yo mātror uśenyo janiṣṭa devayajyāya sukratuḥ pāvakaḥ

When he has gone forth pure, like a cleansed axe, shining with his own form, with his body; who was born, longed for, from his two mothers, for the worship of the gods, of good resolve, the purifier —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 3.10

एता नो अग्ने सौभगा दिदीह्य् अपि क्रतुꣳ सुचेतसꣳ वतेम । विश्वा स्तोतृभ्यो गृणते च सन्तु यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

etā no agne saubhagā didīhy api kratuṁ sucetasaṁ vatema | viśvā stotṛbhyo gṛṇate ca santu yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Shine these good fortunes upon us, Agni; may we also attain a well-minded resolve. Let all (blessings) be for the praisers and for the singer. Do you (gods) always protect us with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition