Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 13
Rig Veda 3.13 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 3): Vishvamitra and the Kushika line. This Sukta contains 7 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 3.13.1
पर वो देवायाग्नये बर्हिष्ठमर्चास्मै | गमद देवेभिरास नो यजिष्ठो बर्हिरा सदत
pra vo devāyāghnaye barhiṣṭhamarcāsmai | ghamad devebhirāsa no yajiṣṭho barhirā sadat
Rig Veda 3.13.2
रतावा यस्य रोदसी दक्षं सचन्त ऊतयः | हविष्मन्तस्तमीळते तं सनिष्यन्तो.अवसे
ṛtāvā yasya rodasī dakṣaṃ sacanta ūtayaḥ | haviṣmantastamīḷate taṃ saniṣyanto.avase
The Holy, whose are earth and heaven, and succour waits upon his strength; Him men who bring oblations laud, and they who wish to gain, for grace.
Rig Veda 3.13.3
स यन्ता विप्र एषां स यज्ञानामथा हि षः | अग्निं तं वो दुवस्यत दाता यो वनिता मघम
sa yantā vipra eṣāṃ sa yajñānāmathā hi ṣaḥ | aghniṃ taṃ vo duvasyata dātā yo vanitā magham
He is the Sage who guides these men, Leader of sacred rites is he. Him your own Agni, serve ye well, who winneth and bestoweth wealth.
Rig Veda 3.13.4
स नः शर्माणि वीतये.अग्निर्यछतु शन्तमा | यतो नःप्रुष्णवद वसु दिवि कषितिभ्यो अप्स्वा
sa naḥ śarmāṇi vītaye.aghniryachatu śantamā | yato naḥpruṣṇavad vasu divi kṣitibhyo apsvā
So may the gracious Agni grant most goodly shelter for our use; Whence in the heavens or in the floods he shall pour wealth upon our lands.
Rig Veda 3.13.5
दीदिवांसमपूर्व्यं वस्वीभिरस्य धीतिभिः | रक्वाणो अग्निमिन्धते होतारं विश्पतिं विशाम
dīdivāṃsamapūrvyaṃ vasvībhirasya dhītibhiḥ | ṛkvāṇo aghnimindhate hotāraṃ viśpatiṃ viśām
The singers kindle him, the Priest, Agni the Lord of tribes of men, Resplendent and without a peer through his own excellent designs.
Rig Veda 3.13.6
उत नो बरह्मन्नविष उक्थेषु देवहूतमः | शं नः शोचामरुद्व्र्धो.अग्ने सहस्रसातमः
uta no brahmannaviṣa uktheṣu devahūtamaḥ | śaṃ naḥ śocāmarudvṛdho.aghne sahasrasātamaḥ
Help us, thou Brahman, best of all invokers of the Gods in song. Beam, Friend of Maruts, bliss on us, O Agni, a most liberal God.
Rig Veda 3.13.7
नू नो रास्व सहस्रवत तोकवत पुष्टिमद वसु | दयुमदग्ने सुवीर्यं वर्षिष्थमनुपक्षितम
nū no rāsva sahasravat tokavat puṣṭimad vasu | dyumadaghne suvīryaṃ varṣiṣthamanupakṣitam
Yea, grant us treasure thousandfold with children and with nourishment, And, Agni, splendid hero strength, exalted, wasting not away.
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