Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 20
Rig Veda 3.20 — HYMN XX Agni
Rishi family (Mandala 3): Vishvamitra and the Kushika line. This Sukta contains 5 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 3.20.1
अग्निमुषसमश्विना दधिक्रां वयुष्टिषु हवते वह्निरुक्थैः | सुज्योतिषो नः शर्ण्वन्तु देवाः सजोषसो अध्वरं वावशानाः
aghnimuṣasamaśvinā dadhikrāṃ vyuṣṭiṣu havate vahnirukthaiḥ | sujyotiṣo naḥ śṛṇvantu devāḥ sajoṣaso adhvaraṃ vāvaśānāḥ
Rig Veda 3.20.2
अग्ने तरी ते वाजिना तरी षधस्था तिस्रस्ते जिह्वा रतजात पूर्वीः | तिस्र उ ते तन्वो देववातास्ताभिर्नः पाहि गिरो अप्रयुछन
aghne trī te vājinā trī ṣadhasthā tisraste jihvā ṛtajāta pūrvīḥ | tisra u te tanvo devavātāstābhirnaḥ pāhi ghiro aprayuchan
Three are thy powers, O Agni, three thy stations, three are thy tongues, yea, many, Child of Order! Three bodies hast thou which the Gods delight in: with these protect our hymns with care unceasing.
Rig Veda 3.20.3
अग्ने भूरीणि तव जातवेदो देव सवधावो.अम्र्तस्य नाम | याश्च माया मायिनां विश्वमिन्व तवे पूर्वीः सन्दधुःप्र्ष्टबन्धो
aghne bhūrīṇi tava jātavedo deva svadhāvo.amṛtasya nāma | yāśca māyā māyināṃ viśvaminva tve pūrvīḥ sandadhuḥpṛṣṭabandho
O Agni, many are the names thou bearest, immortal, God, Divine, and Jātavedas. And many charms of charmers, All-Inspirer! have they laid in thee, Lord of true attendants!
Rig Veda 3.20.4
अग्निर्नेता भग इव कषितीनां दैवीनां देव रतुपा रतावा | स वर्त्रहा सनयो विश्ववेदाः पर्षद विश्वाति दुरिता गर्णन्तम
aghnirnetā bhagha iva kṣitīnāṃ daivīnāṃ deva ṛtupā ṛtāvā | sa vṛtrahā sanayo viśvavedāḥ parṣad viśvāti duritā ghṛṇantam
Agni, like Bhaga, leads the godly people, he who is true to Law and guards the seasons. Ancient, all-knowing, he the Vṛtra-slayer shall bear the singer safe through every trouble.
Rig Veda 3.20.5
ददहिक्रामग्निमुषसं च देवीं बर्हस्पतिं सवितारं चदेवम | अश्विना मित्रावरुणा भगं च वसून रुद्रानादित्यानिह हुवे
dadahikrāmaghnimuṣasaṃ ca devīṃ bṛhaspatiṃ savitāraṃ cadevam | aśvinā mitrāvaruṇā bhaghaṃ ca vasūn rudrānādityāniha huve
I call on Savitar the God, on Morning, Bṛhaspati, and Dadhikrās, and Agni, On Varuṇa and Mitra, on the Aśvins, Bhaga, the Vasus, Rudras and Ādityas.
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