Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 22
Rig Veda 3.22 — Agni
Deity: 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 3.22.1
अयं सो अग्निर्यस्मिन सोममिन्द्रः सुतं दधे जठरे वावशानः | सहस्रिणं वाजमत्यं न सप्तिं ससवान सन सतूयसे जातवेदः
ayaṃ so aghniryasmin somamindraḥ sutaṃ dadhe jaṭhare vāvaśānaḥ | sahasriṇaṃ vājamatyaṃ na saptiṃ sasavān san stūyase jātavedaḥ
THIS is that Agni whence the longing Indra took the pressed Soma deep within his body. Winner of spoils in thousands, like a courser, with praise art thou exalted, Jātavedas.
Rig Veda 3.22.2
अग्ने यत ते दिवि वर्चः पर्थिव्यां यदोषधीष्वप्स्वा यजत्र | येनान्तरिक्षमुर्वाततन्थ तवेषः स भानुरर्णवो नर्चक्षाः
aghne yat te divi varcaḥ pṛthivyāṃ yadoṣadhīṣvapsvā yajatra | yenāntarikṣamurvātatantha tveṣaḥ sa bhānurarṇavo nṛcakṣāḥ
That light of thine in heaven and earth, O Agni, in plants, O Holy One, and in the waters, Wherewith thou hast spread wide the air's mid-region-bright is that splendour, wavy, man-beholding.
Rig Veda 3.22.3
अग्ने दिवो अर्णमछा जिगास्यछा देवानूचिषे धिष्ण्याये | या रोचने परस्तात सूर्यस्य याश्चावस्तादुपतिष्ठण्त आपः
aghne divo arṇamachā jighāsyachā devānūciṣe dhiṣṇyāye | yā rocane parastāt sūryasya yāścāvastādupatiṣṭhaṇta āpaḥ
O Agni, to the sea of heaven thou goest: thou hast called hither Gods beheld in spirit. The waters, too, come hither, those up yonder in the Sun's realm of light, and those beneath it.
Rig Veda 3.22.4
पुरीष्यासो अग्नयः परावणेभिः सजोषसः | जुषन्तां यज्ञमद्रुहो.अनमीवा इषो महीः
purīṣyāso aghnayaḥ prāvaṇebhiḥ sajoṣasaḥ | juṣantāṃ yajñamadruho.anamīvā iṣo mahīḥ
Let fires that dwell in mist, combined with those that have their home in floods, Guileless accept our sacrifice, great viands free from all disease.
Rig Veda 3.22.5
इळामग्ने ...
iḷāmaghne ...
Agni, as holy food to thine invoker give wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels. To us be born a son and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to us-ward.
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