Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 23
Rig Veda 3.23 — 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 3.23.1
निर्मथितः सुधित आ सधस्थे युवा कविरध्वरस्य परणेता | जूर्यत्स्वग्निरजरो वनेष्वत्रा दधे अम्र्तं जातवेदाः
nirmathitaḥ sudhita ā sadhasthe yuvā kaviradhvarasya praṇetā | jūryatsvaghnirajaro vaneṣvatrā dadhe amṛtaṃ jātavedāḥ
Rig Veda 3.23.2
अमन्थिष्टां भारता रेवदग्निं देवश्रवा देववातः सुदक्षम | अग्ने वि पश्य बर्हताभि रायेषां नो नेता भवतादनु दयून
amanthiṣṭāṃ bhāratā revadaghniṃ devaśravā devavātaḥ sudakṣam | aghne vi paśya bṛhatābhi rāyeṣāṃ no netā bhavatādanu dyūn
Both Bharatas, Devaśravas, Devāvata, have strongly rubbed to life effectual Agni. O Agni, look thou forth with ample riches: be, every day, bearer of food to feed us.
Rig Veda 3.23.3
दश कषिपः पूर्व्यं सीमजीजनन सुजातं मात्र्षु परियम | अग्निं सतुहि दैववातं देवश्रवो यो जनानामसद वशी
daśa kṣipaḥ pūrvyaṃ sīmajījanan sujātaṃ mātṛṣu priyam | aghniṃ stuhi daivavātaṃ devaśravo yo janānāmasad vaśī
Him nobly born of old the fingers ten produced, him whom his Mothers counted dear. Praise Devāvata's Agni, thou Devaśravas, him who shall be the people's Lord.
Rig Veda 3.23.4
नि तवा दधे वर आ पर्थिव्या इळायास पदे सुदिनत्वे अह्नाम | दर्षद्वत्यां मानुष आपयायां सरस्वत्यां रेवदग्नेदिदीहि
ni tvā dadhe vara ā pṛthivyā iḷāyās pade sudinatve ahnām | dṛṣadvatyāṃ mānuṣa āpayāyāṃ sarasvatyāṃ revadaghnedidīhi
He set thee in the earth's most lovely station, in Iḷā's place, in days of fair bright weather. On man, on Āpayā, Agni! on the rivers Dṛṣadvati, Sarasvatī, shine richly.
Rig Veda 3.23.5
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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