Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 28
Rig Veda 3.28 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 3): Vishvamitra and the Kushika line. This Sukta contains 6 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 3.28.1
अग्ने जुषस्व नो हविः पुरोळाशं जातवेदः | परातःसावेधियावसो
aghne juṣasva no haviḥ puroḷāśaṃ jātavedaḥ | prātaḥsāvedhiyāvaso
Rig Veda 3.28.2
पुरोळा अग्ने पचतस्तुभ्यं वा घा परिष्क्र्तः | तं जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य
puroḷā aghne pacatastubhyaṃ vā ghā pariṣkṛtaḥ | taṃ juṣasva yaviṣṭhya
Agni, the sacrificial cake hath been prepared and dressed for thee: Accept it, O Most Youthful God.
Rig Veda 3.28.3
अग्ने वीहि पुरोळाषमाहुतं तिरोह्न्यम | सहसः सूनुरस्यध्वरे हितः
aghne vīhi puroḷāṣamāhutaṃ tiroahnyam | sahasaḥ sūnurasyadhvare hitaḥ
Agni, enjoy the cake of meal and our oblation three days old: Thou, Son of Strength, art stablished at our sacrifice.
Rig Veda 3.28.4
माध्यन्दिने सवने जातवेदः पुरोळाशमिह कवे जुषस्व | अग्ने यह्वस्य तव भागधेयं न पर मिनन्ति विदथेषु धीराः
mādhyandine savane jātavedaḥ puroḷāśamiha kave juṣasva | aghne yahvasya tava bhāghadheyaṃ na pra minanti vidatheṣu dhīrāḥ
Here at the midday sacrifice enjoy thou the sacrificial cake, wise, Jātavedas! Agni, the sages in assemblies never minish the portion due to thee the Mighty.
Rig Veda 3.28.5
अग्ने तर्तीये सवने हि कानिषः पुरोळाशं सहसः सूनवाहुतम | अथा देवेष्वध्वरं विपन्यया धा रत्नवन्तमम्र्तेषु जाग्र्विम
aghne tṛtīye savane hi kāniṣaḥ puroḷāśaṃ sahasaḥ sūnavāhutam | athā deveṣvadhvaraṃ vipanyayā dhā ratnavantamamṛteṣu jāghṛvim
O Agni, at the third libation takewith joy the offered cake of sacrifice, thou, Son of Strength. Through skill in song bear to the Gods our sacrifice, watchful and fraught with riches, to Immortal God.
Rig Veda 3.28.6
अग्ने वर्धान आहुतिं पुरोळाशं जातवेदः | जुषस्व तिरोह्न्यम
aghne vṛdhāna āhutiṃ puroḷāśaṃ jātavedaḥ | juṣasva tiroahnyam
O waxing Agni, knower, thou, of all, accept our gifts, the cake, And that prepared ere yesterday.
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