Ṛgveda · Sūkta 3.27

3.27.1

प्र वो॒ वाजा॑ अ॒भिद्य॑वो ह॒विष्म॑न्तो घृ॒ताच्या॑ ।
दे॒वाञ्जि॑गाति सुम्न॒युः ॥

Forth go your bright prizes with the ghee-anointed oblation; the one seeking favor approaches the gods.

ईळे॑ अ॒ग्निं वि॑प॒श्चितं॑ गि॒रा य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् ।
श्रु॒ष्टी॒वानं॑ धि॒तावा॑नम् ॥

I praise Agni, the all-wise, the accomplisher of the sacrifice through song; he is eager to hear, rich in devotion.

अग्ने॑ श॒केम॑ ते व॒यं यमं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ वा॒जिनः॑ ।
अति॒ द्वेषां॑सि तरेम ॥

O Agni, may we be able to keep to the discipline of the god, of the mighty ones; may we cross over hostilities.

स॒मि॒ध्यमा॑नो अध्व॒रेऽग्निः पा॑व॒क ईड्यः॑ ।
शो॒चिष्के॑श॒स्तमी॑महे ॥

Kindled at the rite, the purifier, worthy of praise, with flaming hair — him we invoke.

पृ॒थु॒पाजा॒ अम॑र्त्यो घृ॒तनि॑र्णि॒क्स्वा॑हुतः ।
अ॒ग्निर्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ हव्य॒वाट् ॥

Broad-striding, immortal, streaming with ghee, well invoked — Agni is the bearer of the sacrifice's oblation.

तं स॒बाधो॑ य॒तस्रु॑च इ॒त्था धि॒या य॒ज्ञव॑न्तः ।
आ च॑क्रुर॒ग्निमू॒तये॑ ॥

Him, joined together, with ladles raised, thus with devotion, the sacrificers set up Agni for protection.

होता॑ दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः पु॒रस्ता॑देति मा॒यया॑ ।
वि॒दथा॑नि प्रचो॒दय॑न् ॥

The immortal god, the invoking priest, comes forward by his wisdom, urging the sacred rites onward.

वा॒जी वाजे॑षु धीयते अध्व॒रेषु॒ प्र णी॑यते ।
विप्रो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नः ॥

The swift one is set in contests of strength and led forward in the sacrifices; he is the wise accomplisher of the rite.

धि॒या च॑क्रे॒ वरे॑ण्यो भू॒तानां॒ गर्भ॒मा द॑धे ।
दक्ष॑स्य पि॒तरं॒ तना॑ ॥

The most desirable one made by thought; he takes up the embryo of beings, and by his extension becomes the father of Daksha's skill.

नि त्वा॑ दधे॒ वरे॑ण्यं॒ दक्ष॑स्ये॒ळा स॑हस्कृत ।
अग्ने॑ सुदी॒तिमु॒शिज॑म् ॥

I have set you down for the most desirable skill, by the sacred song, O Agni made by strength, O bright one of fine radiance.

अ॒ग्निं य॒न्तुर॑म॒प्तुर॑मृ॒तस्य॒ योगे॑ व॒नुषः॑ ।
विप्रा॒ वाजैः॒ समि॑न्धते ॥

Agni, the bringer and the reacher, in the union of cosmic order; the wise worshippers kindle him well with oblations.

ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑तमध्व॒रे दी॑दि॒वांस॒मुप॒ द्यवि॑ ।
अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे क॒विक्र॑तुम् ॥

I praise Agni, grandson of strength, shining in the sacrifice and over the heaven, the sage-minded one of wise purpose.

ई॒ळेन्यो॑ नम॒स्य॑स्ति॒रस्तमां॑सि दर्श॒तः ।
सम॒ग्निरि॑ध्यते॒ वृषा॑ ॥

Worthy of praise and of homage, Agni, passing across the darknesses, visible, is kindled well, like a bull.

वृषो॑ अ॒ग्निः समि॑ध्य॒तेऽश्वो॒ न दे॑व॒वाह॑नः ।
तं ह॒विष्म॑न्त ईळते ॥

The bull Agni is indeed kindled well, like a horse bearing the gods; those who hold oblations praise him.

वृष॑णं त्वा व॒यं वृ॑ष॒न्वृष॑णः॒ समि॑धीमहि ।
अग्ने॒ दीद्य॑तं बृ॒हत् ॥

O bull, we shall kindle you, bull that you are; O Agni, shine forth greatly.