Ṛgveda · Sūkta 3.5
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3.5.1
प्रत्य॒ग्निरु॒षस॒श्चेकि॑ता॒नोऽबो॑धि॒ विप्रः॑ पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नाम् ।
पृ॒थु॒पाजा॑ देव॒यद्भिः॒ समि॒द्धोऽप॒ द्वारा॒ तम॑सो॒ वह्नि॑रावः ॥
The awakened Agni appeared before the dawns; as a wise one he rose along the path of the poets. Kindled well by those who desire the gods, the bearer of offerings opened the two doors of darkness.
3.5.2
प्रेद्व॒ग्निर्वा॑वृधे॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्गी॒र्भि स्तो॑तॄ॒णां न॑म॒स्य॑ उ॒क्थैः ।
पू॒र्वीर्ऋ॒तस्य॑ सं॒दृश॑श्चका॒नः सं दू॒तो अ॑द्यौदु॒षसो॑ विरो॒के ॥
Agni has grown strong with praises, songs, and hymns of praise; he is worthy of homage from the praisers. Showing the many sights of the cosmic order, the messenger shone forth in the light of the dawn.
3.5.3
अधा॑य्य॒ग्निर्मानु॑षीषु वि॒क्षु अ॒पां गर्भो॑ मि॒त्र ऋ॒तेन॒ साध॑न् ।
आ ह॑र्य॒तो य॑ज॒तः सान्व॑स्था॒दभू॑दु॒ विप्रो॒ हव्यो॑ मती॒नाम् ॥
Agni was set among the human peoples, the womb of the waters, the friend who accomplishes by the cosmic order. Tawny and adorable, he stood on the mountain ridge; he is wise, to be invoked with hymns.
3.5.4
मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निर्भ॑वति॒ यत्समि॑द्धो मि॒त्रो होता॒ वरु॑णो जा॒तवे॑दाः ।
मि॒त्रो अ॑ध्व॒र्युरि॑षि॒रो दमू॑ना मि॒त्रः सिन्धू॑नामु॒त पर्व॑तानाम् ॥
When Agni is kindled, he becomes Mitra; Mitra is the hotar, Varuna, and Jātavedas. Mitra is the adhvaryu, the impeller, and the house-lords; Mitra belongs to the rivers and also to the mountains.
3.5.5
पाति॑ प्रि॒यं रि॒पो अग्रं॑ प॒दं वेः पाति॑ य॒ह्वश्चर॑णं॒ सूर्य॑स्य ।
पाति॒ नाभा॑ स॒प्तशी॑र्षाणम॒ग्निः पाति॑ दे॒वाना॑मुप॒माद॑मृ॒ष्वः ॥
He guards the dear one of the enemy, the foremost step of the bird; the mighty one guards the course of the sun. He guards the seven-headed one at the center; Agni guards the meeting-place of the gods, the bull.
3.5.6
ऋ॒भुश्च॑क्र॒ ईड्यं॒ चारु॒ नाम॒ विश्वा॑नि दे॒वो व॒युना॑नि वि॒द्वान् ।
स॒सस्य॒ चर्म॑ घृ॒तव॑त्प॒दं वेस्तदिद॒ग्नी र॑क्ष॒त्यप्र॑युच्छन् ॥
The Ṛbhus fashioned the praiseworthy, beautiful name; the god, knowing all wondrous deeds... the hide of Sasa, the ghee-rich step of the bird—this Agni guards, the one who does not forget.
3.5.7
आ योनि॑म॒ग्निर्घृ॒तव॑न्तमस्थात्पृ॒थुप्र॑गाणमु॒शन्त॑मुशा॒नः ।
दीद्या॑नः॒ शुचि॑र्ऋ॒ष्वः पा॑व॒कः पुनः॑पुनर्मा॒तरा॒ नव्य॑सी कः ॥
Agni, rich in ghee, came and took his place in the wide-striding, shining seat; the bright, swift, purifying Agni again and again made the two mothers new.
3.5.8
स॒द्यो जा॒त ओष॑धीभिर्ववक्षे॒ यदी॒ वर्ध॑न्ति प्र॒स्वो॑ घृ॒तेन॑ ।
आप॑ इव प्र॒वता॒ शुम्भ॑माना उरु॒ष्यद॒ग्निः पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थे॑ ॥
At once born with the herbs, Agni grows; when the mothers are strengthened with ghee, flowing like waters, adorning themselves, Agni spreads out in the lap of the two parents.
3.5.9
उदु॑ ष्टु॒तः स॒मिधा॑ य॒ह्वो अ॑द्यौ॒द्वर्ष्म॑न्दि॒वो अधि॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्याः ।
मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निरीड्यो॑ मात॒रिश्वा दू॒तो व॑क्षद्य॒जथा॑य दे॒वान् ॥
Praised, mighty with kindling wood, Agni shone forth on the height of the sky and in the navel of the earth; may Agni the friend, the praiseworthy Mātariśvan, as messenger bring the gods hither for the sacrifice.
3.5.10
उद॑स्तम्भीत्स॒मिधा॒ नाक॑मृ॒ष्वोऽग्निर्भव॑न्नुत्त॒मो रो॑च॒नाना॑म् ।
यदी॒ भृगु॑भ्यः॒ परि॑ मात॒रिश्वा॒ गुहा॒ सन्तं॑ हव्य॒वाहं॑ समी॒धे ॥
Mighty with kindling wood, Agni propped up the vault of heaven and became the highest of the lights, when Mātariśvan, for the Bhṛgus, kindled all around the offering-bearing Agni hidden in the cave.
3.5.11
इळा॑मग्ने पुरु॒दंसं॑ स॒निं गोः श॑श्वत्त॒मं हव॑मानाय साध ।
स्यान्नः॑ सू॒नुस्तन॑यो वि॒जावाग्ने॒ सा ते॑ सुम॒तिर्भू॑त्व॒स्मे ॥
O Agni, giver of much, grant Iḷā, the most abundant gift of cows, to the one who invokes; O Agni, may that good will of yours be ours, and may a son, offspring, a son who carries on the line, be ours.