Ṛgveda · Sūkta 4.3

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4.3.1

आ वो॒ राजा॑नमध्व॒रस्य॑ रु॒द्रं होता॑रं सत्य॒यजं॒ रोद॑स्योः ।
अ॒ग्निं पु॒रा त॑नयि॒त्नोर॒चित्ता॒द्हिर॑ण्यरूप॒मव॑से कृणुध्वम् ॥

Invite here Agni, lord of the sacrifice, Rudra, the invoking priest, who sacrifices truly, belonging to heaven and earth. Before the thunderer and the unthinking power, set up the golden-formed Agni for your protection.

4.3.2

अ॒यं योनि॑श्चकृ॒मा यं व॒यं ते॑ जा॒येव॒ पत्य॑ उश॒ती सु॒वासाः॑ ।
अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नः परि॑वीतो॒ नि षी॑दे॒मा उ॑ ते स्वपाक प्रती॒चीः ॥

This is the place we have made for you. As a wife, well-clad, comes to her husband, so, O well-cooking one, let these come and sit down before you, facing you.

4.3.3

आ॒शृ॒ण्व॒ते अदृ॑पिताय॒ मन्म॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑से सुमृळी॒काय॑ वेधः ।
दे॒वाय॑ श॒स्तिम॒मृता॑य शंस॒ ग्रावे॑व॒ सोता॑ मधु॒षुद्यमी॒ळे ॥

For him who hears, who is free of pride, who watches over men, who is easily gracious, O seer, recite your hymn. Sing praise to the immortal god; as with a stone that presses the soma, I praise him, the honey-pressing one.

4.3.4

त्वं चि॑न्नः॒ शम्या॑ अग्ने अ॒स्या ऋ॒तस्य॑ बोध्यृतचित्स्वा॒धीः ।
क॒दा त॑ उ॒क्था स॑ध॒माद्या॑नि क॒दा भ॑वन्ति स॒ख्या गृ॒हे ते॑ ॥

You too, O Agni, awaken for us as the knower of this sacred order, O wise one. When will your recitations and shared feasts be? When will there be friendships in your house?

4.3.5

क॒था ह॒ तद्वरु॑णाय॒ त्वम॑ग्ने क॒था दि॒वे ग॑र्हसे॒ कन्न॒ आगः॑ ।
क॒था मि॒त्राय॑ मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ पृथि॒व्यै ब्रवः॒ कद॑र्य॒म्णे कद्भगा॑य ॥

O Agni, how do you speak that to Varuṇa? How do you revile the sky? What fault of ours do you speak of? How do you speak to Mitra, to the bountiful earth? What do you say to Aryaman, to Bhaga?

4.3.6

कद्धिष्ण्या॑सु वृधसा॒नो अ॑ग्ने॒ कद्वाता॑य॒ प्रत॑वसे शुभं॒ये ।
परि॑ज्मने॒ नास॑त्याय॒ क्षे ब्रवः॒ कद॑ग्ने रु॒द्राय॑ नृ॒घ्ने ॥

O Agni, when, thriving in the dhiṣṇya seats, will you speak to the Wind, to the swift one, to the brilliant one, to the Aśvins who go around? When will you speak for the home? O Agni, when will you speak to Rudra, to the man-smiter?

4.3.7

क॒था म॒हे पु॑ष्टिम्भ॒राय॑ पू॒ष्णे कद्रु॒द्राय॒ सुम॑खाय हवि॒र्दे ।
कद्विष्ण॑व उरुगा॒याय॒ रेतो॒ ब्रवः॒ कद॑ग्ने॒ शर॑वे बृह॒त्यै ॥

When will you speak for the great nourisher Pūṣan, when for Rudra of good sacrifice, when for the giver of oblations? When, O Agni, will you speak for Viṣṇu, the wide-striding one, for vigor, for Śaru and for Bṛhatī?

4.3.8

क॒था शर्धा॑य म॒रुता॑मृ॒ताय॑ क॒था सू॒रे बृ॑ह॒ते पृ॒च्छ्यमा॑नः ।
प्रति॑ ब्र॒वोऽदि॑तये तु॒राय॒ साधा॑ दि॒वो जा॑तवेदश्चिकि॒त्वान् ॥

How, when questioned, for the might of the Maruts, for cosmic order, for the great sun? Speak for Aditi, for the swift one. O Jātavedas, knowing, make straight the paths of heaven.

4.3.9

ऋ॒तेन॑ ऋ॒तं निय॑तमीळ॒ आ गोरा॒मा सचा॒ मधु॑मत्प॒क्वम॑ग्ने ।
कृ॒ष्णा स॒ती रुश॑ता धा॒सिनै॒षा जाम॑र्येण॒ पय॑सा पीपाय ॥

By cosmic order, I invoke the ordered order, O Agni, with the raw milk of the cow and the ripened, honeyed ghee. Though dark, she shines by her own supporting strength, filled with the milk of the same birth.

4.3.10

ऋ॒तेन॒ हि ष्मा॑ वृष॒भश्चि॑द॒क्तः पुमाँ॑ अ॒ग्निः पय॑सा पृ॒ष्ठ्ये॑न ।
अस्प॑न्दमानो अचरद्वयो॒धा वृषा॑ शु॒क्रं दु॑दुहे॒ पृश्नि॒रूधः॑ ॥

Indeed by cosmic order, the bull is truly moistened; the male Agni is filled with the milk of the spotted cow. Trembling, he moved about, bearer of vigor; the strong one milked the bright milk from the udder of the spotted cow.

4.3.11

ऋ॒तेनाद्रिं॒ व्य॑सन्भि॒दन्तः॒ समङ्गि॑रसो नवन्त॒ गोभिः॑ ।
शु॒नं नरः॒ परि॑ षदन्नु॒षास॑मा॒विः स्व॑रभवज्जा॒ते अ॒ग्नौ ॥

By cosmic order they broke the mountain apart; the Aṅgirases bellowed together with the cows. Men, joyful, sat around Uṣas; when Agni was born, the sun became manifest in the open.

4.3.12

ऋ॒तेन॑ दे॒वीर॒मृता॒ अमृ॑क्ता॒ अर्णो॑भि॒रापो॒ मधु॑मद्भिरग्ने ।
वा॒जी न सर्गे॑षु प्रस्तुभा॒नः प्र सद॒मित्स्रवि॑तवे दधन्युः ॥

By cosmic order, the goddesses — the immortal, unsoiled waters — flow with their sweet streams, O Agni. As a racehorse surges forward in the contest, so they have set themselves in motion to flow forever.

4.3.13

मा कस्य॑ य॒क्षं सद॒मिद्धु॒रो गा॒ मा वे॒शस्य॑ प्रमिन॒तो मापेः ।
मा भ्रातु॑रग्ने॒ अनृ॑जोर्ऋ॒णं वे॒र्मा सख्यु॒र्दक्षं॑ रि॒पोर्भु॑जेम ॥

O Agni, may we never forsake anyone's sacrifice, nor fall from the householder's yoke. O Agni, do not release from us the debt owed to the injurer, the stranger, or the brother; may we not enjoy the strength of the friend or the strength of the enemy.