Rigveda 3.11
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.11.1
a̱gnir hotā̍ pu̱rohi̍to 'dhva̱rasya̱ vica̍rṣaṇiḥ |
sa ve̍da ya̱jñam ā̍nu̱ṣak ||
AGNI is Priest, the great High Priest of sacrifice, most swift in act: He knows the rite in constant course.
3.11.2
sa ha̍vya̱vāḻ ama̍rtya u̱śig dū̱taś cano̍hitaḥ |
a̱gnir dhi̱yā sam ṛ̍ṇvati ||
Oblation-bearer, deathless, well inclined, an eager messenger, Agni comes nigh us with the thought.
3.11.3
a̱gnir dhi̱yā sa ce̍tati ke̱tur ya̱jñasya̍ pū̱rvyaḥ |
artha̱ṁ hy a̍sya ta̱raṇi̍ ||
Ensign of sacrifice from of old, Agni well knoweth with his thought To prosper this man's aim and hope.
3.11.4
a̱gniṁ sū̱nuṁ sana̍śruta̱ṁ saha̍so jā̱tave̍dasam |
vahni̍ṁ de̱vā a̍kṛṇvata ||
Agni, illustrious from old time, the Son of Strength who knows all life, The Gods have made to their Priest.
3.11.5
adā̍bhyaḥ purae̱tā vi̱śām a̱gnir mānu̍ṣīṇām |
tūrṇī̱ ratha̱ḥ sadā̱ nava̍ḥ ||
Infallible is Agni, he who goes before the tribes of men, A chariot swift and ever new.
3.11.6
sā̱hvān viśvā̍ abhi̱yuja̱ḥ kratu̍r de̱vānā̱m amṛ̍ktaḥ |
a̱gnis tu̱viśra̍vastamaḥ ||
Strength of the Gods which none may harm, subduing all his enemies, Agni is mightiest in fame.
3.11.7
a̱bhi prayā̍ṁsi̱ vāha̍sā dā̱śvām̐ a̍śnoti̱ martya̍ḥ |
kṣaya̍m pāva̱kaśo̍ciṣaḥ ||
By offering sacred food to him the mortal worshipper obtains. A home from him whose light makes pure.
3.11.8
pari̱ viśvā̍ni̱ sudhi̍tā̱gner a̍śyāma̱ manma̍bhiḥ |
viprā̍so jā̱tave̍dasaḥ ||
From Agni, by our hymns, may we gain all things that bring happiness, Singers of him who knows all life.
3.11.9
agne̱ viśvā̍ni̱ vāryā̱ vāje̍ṣu saniṣāmahe |
tve de̱vāsa̱ eri̍re ||
O Agni, in our deeds of might may we obtain all precious things: Tle Gods are centred all in thee.
Translations (7)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (9)
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- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
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- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans — F. Max Müller, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German