Rigveda 3.16
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.16.1
a̱yam a̱gniḥ su̱vīrya̱syeśe̍ ma̱haḥ saubha̍gasya |
rā̱ya ī̍śe svapa̱tyasya̱ goma̍ta̱ īśe̍ vṛtra̱hathā̍nām ||
THIS Agni is the Lord of great felicity and hero Strength; Lord of wealth in herds of kine; Lord of the battles with the foe.
3.16.2
i̱maṁ na̍ro marutaḥ saścatā̱ vṛdha̱ṁ yasmi̱n rāya̱ḥ śevṛ̍dhāsaḥ |
a̱bhi ye santi̱ pṛta̍nāsu dū̱ḍhyo̍ vi̱śvāhā̱ śatru̍m āda̱bhuḥ ||
Wait, Maruts, Heroes, upon him the Prosperer in whom is bliss-increasing wealth; Who in fights ever conquer evil-hearted men, who overcome the enemy.
3.16.3
sa tvaṁ no̍ rā̱yaḥ śi̍śīhi̱ mīḍhvo̍ agne su̱vīrya̍sya |
tuvi̍dyumna̱ varṣi̍ṣṭhasya pra̱jāva̍to 'namī̱vasya̍ śu̱ṣmiṇa̍ḥ ||
As such, O Agni, deal us wealth and hero might, O Bounteous One! Most lofty, very glorious, rich in progeny, free from disease and full of power.
3.16.4
cakri̱r yo viśvā̱ bhuva̍nā̱bhi sā̍sa̱hiś cakri̍r de̱veṣv ā duva̍ḥ |
ā de̱veṣu̱ yata̍ta̱ ā su̱vīrya̱ ā śaṁsa̍ u̱ta nṛ̱ṇām ||
He who made all that lives, who passes all in might, who orders service to the Gods, He works among the Gods, he works in hero strength, yea, also in the praise of men.
3.16.5
mā no̍ a̱gne 'ma̍taye̱ māvīra̍tāyai rīradhaḥ |
māgotā̍yai sahasas putra̱ mā ni̱de 'pa̱ dveṣā̱ṁsy ā kṛ̍dhi ||
Give us not up to indigence, Agni, nor want of hero sons, Nor, Son of Strength, to lack of cattle, nor to blame. Drive. thou our enemies away.
3.16.6
śa̱gdhi vāja̍sya subhaga pra̱jāva̱to 'gne̍ bṛha̱to a̍dhva̱re |
saṁ rā̱yā bhūya̍sā sṛja mayo̱bhunā̱ tuvi̍dyumna̱ yaśa̍svatā ||
Help us to strength, blest Agni! rich in progeny, abundant, in our sacrifice. Flood us with riches yet more plenteous, bringing weal, with high renown, most Glorious One!
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
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (12)
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Sāmavedārthaprakāśa — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Elements of Buddhist Iconography — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English
- Āgneyaparvasāman — Sanskrit