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Rigveda 3.18

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.18

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3.18.1

bhavā̍ no agne su̱manā̱ upe̍tau̱ sakhe̍va̱ sakhye̍ pi̱tare̍va sā̱dhuḥ |
pu̱ru̱druho̱ hi kṣi̱tayo̱ janā̍nā̱m prati̍ pratī̱cīr da̍hatā̱d arā̍tīḥ ||

AGNI, be kind to us when we approach thee good as a friend to friend, as sire and mother. The races of mankind are great oppressors burn up malignity that strives against us.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.18.2

tapo̱ ṣv a̍gne̱ anta̍rām̐ a̱mitrā̱n tapā̱ śaṁsa̱m ara̍ruṣa̱ḥ para̍sya |
tapo̍ vaso cikitā̱no a̱cittā̱n vi te̍ tiṣṭhantām a̱jarā̍ a̱yāsa̍ḥ ||

Agni, burn up the unfriendly who are near us, burn thou the foeman's curse who pays no worship. Burn, Vasu, thou who markest well, the foolish: let thine eternal nimble beams surround thee.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.18.3

i̱dhmenā̍gna i̱cchamā̍no ghṛ̱tena̍ ju̱homi̍ ha̱vyaṁ tara̍se̱ balā̍ya |
yāva̱d īśe̱ brahma̍ṇā̱ vanda̍māna i̱māṁ dhiya̍ṁ śata̱seyā̍ya de̱vīm ||

With fuel, Agni, and with oil, desirous, mine offering I present for strength and conquest, With prayer, so far as I have power, adoring-this hymn divine to gain a hundred treasures.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.18.4

uc cho̱ciṣā̍ sahasas putra stu̱to bṛ̱had vaya̍ḥ śaśamā̱neṣu̍ dhehi |
re̱vad a̍gne vi̱śvāmi̍treṣu̱ śaṁ yor ma̍rmṛ̱jmā te̍ ta̱nva1̱̍m bhūri̱ kṛtva̍ḥ ||

Give with thy glow, thou Son of Strength, when lauded, great vital power to those who toil to serve thee. Give richly, Agni, to the Viṣvâmitras in rest and stir. Oft have we decked thy body.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.18.5

kṛ̱dhi ratna̍ṁ susanita̱r dhanā̍nā̱ṁ sa ghed a̍gne bhavasi̱ yat sami̍ddhaḥ |
sto̱tur du̍ro̱ṇe su̱bhaga̍sya re̱vat sṛ̱prā ka̱rasnā̍ dadhiṣe̱ vapū̍ṁṣi ||

Give us, O liberal Lord, great gtore of riches, for, Agni, such art thou when duly kindled. Thou in the happy singer's home bestowest, amply with arms extended, things of beauty.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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