Rigveda 3.19
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.19
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.19.1
a̱gniṁ hotā̍ra̱m pra vṛ̍ṇe mi̱yedhe̱ gṛtsa̍ṁ ka̱viṁ vi̍śva̱vida̱m amū̍ram |
sa no̍ yakṣad de̱vatā̍tā̱ yajī̍yān rā̱ye vājā̍ya vanate ma̱ghāni̍ ||
Aow, quick, sage, infallible, all-knowing, I choose to be our Priest at this oblation. In our Gods' service he, best skilled, shall worship: may he obtain us boons for strength and riches.
3.19.2
pra te̍ agne ha̱viṣma̍tīm iya̱rmy acchā̍ sudyu̱mnāṁ rā̱tinī̍ṁ ghṛ̱tācī̍m |
pra̱da̱kṣi̱ṇid de̱vatā̍tim urā̱ṇaḥ saṁ rā̱tibhi̱r vasu̍bhir ya̱jñam a̍śret ||
Agni, to thee I lift the oil-fed ladle, bright, with an offering, bearing our oblation. From the right hand, choosing the Gods' attendance, he with rich presents hath arranged the worship.
3.19.3
sa tejī̍yasā̱ mana̍sā̱ tvota̍ u̱ta śi̍kṣa svapa̱tyasya̍ śi̱kṣoḥ |
agne̍ rā̱yo nṛta̍masya̱ prabhū̍tau bhū̱yāma̍ te suṣṭu̱taya̍ś ca̱ vasva̍ḥ ||
Of keenest spirit is the man thou aidest give us good offspring, thou who givest freely. In power of wealth most rich in men. O Agni, of thee, the Good, may we sing forth fair praises.
3.19.4
bhūrī̍ṇi̱ hi tve da̍dhi̱re anī̱kāgne̍ de̱vasya̱ yajya̍vo̱ janā̍saḥ |
sa ā va̍ha de̱vatā̍tiṁ yaviṣṭha̱ śardho̱ yad a̱dya di̱vyaṁ yajā̍si ||
Men as they worship thee the God, O Agni, have set on thee full many a brilliant, aspect. So bring Most Youthful One, the Gods' asserrigly, the Heavenly Host which thou to-day shalt honour.
3.19.5
yat tvā̱ hotā̍ram a̱naja̍n mi̱yedhe̍ niṣā̱daya̍nto ya̱jathā̍ya de̱vāḥ |
sa tvaṁ no̍ agne 'vi̱teha bo̱dhy adhi̱ śravā̍ṁsi dhehi nas ta̱nūṣu̍ ||
When Gods anoint thee Priest at their oblation, and seat thee for thy task as Sacrificer, O Agni, be thou here our kind defender, and to ourselves vouchsafe the gift of glory.
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 (7)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- 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
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit