Rigveda 3.20
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.20
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- Sanskrit
3.20.1
a̱gnim u̱ṣasa̍m a̱śvinā̍ dadhi̱krāṁ vyu̍ṣṭiṣu havate̱ vahni̍r u̱kthaiḥ |
su̱jyoti̍ṣo naḥ śṛṇvantu de̱vāḥ sa̱joṣa̍so adhva̱raṁ vā̍vaśā̱nāḥ ||
WITH lauds at break of morn the priest invoketh Agni, Dawn, Dadhikrâs, and both the Aṣvins. With one consent the Gods whose light is splendid, longing to taste our sacrifice, shall hear us.
3.20.2
agne̱ trī te̱ vāji̍nā̱ trī ṣa̱dhasthā̍ ti̱sras te̍ ji̱hvā ṛ̍tajāta pū̱rvīḥ |
ti̱sra u̍ te ta̱nvo̍ de̱vavā̍tā̱s tābhi̍r naḥ pāhi̱ giro̱ apra̍yucchan ||
Three are thy powers, O Agni, three thy stations, three are thy tongues, yea, many, Child of Order! Three bodies hast thou which the Gods delight in: with these protect our hymns with care unceasing.
3.20.3
agne̱ bhūrī̍ṇi̱ tava̍ jātavedo̱ deva̍ svadhāvo̱ 'mṛta̍sya̱ nāma̍ |
yāś ca̍ mā̱yā mā̱yinā̍ṁ viśvaminva̱ tve pū̱rvīḥ sa̍ṁda̱dhuḥ pṛ̍ṣṭabandho ||
O Agni, many are the names thou bearest, immortal, God, Divine, and Jâtavedas. And many charms of charmers, All-Inspirer! have they laid in thee, Lord of true attendants!
3.20.4
a̱gnir ne̱tā bhaga̍ iva kṣitī̱nāṁ daivī̍nāṁ de̱va ṛ̍tu̱pā ṛ̱tāvā̍ |
sa vṛ̍tra̱hā sa̱nayo̍ vi̱śvave̍dā̱ḥ parṣa̱d viśvāti̍ duri̱tā gṛ̱ṇanta̍m ||
Agni, like Bhaga, leads the godly people, he who is true to Law and guards the seasons. Ancient, all-knowing, he the Vṛitra-slayer shall bear the singer safe through every trouble.
3.20.5
da̱dhi̱krām a̱gnim u̱ṣasa̍ṁ ca de̱vīm bṛha̱spati̍ṁ savi̱tāra̍ṁ ca de̱vam |
a̱śvinā̍ mi̱trāvaru̍ṇā̱ bhaga̍ṁ ca̱ vasū̍n ru̱drām̐ ā̍di̱tyām̐ i̱ha hu̍ve ||
I call on Savitar the God, on Morning, Bṛihaspati, and Dadhikrâs, and Agni, On Varuṇa and Mitra, on the Aṣvins, Bhaga, the Vasus, Rudras and Âdityas.
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 (12)
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- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
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- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English