Rigveda 3.27
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.27.1
pra vo̱ vājā̍ a̱bhidya̍vo ha̱viṣma̍nto ghṛ̱tācyā̍ |
de̱vāñ ji̍gāti sumna̱yuḥ ||
IN ladle dropping oil your food goes in oblation up to heaven, Goes to the Gods in search of bliss.
3.27.2
īḻe̍ a̱gniṁ vi̍pa̱ścita̍ṁ gi̱rā ya̱jñasya̱ sādha̍nam |
śru̱ṣṭī̱vāna̍ṁ dhi̱tāvā̍nam ||
Agni I laud, the Sage inspired, crowner of sacrifice through song, Who listens and gives bounteous gifts.
3.27.3
agne̍ śa̱kema̍ te va̱yaṁ yama̍ṁ de̱vasya̍ vā̱jina̍ḥ |
ati̱ dveṣā̍ṁsi tarema ||
O Agni, if we might obtain control of thee the potent God, Then should we overcome our foes.
3.27.4
sa̱mi̱dhyamā̍no adhva̱re̱3̱̍ 'gniḥ pā̍va̱ka īḍya̍ḥ |
śo̱ciṣke̍śa̱s tam ī̍mahe ||
Kindled at sacrifices he is Agni, hallower, meet for praise, With flame for hair: to him we seek.
3.27.5
pṛ̱thu̱pājā̱ ama̍rtyo ghṛ̱tani̍rṇi̱k svā̍hutaḥ |
a̱gnir ya̱jñasya̍ havya̱vāṭ ||
Immortal Agni, shining far, enrobed with oil, well worshipped, bears The gifts of sacrifice away.
3.27.6
taṁ sa̱bādho̍ ya̱tasru̍ca i̱tthā dhi̱yā ya̱jñava̍ntaḥ |
ā ca̍krur a̱gnim ū̱taye̍ ||
The priests with ladles lifted up, worshipping here with holy thought, Have brought this Agni for our aid.
3.27.7
hotā̍ de̱vo ama̍rtyaḥ pu̱rastā̍d eti mā̱yayā̍ |
vi̱dathā̍ni praco̱daya̍n ||
Immortal, Sacrificer, God, with wondrous power he leads the way, Urging the great assembly on.
3.27.8
vā̱jī vāje̍ṣu dhīyate 'dhva̱reṣu̱ pra ṇī̍yate |
vipro̍ ya̱jñasya̱ sādha̍naḥ ||
Strong, he is set on deeds ofstrength. In sacrifices led in front, As Singer he completes the rite.
3.27.9
dhi̱yā ca̍kre̱ vare̍ṇyo bhū̱tānā̱ṁ garbha̱m ā da̍dhe |
dakṣa̍sya pi̱tara̱ṁ tanā̍ ||
Excellent, he was made by thought. The Germ of beings have I gained, Yea, and die Sire of active strength.
3.27.10
ni tvā̍ dadhe̱ vare̍ṇya̱ṁ dakṣa̍sye̱ḻā sa̍haskṛta |
agne̍ sudī̱tim u̱śija̍m ||
Thee have I stablished, Excellent, O strengthened by the sage's prayer, Thee, Agni, longing, nobly bright.
3.27.11
a̱gniṁ ya̱ntura̍m a̱ptura̍m ṛ̱tasya̱ yoge̍ va̱nuṣa̍ḥ |
viprā̱ vājai̱ḥ sam i̍ndhate ||
Agni, the swift and active One, singers, at time of sacrifice, Eagerly kindle with their food.
3.27.12
ū̱rjo napā̍tam adhva̱re dī̍di̱vāṁsa̱m upa̱ dyavi̍ |
a̱gnim ī̍ḻe ka̱vikra̍tum ||
Agni the Son of Strength who shines up to the heaven in solemn rites, The wise of heart, I glorify.
3.27.13
ī̱ḻenyo̍ nama̱sya̍s ti̱ras tamā̍ṁsi darśa̱taḥ |
sam a̱gnir i̍dhyate̱ vṛṣā̍ ||
Meet to be lauded and adored, showing in beauty through the dark, Agni, the Strong, is kindled well.
3.27.14
vṛṣo̍ a̱gniḥ sam i̍dhya̱te 'śvo̱ na de̍va̱vāha̍naḥ |
taṁ ha̱viṣma̍nta īḻate ||
Agni is kindled as a bull, like a horsebearer of the Gods: Men with oblations worship him.
3.27.15
vṛṣa̍ṇaṁ tvā va̱yaṁ vṛ̍ṣa̱n vṛṣa̍ṇa̱ḥ sam i̍dhīmahi |
agne̱ dīdya̍tam bṛ̱hat ||
Thee will we kindle as a bull, we who are Bulls ourselves, O Bull. Thee, Agni, shining mightily.
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)
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