Rigveda 3.5

3.5.1

प्रत्य॒ग्निरु॒षस॒श्चेकि॑ता॒नोऽबो॑धि॒ विप्र॑: पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नाम् | पृ॒थु॒पाजा॑ देव॒यद्भि॒: समि॒द्धोऽप॒ द्वारा॒ तम॑सो॒ वह्नि॑रावः ||

AGNI who shines against the Dawns is wakened. The holy Singer who precedes the sages. With far-spread lustre, kindled by the pious, the Priest hath thrown both gates of darkness open.

3.5.2

प्रेद्व॒ग्निर्वा॑वृधे॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्गी॒र्भिः स्तो॑तॄ॒णां न॑म॒स्य॑ उ॒क्थैः | पू॒र्वीर्ऋ॒तस्य॑ सं॒दृश॑श्चका॒नः सं दू॒तो अ॑द्यौदु॒षसो॑ विरो॒के ||

Agni hath waxen mighty by laudations, to be adored with hymns of those who praise him. Loving the varied shows of holy Order at the first flush of dawn he shines as envoy.

3.5.3

अधा॑य्य॒ग्निर्मानु॑षीषु वि॒क्ष्व१पां गर्भो॑ मि॒त्र ऋ॒तेन॒ साध॑न् | आ ह॑र्य॒तो य॑ज॒तः सान्व॑स्था॒दभू॑दु॒ विप्रो॒ हव्यो॑ मती॒नाम् ||

Amid men's homes hath Agni been established, fulfilling with the Law, Friend, germ of waters. Loved and adored, the height he hath ascended, the Singer, object of our invocations.

3.5.4

मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निर्भ॑वति॒ यत् समि॑द्धो मि॒त्रो होता॒ वरु॑णो जा॒तवे॑दाः | मि॒त्रो अ॑ध्व॒र्युरि॑षि॒रो दमू॑ना मि॒त्रः सिन्धू॑नामु॒त पर्व॑तानाम् ||

Agni is Mitra when enkindled duly, Mitra as Priest, Varuṇa, Jātavedas; Mitra as active minister, and House-Friend, Mitra of flowing rivers and of mountains.

3.5.5

पाति॑ प्रि॒यं रि॒पो अग्रं॑ प॒दं वेः पाति॑ य॒ह्वश्चर॑णं॒ सूर्य॑स्य | पाति॒ नाभा॑ स॒प्तशी॑र्षाणम॒ग्निः पाति॑ दे॒वाना॑मुप॒माद॑मृ॒ष्वः ||

The Earth's, the Bird's dear lofty place he guardeth, he guardeth in his might the course of Sūrya, Guardeth the Seven-headed in the centre, guardeth sublime the Deities enjoyment.

3.5.6

ऋ॒भुश्च॑क्र॒ ईड्यं॒ चारु॒ नाम॒ विश्वा॑नि दे॒वो व॒युना॑नि वि॒द्वान् | स॒सस्य॒ चर्म॑ घृ॒तव॑त् प॒दं वेस्तदिद॒ग्नी र॑क्ष॒त्यप्र॑युच्छन् ||

The skilful God who knows all forms of knowledge made for himself a fair form, meet for worship. This Agni guards with care that never ceases the Soma's skin, the Bird's place rich in fatness.

3.5.7

आ योनि॑म॒ग्निर्घृ॒तव॑न्तमस्थात् पृ॒थुप्र॑गाणमु॒शन्त॑मुशा॒नः | दीद्या॑न॒: शुचि॑र्ऋ॒ष्वः पा॑व॒कः पुन॑:पुनर्मा॒तरा॒ नव्य॑सी कः ||

Agni hath entered longingly the longing shrine rich with fatness, giving easy access. Resplendent, pure, sublime and purifying, again, again he renovates his Mothers.

3.5.8

स॒द्यो जा॒त ओष॑धीभिर्ववक्षे॒ यदी॒ वर्ध॑न्ति प्र॒स्वो॑ घृ॒तेन॑ | आप॑ इव प्र॒वता॒ शुम्भ॑माना उरु॒ष्यद॒ग्निः पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थे॑ ||

Born suddenly, by plants he grew to greatness, when tender shoots with holy oil increased him, Like waters lovely when they hasten downward may Agni in his Parents' lap protect us.

3.5.9

उदु॑ ष्टु॒तः स॒मिधा॑ य॒ह्वो अ॑द्यौ॒द् वर्ष्म॑न् दि॒वो अधि॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्याः | मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निरीड्यो॑ मात॒रिश्वा ऽऽ दू॒तो व॑क्षद् य॒जथा॑य दे॒वान् ||

Extolled, the Strong shone forth with kindled fuel to the earth's centre, to the height of heaven. May Agni, Friend, adorable Mātariśvan, as envoy bring the Gods unto our worship.

3.5.10

उद॑स्तम्भीत्स॒मिधा॒ नाक॑मृ॒ष्वो॒३ऽग्निर्भव॑न्नुत्त॒मो रो॑च॒नाना॑म् | यदी॒ भृगु॑भ्य॒: परि॑ मात॒रिश्वा॒ गुहा॒ सन्तं॑ हव्य॒वाहं॑ समी॒धे ||

Best of all luminaries lofty Agni supported with his flame the height of heaven, When, far from Bhṛgus, Mātariśvan kindled the oblation-bearer where he lay in secret.

3.5.11

॥ इळा॑मग्ने पुरु॒दंसं॑ स॒निं गोः श॑श्वत्त॒मं हव॑मानाय साध | स्यान्न॑: सू॒नुस्तन॑यो वि॒जावा ऽग्ने॒ सा ते॑ सुम॒तिर्भू॑त्व॒स्मे ||

As holy food, Agni to thine invoker give wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels. To us be born a son and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to us-word.