Sukta 3

अग्ने स क्षेषदृतपा ऋतेजा उरु ज्योतिर्नशते देवयुष्टे। यं त्वं मित्रेण वरुणः सजोषा देव पासि त्यजसा मर्तमंहः॥

agne sa kṣeṣadṛtapā ṛtejā uru jyotirnaśate devayuṣṭe | yaṁ tvaṁ mitreṇa varuṇaḥ sajoṣā deva pāsi tyajasā martamaṁhaḥ ||

TRUE, guardian of the Law, thy faithful servant wins ample light and dwells in peace, O Agni, Whom thou, as Varuna in accord with Mitra, guardest, O God, by banishing his trouble.

ईजे यज्ञेभिः शशमे शमीभिरृधद्वारायाग्नये ददाश। एवा चन तं यशसामजुष्टिर्नांहो मर्तं नशते न प्रदृप्तिः॥

īje yajñebhiḥ śaśame śamībhirṛdhadvārāyāgnaye dadāśa | evā cana taṁ yaśasāmajuṣṭirnāṁho martaṁ naśate na pradṛptiḥ ||

He hath paid sacrifices, toiled in worship, and offered gifts to wealth-increasing Agni. Him the displeasure of the famous moves not, outrage and scorn affect not such a mortal.

सूरो न यस्य दृशतिररेपा भीमा यदेति शुचतस्त आ धीः। हेषस्वतः शुरुधो नायमक्तोः कुत्रा चिद्रण्वो वसतिर्वनेजाः॥

sūro na yasya dṛśatirarepā bhīmā yadeti śucatasta ā dhīḥ | heṣasvataḥ śurudho nāyamaktoḥ kutrā cidraṇvo vasatirvanejāḥ ||

Bright God, whose look is free from stain like Surya's, thou, swift, what time thou earnestly desirest, Hast gear to give us. Come with joy at evening, where, Child of Wood, thou mayest also tarry.

तिग्मं चिदेम महि वर्पो अस्य भसदश्वो न यमसान आसा। विजेहमानः परशुर्न जिह्वां द्रविर्न द्रावयति दारु धक्षत्॥

tigmaṁ cidema mahi varpo asya bhasadaśvo na yamasāna āsā | vijehamānaḥ paraśurna jihvāṁ dravirna drāvayati dāru dhakṣat ||

Fierce is his gait and vast his wondrous body: he champeth like a horse with bit and bridle, And, darting forth his tongue, as 'twere a hatchet, burning the woods, smelteth them like a smelter.

स इदस्तेव प्रति धादसिष्यञ्छिशीत तेजोऽयसो न धाराम्। चित्रध्रजतिररतिर्यो अक्तोर्वेर्न द्रुषद्वा रघुपत्मजंहाः॥

sa idasteva prati dhādasiṣyañchiśīta tejo'yaso na dhārām | citradhrajatiraratiryo aktorverna druṣadvā raghupatmajaṁhāḥ ||

Archer-like, fain toshoot, he sets his arrow, and whets his splendour like the edge of iron: The messenger of night with brilliant pathway, like a tree-roosting bird of rapid pinion.

स ईं रेभो न प्रति वस्त उस्राः शोचिषा रारपीति मित्रमहाः। नक्तं य ईमरुषो यो दिवा नॄनमर्त्यो अरुषो यो दिवा नॄन्॥

sa īṁ rebho na prati vasta usrāḥ śociṣā rārapīti mitramahāḥ | naktaṁ ya īmaruṣo yo divā nṝnamartyo aruṣo yo divā nṝn ||

In beams of morn he clothes him like the singer, and bright as Mitra with his splendour crackles. Red in the night, by day the men's possession: red, he belongs to men by day, Immortal.

दिवो न यस्य विधतो नवीनोद्वृषा रुक्ष ओषधीषु नूनोत्। घृणा न यो ध्रजसा पत्मना यन्ना रोदसी वसुना दं सुपत्नी॥

divo na yasya vidhato navīnodvṛṣā rukṣa oṣadhīṣu nūnot | ghṛṇā na yo dhrajasā patmanā yannā rodasī vasunā daṁ supatnī ||

Like Heaven's when scattering beams his voice was uttered: among the plants the radiant Hero shouted, Who with his glow in rapid course came hither to fill both worlds, well-wedded Dames, with treasure.

धायोभिर्वा यो युज्येभिरर्कैर्विद्युन्न दविद्योत्स्वेभिः शुष्मैः। शर्धो वा यो मरुतां ततक्ष ऋभुर्न त्वेषो रभसानो अद्यौत्॥

dhāyobhirvā yo yujyebhirarkairvidyunna davidyotsvebhiḥ śuṣmaiḥ | śardho vā yo marutāṁ tatakṣa ṛbhurna tveṣo rabhasāno adyaut ||

Who, with supporting streams and rays that suit him, hath flashed like lightning with his native vigour. Like the deft Maker of the band of Maruts, the bright impetuous One hath shone refulgent.