Rig Veda 3.20.3 - Mandala 3, Sukta 20, Mantra 3

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Rig Veda 3.20.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 20, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.20

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्ने भूरीणि तव जातवेदो देव स्वधावोऽमृतस्य नाम । याश्च माया मायिनां विश्वमिन्व त्वे पूर्वीः संदधुः पृष्टबन्धो ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.20.3

Transliteration

agne bhūrī́ṇi táva jātavedo devá svadhāvo ’mṛ́tasya nā́ma | yā́ś ca māyā́ māyínāṃ viśvám-inva tvé pūrvī́ḥ sáṃdadhúḥ pṛṣṭabándho ||

Translation

हे अग्ने जातवेदो, हे देव, स्वधावन्—अमृतत्वाची तुझी नावे अनेक आहेत. आणि मायी जनांच्या विश्वाला प्रवर्तविणाऱ्या रचनाशक्ती—त्या सर्व माया—हे पृष्ठबन्धो (लोकांना जोडणाऱ्या), प्राचीन काळापासून तुझ्यात सम्यक् रीतीने संधारित झालेल्या आहेत.

Word by Word

अग्नेO Agni

भूरीणिmany (things/names)

तवof you / your

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (knower of births / all beings)

देवO god

स्वधावःO possessor of svadhā (innate power/ritual potency)

अमृतस्यof immortality / of the immortal (nectar/state)

नामname

याःwhich (those)

चand

मायाःpowers of illusion / wondrous arts

मायिनाम्of the magicians / of the possessors of māyā

विश्वमिन्वO all-stirring / all-pervading one

त्वेin you

पूर्वीःthe former/ancient (ones)

संदधुःthey have put together / have arranged

पृष्टबन्धोO you whose bond is firm/close (lit. ‘with joined/fastened connection’)

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