Rigveda 3.001.23
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 1 · Verse 3.1.23
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इळा॑मग्ने पुरु॒दंसं॑ स॒निं गोः श॑श्वत्त॒मं हव॑मानाय साध । स्यान्नः॑ सू॒नुस्तन॑यो वि॒जावाग्ने॒ सा ते॑ सुम॒तिर्भू॑त्व॒स्मे
iḷāmagne purudaṃsaṃ saniṃ goḥ śaśvattamaṃ havamānāya sādha syānnaḥ sūnustanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatirbhūtvasme
Agni, accept Ila, the man-slaying, the best of cows, constantly offered in the rite; may she be to us a child-bearing mother, O Agni, grant her to us as a source of good counsel.
Grant, Agni, to the offerer of the oblation, the earth, the bestower of cattle, the means of many (pious rites), such that it may be perpetual; may there be to us sons and grandsons born in our race, and may your good-will ever be upon us.
As holy food, Agni, to thine'invoker give wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels. To us he born a son, and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to us-ward.