Rigveda 3.020.04
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 20 · Verse 3.20.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒ग्निर्ने॒ता भग॑ इव क्षिती॒नां दैवी॑नां दे॒व ऋ॑तु॒पा ऋ॒तावा॑ । स वृ॑त्र॒हा स॒नयो॑ वि॒श्ववे॑दाः॒ पर्ष॒द्विश्वाति॑ दुरि॒ता गृ॒णन्त॑म्
agnirnetā bhaga iva kṣitīnāṃ daivīnāṃ deva ṛtupā ṛtāvā sa vṛtrahā sanayo viśvavedāḥ parṣadviśvāti duritā gṛṇantam
Agni, leader and protector like a lord of the earth, chooser of divine order and seasons: you slay the Vrtra, bestow treasures; the all-knowing ones roar and shake the world’s distress.
The divine Agni is the guide of devout men, as the sun is the regulator of the seasons; may he, the observer of truth, the slayer of Vṛtra, the ancient, the omniscient convey his adorer (safe) over all difficulties.
Agni, like Bhaga, leads the godly people, he who is true to Law and guards the seasons. Ancient, all-knowing, he the Vrtra-slayer shall bear the singer safe through every trouble.