Thethird Mandala of theRigveda has 62 hymns, mainly toAgni andIndra. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early Vedic period (1500 – 1000 BCE).[1] Most hymns in this book are attributed toViśvāmitra Gāthinaḥ.
The verse 3.62.10 gained great importance inHinduism as theGayatri Mantra.
The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets:
3.1 (235) [Agni.]sómasya mā tavásaṃ vákṣi agne
3.2 (236) [Agni.]vaiśvānarâya dhiṣáṇām ṛtāvŕdhe
3.3 (237) [Agni.]vaiśvānarâya pṛthupâjase vípo
3.4 (238) [Apris.]samít-samit sumánā bodhi asmé
3.5 (239) [Agni.]práti agnír uṣásaś cékitāno
3.6 (240) [Agni.]prá kāravo mananâ vacyámānā
3.7 (241) [Agni.]prá yá ārúḥ śitipṛṣṭhásya dhāsér
3.8 (242) [Sacrificial Post.]añjánti tvâm adhvaré devayánto
3.9 (243) [Agni.]sákhāyas tvā vavṛmahe
3.10 (244) [Agni.]tuvâm agne manīṣíṇaḥ
3.11 (245) [Agni.]agnír hótā puróhito
3.12 (246) [Indra-Agni.]índrāgnī â gataṃ sutáṃ
3.13 (247) [Agni.]prá vo devâya agnáye
3.14 (248) [Agni.]â hótā mandró vidáthāni asthāt
3.15 (249) [Agni.]ví pâjasā pṛthúnā śóśucāno
3.16 (250) [Agni.]ayám agníḥ suvîryasya
3.17 (251) [Agni.]samidhyámānaḥ prathamânu dhármā
3.18 (252) [Agni.]bhávā no agne sumánā úpetau
3.19 (253) [Agni.]agníṃ hótāram prá vṛṇe miyédhe
3.20 (254) [Agni.]agním uṣásam aśvínā dadhikrâṃ
3.21 (255) [Agni.]imáṃ no yajñám amŕteṣu dhehi
3.22 (256) [Agni.]ayáṃ só agnír yásmin sómam índraḥ
3.23 (257) [Agni.]nírmathitaḥ súdhita â sadhásthe
3.24 (258) [Agni.]ágne sáhasva pŕtanā
3.25 (259) [Agni.]ágne diváḥ sūnúr asi prácetās
3.26 (260) [Agni.]vaiśvānarám mánasāgníṃ nicâyiyā
3.27 (261) [Agni.]prá vo vâjā abhídyavo
3.28 (262) [Agni.]ágne juṣásva no havíḥ
3.29 (263) [Agni.]ástīdám adhimánthanam
3.30 (264) [Indra.]ichánti tvā somiyâsaḥ sákhāyaḥ
3.31 (265) [Indra.]śâsad váhnir duhitúr naptíyaṃ gād
3.32 (266) [Indra.]índra sómaṃ somapate píbemám
3.33 (267) [Indra.]prá párvatānām uśatî upásthād
3.34 (268) [Indra.]índraḥ pūrbhíd âtirad dâsam arkaír
3.35 (269) [Indra.]tíṣṭhā hárī rátha â yujyámānā
3.36 (270) [Indra.]imâm ū ṣú prábhṛtiṃ sātáye dhāḥ
3.37 (271) [Indra.]vârtrahatyāya śávase
3.38 (272) [Indra.]abhí táṣṭeva dīdhayā manīṣâm
3.39 (273) [Indra.]índram matír hṛdá â vacyámānā
3.40 (274) [Indra.]índra tvā vṛṣabháṃ vayáṃ
3.41 (275) [Indra.]â tû na indra madríag
3.42 (276) [Indra.]úpa naḥ sutám â gahi
3.43 (277) [Indra.]â yāhi arvâṅ úpa vandhureṣṭhâs
3.44 (278) [Indra.]ayáṃ te astu haryatáḥ
3.45 (279) [Indra.]â mandraír indra háribhir
3.46 (280) [Indra.]yudhmásya te vṛṣabhásya svarâja
3.47 (281) [Indra.]marútvāṁ indra vṛṣabhó ráṇāya
3.48 (282) [Indra.]sadyó ha jātó vṛṣabháḥ kanînaḥ
3.49 (283) [Indra.]śáṃsā mahâm índaraṃ yásmi * víśvā
3.50 (284) [Indra.]índraḥ svâhā pibatu yásya sóma
3.51 (285) [Indra.]carṣaṇīdhŕtam maghávānam ukthíyam
3.52 (286) [Indra.]dhānâvantaṃ karambhíṇam
3.53 (287) [Indra,Parvata, Etc.]índrāparvatā bṛhatâ ráthena
3.54 (288) [Visvedevas.]imám mahé vidathíyāya śūṣáṃ
3.55 (289) [Visvedevas.]uṣásaḥ pûrvā ádha yád viūṣúr
3.56 (290) [Visvedevas.]ná tâ minanti māyíno ná dhîrā
3.57 (291) [Visvedevas.]prá me vivikvâṁ avidan manīṣâṃ
3.58 (292) [Asvins.]dhenúḥ pratnásya kâmiyaṃ dúhānā
3.59 (293) [Mitra.]mitró jánān yātayati bruvāṇó
3.60 (294) [Rbhus.] ihéha vo mánasā bandhútā nara
3.61 (295) [Uṣas.]úṣo vâjena vājini prácetā
3.62 (296) [Indra and Others.]imâ u vām bhṛmáyo mányamānā
Works related toThe Rig Veda/Mandala 3 at Wikisource – English translation byRalph T. H. Griffith