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{{Short description|Third book of the Rigveda}}
The '''third Mandala''' of the '''[[Rigveda]]''' has 62 hymns, mainly to [[Agni]] and [[Indra]]. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda in Nepal, which were composed in early Vedic period (1500 – 1000 BCE).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dahiya|first=Poonam Dalal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbU6DwAAQBAJ|title=ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA EBOOK|date=2017-09-15|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-93-5260-673-3|pages=95|language=en}}</ref> Most hymns in this book are attributed to [[Vishvamitra|{{IAST|Viśvāmitra Gāthinaḥ}}]].

The verse 3.62.10 gained great importance in [[Hinduism]] as the [[Gayatri Mantra]].

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

== References ==
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== External links ==

{{wikisourcelang|sa|ऋग्वेदः मण्डल १|Original Sanskrit text in Devanagari}}
*{{wikisource-inline|The Rig Veda/Mandala 3}} – English translation by [[Ralph T. H. Griffith]]

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