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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.102

ईलेन्यो नमस्यस् तिरस् तमांसि दर्शतः । सम् अग्निर् इध्यते वृषा ॥१॥

īlenyo namasyas tiras tamāṃsi darśataḥ | sam agnir idhyate vṛṣā ||1||

Meet to be lauded and adored, showing in beauty through the dark, Agni, the Strong, is kindled well.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 3.27.13; the wording of this text may differ in places.

वृषो अग्निः सम् इध्यते ऽश्वो न देववाहनः । तं हविष्मन्तः ईलते ॥२॥

vṛṣo agniḥ sam idhyate 'śvo na devavāhanaḥ | taṃ haviṣmantaḥ īlate ||2||

Agni is kindled as a bull, like a horse bearer of the Gods: Men with oblations worship him.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 3.27.14; the wording of this text may differ in places.

वृषणं त्वा वयं वृषन् वृषणः सम् इधीमहि । अग्ने दीद्यतं बृहत् ॥३॥

vṛṣaṇaṃ tvā vayaṃ vṛṣan vṛṣaṇaḥ sam idhīmahi | agne dīdyataṃ bṛhat ||3||

Thee will we kindle as a bull, we who are Bulls ourselves, O Bull. Thee, Agni, shining mightily.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 3.27.15; the wording of this text may differ in places.