Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144

एति प्र होता व्रतम् अस्य माययोर्ध्वां दधानः शुचिपेशसं धियम् । अभि स्रुचः क्रमते दक्षिणावृतो या अस्य धाम प्रथमं ह निंसते ॥

eti pra hotā vratam asya māyayordhvāṃ dadhānaḥ śucipeśasaṃ dhiyam | abhi srucaḥ kramate dakṣiṇāvṛto yā asya dhāma prathamaṃ ha niṃsate ||

The Priest goes forth to sacrifice, with wondrous power sending aloft the hymn of glorious brilliancy. He moves to meet the ladles turning to the right, which are the first to kiss the place where he abides.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1.144.2

अभीम् ऋतस्य दोहना अनूषत योनौ देवस्य सदने परीवृताः । अपाम् उपस्थे विभृतो यद् आवसद् अध स्वधा अधयद् याभिर् ईयते ॥

abhīm ṛtasya dohanā anūṣata yonau devasya sadane parīvṛtāḥ | apām upasthe vibhṛto yad āvasad adha svadhā adhayad yābhir īyate ||

To him sang forth the flowing streams of Holy Law, encompassed in the home and birth-place of the God. He, when he dwelt extended in the waters' lap, absorbed those Godlike powers for which he is adored.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1.144.3

युयूषतः सवयसा तद् इद् वपुः समानम् अर्थं वितरित्रता मिथः । आद् ईम् भगो न हव्यः सम् अस्मद् आ वोळ्हुर् न रश्मीन् सम् अयंस्त सारथिः ॥

yuyūṣataḥ savayasā tad id vapuḥ samānam arthaṃ vitaritratā mithaḥ | ād īm bhago na havyaḥ sam asmad ā voḷhur na raśmīn sam ayaṃsta sārathiḥ ||

Seeking in course altern to reach the selfsame end the two copartners strive to win this beauteous form. Like Bhaga must he be duly invoked by us, as he who drives the car holds fast the horse's reins.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1.144.4

यम् ईं द्वा सवयसा सपर्यतः समाने योना मिथुना समोकसा । दिवा न नक्तम् पलितो युवाजनि पुरू चरन्न् अजरो मानुषा युगा ॥

yam īṃ dvā savayasā saparyataḥ samāne yonā mithunā samokasā | divā na naktam palito yuvājani purū carann ajaro mānuṣā yugā ||

He whom the two copartners with observance tend, the pair who dwell together in the same abode, By night as in the day the grey one was born young, passing untouched by eld through many an age of man.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1.144.5

तम् ईं हिन्वन्ति धीतयो दश व्रिशो देवम् मर्तास ऊतये हवामहे । धनोर् अधि प्रवत आ स ऋण्वत्य् अभिव्रजद्भिर् वयुना नवाधित ॥

tam īṃ hinvanti dhītayo daśa vriśo devam martāsa ūtaye havāmahe | dhanor adhi pravata ā sa ṛṇvaty abhivrajadbhir vayunā navādhita ||

Him the ten fingers, the devotions, animate: we mortals call on him a God to give us help. He speeds over the sloping surface of the land: new deeds hath he performed with those who gird him round.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1.144.6

त्वं ह्य् अग्ने दिव्यस्य राजसि त्वम् पार्थिवस्य पशुपा इव त्मना । एनी त एते बृहती अभिश्रिया हिरण्ययी वक्वरी बर्हिर् आशाते ॥

tvaṃ hy agne divyasya rājasi tvam pārthivasya paśupā iva tmanā | enī ta ete bṛhatī abhiśriyā hiraṇyayī vakvarī barhir āśāte ||

For, Agni, like a herdsman, thou by thine own might rulest o'er all that is in heaven and on the earth; And these two Mighty Ones, bright, golden closely joined, rolling them round are come unto thy sacred grass.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1.144.7

अग्ने जुषस्व प्रति हर्य तद् वचो मन्द्र स्वधाव ऋतजात सुक्रतो । यो विश्वतः प्रत्यङ्ङ् असि दर्शतो रण्वः संदृष्टौ पितुमां इव क्षयः ॥

agne juṣasva prati harya tad vaco mandra svadhāva ṛtajāta sukrato | yo viśvataḥ pratyaṅṅ asi darśato raṇvaḥ saṃdṛṣṭau pitumāṃ iva kṣayaḥ ||

Agni, accept with joy, be glad in this our prayer, joy-giver, self-sustained, strong, born of Holy Law! For fair to see art thou turning to every side, pleasant to look on as a dwelling filled with food.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)