Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.188
समिद्धो अद्य राजसि देवो देवैः सहस्रजित् । दूतो हव्या कविर् वह ॥
samiddho adya rājasi devo devaiḥ sahasrajit | dūto havyā kavir vaha ||
Winner of thousands, kindled, thou shinest a God with Gods to-day. Bear out oblations, envoy, Sage.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तनूनपाद् ऋतं यते मध्वा यज्ञः सम् अज्यते । दधत् सहस्रिणीर् इषः ॥
tanūnapād ṛtaṃ yate madhvā yajñaḥ sam ajyate | dadhat sahasriṇīr iṣaḥ ||
Child of Thyself the sacrifice is for the righteous blent with meath, Presenting viands thousandfold.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आजुह्वानो न ईड्यो देवां आ वक्षि यज्ञियान् । अग्ने सहस्रसा असि ॥
ājuhvāno na īḍyo devāṃ ā vakṣi yajñiyān | agne sahasrasā asi ||
Invoked and worthy of our praise bring Gods whose due is sacrifice: Thou, Agni, givest countless gifts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्राचीनम् बर्हिर् ओजसा सहस्रवीरम् अस्तृणन् । यत्रादित्या विराजथ ॥
prācīnam barhir ojasā sahasravīram astṛṇan | yatrādityā virājatha ||
To seat a thousand Heroes they eastward have strewn the grass with might, Whereon, Adityas, ye shine forth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विराट् सम्राड् विभ्वीः प्रभ्वीर् बह्वीश् च भूयसीश् च याः । दुरो घृतान्य् अक्षरन् ॥
virāṭ samrāḍ vibhvīḥ prabhvīr bahvīś ca bhūyasīś ca yāḥ | duro ghṛtāny akṣaran ||
The sovran all-imperial Doors, wide, good, many and manifold, Have poured their streams of holy oil.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुरुक्मे हि सुपेशसाधि श्रिया विराजतः । उषासाव् एह सीदताम् ॥
surukme hi supeśasādhi śriyā virājataḥ | uṣāsāv eha sīdatām ||
With gay adornment, fair to see, in glorious beauty shine they forth: Let Night and Morning rest them here.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रथमा हि सुवाचसा होतारा दैव्या कवी । यज्ञं नो यक्षताम् इमम् ॥
prathamā hi suvācasā hotārā daivyā kavī | yajñaṃ no yakṣatām imam ||
Let these two Sages first of all, heralds divine and eloquent, Perform for us this sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भारतीळे सरस्वति या वः सर्वा उपब्रुवे । ता नश् चोदयत श्रिये ॥
bhāratīḷe sarasvati yā vaḥ sarvā upabruve | tā naś codayata śriye ||
You I address, Sarasvati, and Bharati, and Ila, all: Urge ye us on to glorious fame.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वष्टा रूपाणि हि प्रभुः पशून् विश्वान् समानजे । तेषां न स्फातिम् आ यज ॥
tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi hi prabhuḥ paśūn viśvān samānaje | teṣāṃ na sphātim ā yaja ||
Tvastar the Lord hath made all forms and all the cattle of the field Cause them to multiply for us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप त्मन्या वनस्पते पाथो देवेभ्यः सृज । अग्निर् हव्यानि सिष्वदत् ॥
upa tmanyā vanaspate pātho devebhyaḥ sṛja | agnir havyāni siṣvadat ||
Send to the Gods, Vanaspati, thyself, the sacrificial draught: Let Agni make the oblations sweet.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुरोगा अग्निर् देवानां गायत्रेण सम् अज्यते । स्वाहाकृतीषु रोचते ॥
purogā agnir devānāṃ gāyatreṇa sam ajyate | svāhākṛtīṣu rocate ||
Agni, preceder of the Gods, is honoured with the sacred song: He glows at offerings blest with Hail!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)