Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.74
उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरम् मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये । आरे अस्मे च शृण्वते ॥
upaprayanto adhvaram mantraṃ vocemāgnaye | āre asme ca śṛṇvate ||
As forth to sacrifice we go, a hymn to a hymn let us say, Who hears us even when afar;
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यः स्नीहितीषु पूर्व्यः संजग्मानासु कृष्टिषु । अरक्षद् दाशुषे गयम् ॥
yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjagmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu | arakṣad dāśuṣe gayam ||
Who, from of old, in carnage, when the people gathered, hath preserved His household for the worshipper.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत ब्रुवन्तु जन्तव उद् अग्निर् वृत्रहाजनि । धनञ्जयो रणे-रणे ॥
uta bruvantu jantava ud agnir vṛtrahājani | dhanañjayo raṇe-raṇe ||
And let men say, Agni is born, e'en he who slayeth Vrtra, he Who winneth wealth in every fight.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्य दूतो असि क्षये वेषि हव्यानि वीतये । दस्मत् कृणोष्य् अध्वरम् ॥
yasya dūto asi kṣaye veṣi havyāni vītaye | dasmat kṛṇoṣy adhvaram ||
Him in whose house an envoy thou lovest to taste his offered gifts, And strengthenest his sacrifice,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् इत् सुहव्यम् अङ्गिरः सुदेवं सहसो यहो । जना आहुः सुबर्हिषम् ॥
tam it suhavyam aṅgiraḥ sudevaṃ sahaso yaho | janā āhuḥ subarhiṣam ||
Him, Angiras, thou Son of Strength, all men call happy in his God, His offerings, and his sacred grass.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ च वहासि तां इह देवां उप प्रशस्तये । हव्या सुश्चन्द्र वीतये ॥
ā ca vahāsi tāṃ iha devāṃ upa praśastaye | havyā suścandra vītaye ||
Hitherward shalt thou bring these Gods to our laudation and to taste. These offered gifts, fair-shining One.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न योर् उपब्दिर् अश्व्यः शृण्वे रथस्य कच् चन । यद् अग्ने यासि दूत्यम् ॥
na yor upabdir aśvyaḥ śṛṇve rathasya kac cana | yad agne yāsi dūtyam ||
When, Agni, on thine embassage thou goest not a sound is heard of steed or straining of thy car.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वोतो वाज्य् अह्रयो ऽभि पूर्वस्माद् अपरः । प्र दाश्वां अग्ने अस्थात् ॥
tvoto vājy ahrayo 'bhi pūrvasmād aparaḥ | pra dāśvāṃ agne asthāt ||
Aided by thee uninjured, strong, one after other, goes he forth: Agni, the offerer forward steps.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत द्युमत् सुवीर्यम् बृहद् अग्ने विवाससि । देवेभ्यो देव दाशुषे ॥
uta dyumat suvīryam bṛhad agne vivāsasi | devebhyo deva dāśuṣe ||
And splendid strength, heroic, high, Agni, thou grantest from the Gods, Thou God, to him who offers gifts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)