Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.76
का त उपेतिर् मनसो वराय भुवद् अग्ने शन्तमा का मनीषा । को वा यज्ञैः परि दक्षं त आप केन वा ते मनसा दाशेम ॥
kā ta upetir manaso varāya bhuvad agne śantamā kā manīṣā | ko vā yajñaiḥ pari dakṣaṃ ta āpa kena vā te manasā dāśema ||
How may the mind draw nigh to please thee, Agni? What hymn of praise shall bring us greatest blessing? Or who hath gained thy power by sacrifices? or with what mind shall we bring thee oblations?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एह्य् अग्न इह होता नि षीदादब्धः सु पुरएता भवा नः । अवतां त्वा रोदसी विश्वमिन्वे यजा महे सौमनसाय देवान् ॥
ehy agna iha hotā ni ṣīdādabdhaḥ su puraetā bhavā naḥ | avatāṃ tvā rodasī viśvaminve yajā mahe saumanasāya devān ||
Come hither, Agni; sit thee down as Hotar; be thou who never wast deceived our leader. May Heaven and Earth, the all-pervading, love thee: worship the Gods to win for us their favour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र सु विश्वान् रक्षसो धक्ष्य् अग्ने भवा यज्ञानाम् अभिशस्तिपावा । अथा वह सोमपतिं हरिभ्याम् आतिथ्यम् अस्मै चकृमा सुदाव्ने ॥
pra su viśvān rakṣaso dhakṣy agne bhavā yajñānām abhiśastipāvā | athā vaha somapatiṃ haribhyām ātithyam asmai cakṛmā sudāvne ||
Burn thou up all the Raksasas, O Agni; ward thou off curses from our sacrifices. Bring hither with his Bays the Lord of Soma: here is glad welcome for the Bounteous Giver.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रजावता वचसा वह्निर् आसा च हुवे नि च सत्सीह देवैः । वेषि होत्रम् उत पोत्रं यजत्र बोधि प्रयन्तर् जनितर् वसूनाम् ॥
prajāvatā vacasā vahnir āsā ca huve ni ca satsīha devaiḥ | veṣi hotram uta potraṃ yajatra bodhi prayantar janitar vasūnām ||
Thou Priest with lip and voice that bring us children hast been invoked. Here with the Gods be seated. Thine is the task of Cleanser and Presenter: waken us, Wealth-bestower and Producer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यथा विप्रस्य मनुषो हविर्भिर् देवां अयजः कविभिः कविः सन् । एवा होतः सत्यतर त्वम् अद्याग्ने मन्द्रया जुह्वा यजस्व ॥
yathā viprasya manuṣo havirbhir devāṃ ayajaḥ kavibhiḥ kaviḥ san | evā hotaḥ satyatara tvam adyāgne mandrayā juhvā yajasva ||
As with oblations of the priestly Manus thou worshippedst the Gods, a Sage with sages, So now, O truthfullest Invoker Agni, worship this day with joy-bestowing ladle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)