Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.110
समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः । आ च वह मित्रमहश् चिकित्वान् त्वं दूतः कविर् असि प्रचेताः ॥
samiddho adya manuṣo duroṇe devo devān yajasi jātavedaḥ | ā ca vaha mitramahaś cikitvān tvaṃ dūtaḥ kavir asi pracetāḥ ||
Thou in the house of man this day enkindled worshippest Gods as God, O Jatavedas. Observant, bright as Mitra, bring them hither: thou art a sapient and foreknowing envoy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तनूनपात् पथ ऋतस्य यानान् मध्वा समञ्जन् स्वदया सुजिह्व । मन्मानि धीभिर् उत यज्ञम् ऋन्धन् देवत्रा च कृणुह्य् अध्वरं नः ॥
tanūnapāt patha ṛtasya yānān madhvā samañjan svadayā sujihva | manmāni dhībhir uta yajñam ṛndhan devatrā ca kṛṇuhy adhvaraṃ naḥ ||
Tanunapat, fair-tongued, with sweet meath balming the paths and ways of Order, make them pleasant. Convey our sacrifice to heaven, exalting with holy thoughts our hymns of praise and worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आजुह्वान ईड्यो वन्द्यश् चा याह्य् अग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः । त्वं देवानाम् असि यह्व होता स एनान् यक्षीषितो यजीयान् ॥
ājuhvāna īḍyo vandyaś cā yāhy agne vasubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ | tvaṃ devānām asi yahva hotā sa enān yakṣīṣito yajīyān ||
Invoked, deserving prayer and adoration, O Agni, come accordant with the Vasus. Thou art, O Youthful Lord, the Gods' Invoker, so, best of Sacrificers, bring them quickly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्राचीनम् बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोर् अस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् । व्य् उ प्रथते वितरं वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम् ॥
prācīnam barhiḥ pradiśā pṛthivyā vastor asyā vṛjyate agre ahnām | vy u prathate vitaraṃ varīyo devebhyo aditaye syonam ||
By rule the Sacred Grass is scattered eastward, a robe to clothe this earth when dawns are breaking. Widely it spreads around and far-extended, fair for the Gods and bringing peace and freedom.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
व्यचस्वतीर् उर्विया वि श्रयन्ताम् पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः । देवीर् द्वारो बृहतीर् विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः ॥
vyacasvatīr urviyā vi śrayantām patibhyo na janayaḥ śumbhamānāḥ | devīr dvāro bṛhatīr viśvaminvā devebhyo bhavata suprāyaṇāḥ ||
Let the expansive Doors be widely opened, like wives who deck their beauty for their husbands. Lofty, celestial, all-impelling Portals, admit the Gods and give them easy entrance.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदतां नि योनौ । दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियं शुक्रपिशं दधाने ॥
ā suṣvayantī yajate upāke uṣāsānaktā sadatāṃ ni yonau | divye yoṣaṇe bṛhatī surukme adhi śriyaṃ śukrapiśaṃ dadhāne ||
Pouring sweet dews let holy Night and Morning, each close to each, he seated at their station, Lofty, celestial Dames with gold to deck them. assuming all their fair and radiant beauty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञम् मनुषो यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता ॥
daivyā hotārā prathamā suvācā mimānā yajñam manuṣo yajadhyai | pracodayantā vidatheṣu kārū prācīnaṃ jyotiḥ pradiśā diśantā ||
Come the two first celestial sweet-voiced Hotars, arranging sacrifice for man to worship As singers who inspire us in assemblies, showing the eastward light with their direction.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो यज्ञम् भारती तूयम् एत्व् इळा मनुष्वद् इह चेतयन्ती । तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदं स्योनं सरस्वती स्वपसः सदन्तु ॥
ā no yajñam bhāratī tūyam etv iḷā manuṣvad iha cetayantī | tisro devīr barhir edaṃ syonaṃ sarasvatī svapasaḥ sadantu ||
Let Bharati come quickly to our worship, and Ila showing like a human being. So let Sarasvati and both her fellows, deft Goddesses, on this fair grass be seated.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैर् अपिंशद् भुवनानि विश्वा । तम् अद्य होतर् इषितो यजीयान् देवं त्वष्टारम् इह यक्षि विद्वान् ॥
ya ime dyāvāpṛthivī janitrī rūpair apiṃśad bhuvanāni viśvā | tam adya hotar iṣito yajīyān devaṃ tvaṣṭāram iha yakṣi vidvān ||
Hotar more skilled in sacrifice, bring hither with speed to-day God Tvastar, thou who knowest. Even him who formed these two, the Earth and Heaven the Parents, with their forms, and every creature.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन् देवानाम् पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि । वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यम् मधुना घृतेन ॥
upāvasṛja tmanyā samañjan devānām pātha ṛtuthā havīṃṣi | vanaspatiḥ śamitā devo agniḥ svadantu havyam madhunā ghṛtena ||
Send to our offerings which thyself thou balmest the Companies of Gods in ordered season. Agni, Vanaspati the Immolator sweeten our offered gift with meath and butter.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सद्यो जातो व्य् अमिमीत यज्ञम् अग्निर् देवानाम् अभवत् पुरोगाः । अस्य होतुः प्रदिश्य् ऋतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतं हविर् अदन्तु देवाः ॥
sadyo jāto vy amimīta yajñam agnir devānām abhavat purogāḥ | asya hotuḥ pradiśy ṛtasya vāci svāhākṛtaṃ havir adantu devāḥ ||
Agni, as soon as he was born, made ready the sacrifice, and was the Gods' preceder. May the Gods cat our offering consecrated according to this true Priest's voice and guidance.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)