Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.52
विश्वे देवाः शास्तन मा यथेह होता वृतो मनवै यन् निषद्य । प्र मे ब्रूत भागधेयं यथा वो येन पथा हव्यम् आ वो वहानि ॥
viśve devāḥ śāstana mā yatheha hotā vṛto manavai yan niṣadya | pra me brūta bhāgadheyaṃ yathā vo yena pathā havyam ā vo vahāni ||
Instruct me, all ye Gods, how I, elected your Priest, must seat me here, and how address you. Instruct me how to deal to each his portion, and by what ' path to bring you man's oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहं होता न्य् असीदं यजीयान् विश्वे देवा मरुतो मा जुनन्ति । अहर्-अहर् अश्विनाध्वर्यवं वाम् ब्रह्मा समिद् भवति साहुतिर् वाम् ॥
ahaṃ hotā ny asīdaṃ yajīyān viśve devā maruto mā junanti | ahar-ahar aśvinādhvaryavaṃ vām brahmā samid bhavati sāhutir vām ||
I sit as Priest most skilled in sacrificing: the Maruts and all Deities impel me. Asvins, each day yours is the Adhvaryu's duty: Brahman and wood are here: 'tis yours to offer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं यो होता किर् उ स यमस्य कम् अप्य् ऊहे यत् समञ्जन्ति देवाः । अहर्-अहर् जायते मासि-मास्य् अथा देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहम् ॥
ayaṃ yo hotā kir u sa yamasya kam apy ūhe yat samañjanti devāḥ | ahar-ahar jāyate māsi-māsy athā devā dadhire havyavāham ||
Who is the Priest? Is he the Priest of Yama? On whom is thrust this God-appointed honour? He springs to life each month, each day that passes; so Gods have made him their oblation-bearer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मां देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहम् अपम्लुक्तम् बहु कृच्छ्रा चरन्तम् । अग्निर् विद्वान् यज्ञं नः कल्पयाति पञ्चयामं त्रिवृतं सप्ततन्तुम् ॥
māṃ devā dadhire havyavāham apamluktam bahu kṛcchrā carantam | agnir vidvān yajñaṃ naḥ kalpayāti pañcayāmaṃ trivṛtaṃ saptatantum ||
The Gods have made me bearer of oblations, who slipped away and passed through many troubles. Wise Agni shall ordain for us the worship, whether five-wayed, threefold, or seven-threaded.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वो यक्ष्य् अमृतत्वं सुवीरं यथा वो देवा वरिवः कराणि । आ बाह्वोर् वज्रम् इन्द्रस्य धेयाम् अथेमा विश्वाः पृतना जयाति ॥
ā vo yakṣy amṛtatvaṃ suvīraṃ yathā vo devā varivaḥ karāṇi | ā bāhvor vajram indrasya dheyām athemā viśvāḥ pṛtanā jayāti ||
So will I win you strength and life for ever. O Gods, that I may give you room and freedom. To Indra's arms would I consign the thunder; in all these battles shall he then be victor.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रीणि शता त्री सहस्राण्य् अग्निं त्रिंशच् च देवा नव चासपर्यन् । औक्षन् घृतैर् अस्तृणन् बर्हिर् अस्मा आद् इद् धोतारं न्य् असादयन्त ॥
trīṇi śatā trī sahasrāṇy agniṃ triṃśac ca devā nava cāsaparyan | aukṣan ghṛtair astṛṇan barhir asmā ād id dhotāraṃ ny asādayanta ||
The Deities three hundred and thirty-nine, have served and honoured Agni, Strewn sacred grass, anointed him with butter, and seated him as Priest, the Gods' Invoker.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)