Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.19
अग्निं होतारम् प्र वृणे मियेधे गृत्सं कविं विश्वविदम् अमूरम् । स नो यक्षद् देवताता यजीयान् राये वाजाय वनते मघानि ॥
agniṃ hotāram pra vṛṇe miyedhe gṛtsaṃ kaviṃ viśvavidam amūram | sa no yakṣad devatātā yajīyān rāye vājāya vanate maghāni ||
How, quick, sage, infallible, all-knowing, I choose to be our Priest at this oblation. In our Gods' service he, best skilled, shall worship: may he obtain us boons for strength and riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र ते अग्ने हविष्मतीम् इयर्म्य् अच्छा सुद्युम्नां रातिनीं घृताचीम् । प्रदक्षिणिद् देवतातिम् उराणः सं रातिभिर् वसुभिर् यज्ञम् अश्रेत् ॥
pra te agne haviṣmatīm iyarmy acchā sudyumnāṃ rātinīṃ ghṛtācīm | pradakṣiṇid devatātim urāṇaḥ saṃ rātibhir vasubhir yajñam aśret ||
Agni, to thee I lift the oil-fed ladle, bright, with an offering, bearing our oblation. From the right hand, choosing the Gods' attendance, he with rich presents hath arranged the worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स तेजीयसा मनसा त्वोत उत शिक्ष स्वपत्यस्य शिक्षोः । अग्ने रायो नृतमस्य प्रभूतौ भूयाम ते सुष्टुतयश् च वस्वः ॥
sa tejīyasā manasā tvota uta śikṣa svapatyasya śikṣoḥ | agne rāyo nṛtamasya prabhūtau bhūyāma te suṣṭutayaś ca vasvaḥ ||
Of keenest spirit is the man thou aidest give us good offspring, thou who givest freely. In power of wealth most rich in men. O Agni, of thee, the Good, may we sing forth fair praises.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूरीणि हि त्वे दधिरे अनीकाग्ने देवस्य यज्यवो जनासः । स आ वह देवतातिं यविष्ठ शर्धो यद् अद्य दिव्यं यजासि ॥
bhūrīṇi hi tve dadhire anīkāgne devasya yajyavo janāsaḥ | sa ā vaha devatātiṃ yaviṣṭha śardho yad adya divyaṃ yajāsi ||
Men as they worship thee the God, O Agni, have set on thee full many a brilliant, aspect. So bring Most Youthful One, the Gods' asserrigly, the Heavenly Host which thou to-day shalt honour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यत् त्वा होतारम् अनजन् मियेधे निषादयन्तो यजथाय देवाः । स त्वं नो अग्ने ऽवितेह बोध्य् अधि श्रवांसि धेहि नस् तनूषु ॥
yat tvā hotāram anajan miyedhe niṣādayanto yajathāya devāḥ | sa tvaṃ no agne 'viteha bodhy adhi śravāṃsi dhehi nas tanūṣu ||
When Gods anoint thee Priest at their oblation, and seat thee for thy task as Sacrificer, O Agni, be thou here our kind defender, and to ourselves vouchsafe the gift of glory.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)