Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.9
अग्ने मृळ महां असि य ईम् आ देवयुं जनम् । इयेथ बर्हिर् आसदम् ॥
agne mṛḷa mahāṃ asi ya īm ā devayuṃ janam | iyetha barhir āsadam ||
Agni, show favour: great art thou who to this pious man art come, To seat thee on the sacred grass.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स मानुषीषु दूळभो विक्षु प्रावीर् अमर्त्यः । दूतो विश्वेषाम् भुवत् ॥
sa mānuṣīṣu dūḷabho vikṣu prāvīr amartyaḥ | dūto viśveṣām bhuvat ||
May he the Immortal, Helper, bard to be deceived among mankind, Become the messenger of all.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स सद्म परि णीयते होता मन्द्रो दिविष्टिषु । उत पोता नि षीदति ॥
sa sadma pari ṇīyate hotā mandro diviṣṭiṣu | uta potā ni ṣīdati ||
Around the altar is he led, welcome Chief Priest at solemn rites, Or as the Potar sits him down.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत ग्ना अग्निर् अध्वर उतो गृहपतिर् दमे । उत ब्रह्मा नि षीदति ॥
uta gnā agnir adhvara uto gṛhapatir dame | uta brahmā ni ṣīdati ||
Agni in fire at sacrifice, and in the house as Lord thereof, And as a Brahman takes his seat.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वेषि ह्य् अध्वरीयताम् उपवक्ता जनानाम् । हव्या च मानुषाणाम् ॥
veṣi hy adhvarīyatām upavaktā janānām | havyā ca mānuṣāṇām ||
Thou comest as the guide of folk who celebrate a sacrifice, And to oblations brought by men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वेषीद् व् अस्य दूत्यं यस्य जुजोषो अध्वरम् । हव्यम् मर्तस्य वोळ्हवे ॥
veṣīd v asya dūtyaṃ yasya jujoṣo adhvaram | havyam martasya voḷhave ||
Thou servest as his messenger whose sacrifice thou lovest well, To bear the mortal's gifts to heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्माकं जोष्य् अध्वरम् अस्माकं यज्ञम् अङ्गिरः । अस्माकं शृणुधी हवम् ॥
asmākaṃ joṣy adhvaram asmākaṃ yajñam aṅgiraḥ | asmākaṃ śṛṇudhī havam ||
Accept our solemn rite; be pleased, Angiras, with our sacrifice: Give ear and listen to our call.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परि ते दूळभो रथो ऽस्मां अश्नोतु विश्वतः । येन रक्षसि दाशुषः ॥
pari te dūḷabho ratho 'smāṃ aśnotu viśvataḥ | yena rakṣasi dāśuṣaḥ ||
May thine inviolable car, wherewith thou guardest those who give, Come near to us from every side.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)