Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.14
अग्निं स्तोमेन बोधय समिधानो अमर्त्यम् । हव्या देवेषु नो दधत् ॥
agniṃ stomena bodhaya samidhāno amartyam | havyā deveṣu no dadhat ||
Enkindling the Immortal, wake Agni with song of praise: may he bear our oblations to the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् अध्वरेष्व् ईळते देवम् मर्ता अमर्त्यम् । यजिष्ठम् मानुषे जने ॥
tam adhvareṣv īḷate devam martā amartyam | yajiṣṭham mānuṣe jane ||
At high solemnities mortal men glorify him the Immortal, best At sacrifice among mankind.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं हि शश्वन्त ईळते स्रुचा देवं घृतश्चुता । अग्निं हव्याय वोळ्हवे ॥
taṃ hi śaśvanta īḷate srucā devaṃ ghṛtaścutā | agniṃ havyāya voḷhave ||
That he may bear their gifts to heaven, all glorify him Agni, God, With ladle that distilleth oil.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् जातो अरोचत घ्नन् दस्यूञ् ज्योतिषा तमः । अविन्दद् गा अपः स्वः ॥
agnir jāto arocata ghnan dasyūñ jyotiṣā tamaḥ | avindad gā apaḥ svaḥ ||
Agni shone bright when born, with light killing the Dasyus and the dark: He found the Kine, the Floods, the Sun.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निम् ईळेन्यं कविं घृतपृष्ठं सपर्यत । वेतु मे शृणवद् धवम् ॥
agnim īḷenyaṃ kaviṃ ghṛtapṛṣṭhaṃ saparyata | vetu me śṛṇavad dhavam ||
Serve Agni, God adorable, the Sage whose back is balmed with oil: Let him approach, and hear my call.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निं घृतेन वावृधु स्तोमेभिर् विश्वचर्षणिम् । स्वाधीभिर् वचस्युभिः ॥
agniṃ ghṛtena vāvṛdhu stomebhir viśvacarṣaṇim | svādhībhir vacasyubhiḥ ||
They have exalted Agni, God of all mankind, with oil and hymns Of praise, devout and eloquent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)