Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.17
आ यज्ञैर् देव मर्त्य इत्था तव्यांसम् ऊतये । अग्निं कृते स्वध्वरे पूरुर् ईळीतावसे ॥
ā yajñair deva martya itthā tavyāṃsam ūtaye | agniṃ kṛte svadhvare pūrur īḷītāvase ||
God, may a mortal call the Strong hither, with solemn rites, to aid, A man call Agni to protect when sacrifice is well prepared.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य हि स्वयशस्तर आसा विधर्मन् मन्यसे । तं नाकं चित्रशोचिषम् मन्द्रम् परो मनीषया ॥
asya hi svayaśastara āsā vidharman manyase | taṃ nākaṃ citraśociṣam mandram paro manīṣayā ||
Near him thou seemest mightier still in native glory, set to hold Apart yon flame-hued vault of heaven, lovely beyond the thought of man.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य वासा उ अर्चिषा य आयुक्त तुजा गिरा । दिवो न यस्य रेतसा बृहच् छोचन्त्य् अर्चयः ॥
asya vāsā u arciṣā ya āyukta tujā girā | divo na yasya retasā bṛhac chocanty arcayaḥ ||
Yea, this is by the light of him whom powerful song hath bound to act, Whose beams of splendour flash on high as though they sprang from heavenly seed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य क्रत्वा विचेतसो दस्मस्य वसु रथ आ । अधा विश्वासु हव्यो ऽग्निर् विक्षु प्र शस्यते ॥
asya kratvā vicetaso dasmasya vasu ratha ā | adhā viśvāsu havyo 'gnir vikṣu pra śasyate ||
Wealth loads the Wonder-Worker's car through his, the very wise One's power. Then, meet to be invoked among all tribes, is Agni glorified.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नू न इद् धि वार्यम् आसा सचन्त सूरयः । ऊर्जो नपाद् अभिष्टये पाहि शग्धि स्वस्तय उतैधि पृत्सु नो वृधे ॥
nū na id dhi vāryam āsā sacanta sūrayaḥ | ūrjo napād abhiṣṭaye pāhi śagdhi svastaya utaidhi pṛtsu no vṛdhe ||
Now, too, the princes shall obtain excellent riches by our lips. Protect us for our welfare: lend thy succour, O thou Son of Strength. Be near in fight to prosper us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)