Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.20·5.20.3
होतारं त्वा वृणीमहे ऽग्ने दक्षस्य साधनम् । यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यं गिरा प्रयस्वन्तो हवामहे ॥
hotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe 'gne dakṣasya sādhanam | yajñeṣu pūrvyaṃ girā prayasvanto havāmahe ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Thee, Agni, would we choose as Priest, the perfecter of strength and skill; We who bring sacred food invoke with song thee Chief at holy rites.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.20.3, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/5.20.3), after GRETIL, Rgveda Based on the edition by Th.
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