Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·7·7.2
जुषस्व नः समिधम् अग्ने अद्य शोचा बृहद् यजतं धूमम् ऋण्वन् । उप स्पृश दिव्यं सानु स्तूपैः सं रश्मिभिस् ततनः सूर्यस्य ॥
juṣasva naḥ samidham agne adya śocā bṛhad yajataṃ dhūmam ṛṇvan | upa spṛśa divyaṃ sānu stūpaiḥ saṃ raśmibhis tatanaḥ sūryasya ||
Gladly accept, this day, our fuel, Agni: send up thy sacred smoke and shine sublimely. Touch the celestial summits with thy columns, and overspread thee with the rays of Surya.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नराशंसस्य महिमानम् एषाम् उप स्तोषाम यजतस्य यज्ञैः । ये सुक्रतवः शुचयो धियन्धाः स्वदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या ॥
narāśaṃsasya mahimānam eṣām upa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ | ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyandhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā ||
With sacrifice to these we men will honour the majesty of holy Narasamsa- To these the pure, most wise, the thought. inspirers, Gods who enjoy both sorts of our oblations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ईळेन्यं वो असुरं सुदक्षम् अन्तर् दूतं रोदसी सत्यवाचम् । मनुष्वद् अग्निम् मनुना समिद्धं सम् अध्वराय सदम् इन् महेम ॥
īḷenyaṃ vo asuraṃ sudakṣam antar dūtaṃ rodasī satyavācam | manuṣvad agnim manunā samiddhaṃ sam adhvarāya sadam in mahema ||
We will extol at sacrifice for ever, as men may do, Agni whom Manu kindled, Your very skilful Asura, meet for worship, envoy between both worlds, the truthful speaker.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सपर्यवो भरमाणा अभिज्ञु प्र वृञ्जते नमसा बर्हिर् अग्नौ । आजुह्वाना घृतपृष्ठम् पृषद्वद् अध्वर्यवो हविषा मर्जयध्वम् ॥
saparyavo bharamāṇā abhijñu pra vṛñjate namasā barhir agnau | ājuhvānā ghṛtapṛṣṭham pṛṣadvad adhvaryavo haviṣā marjayadhvam ||
Bearing the sacred grass, the men who serve him strew it with reverence, on their knees, by Agni. Calling him to the spotted grass, oil-sprinkled, adorn him, ye Adhvaryus, with oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्वाध्यो वि दुरो देवयन्तो ऽशिश्रयू रथयुर् देवताता । पूर्वी शिशुं न मातरा रिहाणे सम् अग्रुवो न समनेष्व् अञ्जन् ॥
svādhyo vi duro devayanto 'śiśrayū rathayur devatātā | pūrvī śiśuṃ na mātarā rihāṇe sam agruvo na samaneṣv añjan ||
With holy thoughts the pious have thrown open Doors fain for chariots in the Gods' assembly. Like two full mother cows who lick their youngling, like maidens for the gathering, they adorn them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत योषणे दिव्ये मही न उषासानक्ता सुदुघेव धेनुः । बर्हिषदा पुरुहूते मघोनी आ यज्ञिये सुविताय श्रयेताम् ॥
uta yoṣaṇe divye mahī na uṣāsānaktā sudugheva dhenuḥ | barhiṣadā puruhūte maghonī ā yajñiye suvitāya śrayetām ||
And let the two exalted Heavenly Ladies, Morning and Night, like a cow good at milking, Come, much-invoked, and on our grass be seated ' wealthy, deserving worship, for our welfare.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विप्रा यज्ञेषु मानुषेषु कारू मन्ये वां जातवेदसा यजध्यै । ऊर्ध्वं नो अध्वरं कृतं हवेषु ता देवेषु वनथो वार्याणि ॥
viprā yajñeṣu mānuṣeṣu kārū manye vāṃ jātavedasā yajadhyai | ūrdhvaṃ no adhvaraṃ kṛtaṃ haveṣu tā deveṣu vanatho vāryāṇi ||
You, Bards and Singers at men's sacrifices, both filled with wisdom, I incline to worship. Send up our offerings when we call upon you, and so among the Gods obtain us treasures.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ भारती भारतीभिः सजोषा इळा देवैर् मनुष्येभिर् अग्निः । सरस्वती सारस्वतेभिर् अर्वाक् तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदं सदन्तु ॥
ā bhāratī bhāratībhiḥ sajoṣā iḷā devair manuṣyebhir agniḥ | sarasvatī sārasvatebhir arvāk tisro devīr barhir edaṃ sadantu ||
May Bharati with all her Sisters, Ila accordant with the Gods, with mortals Agni, Sarasvati with all her kindred Rivers, come to this grass, Three Goddesses, and seat them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तन् नस् तुरीपम् अध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर् वि रराणः स्यस्व । यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः ॥
tan nas turīpam adha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭar vi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ ||
Well pleased with us do thou, O God, O Tvastar, give ready issue to our procreant vigour, Whence springs the hero, powerful, skilled in action, lover of Gods, adjuster of the press-stones.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वनस्पते ऽव सृजोप देवान् अग्निर् हविः शमिता सूदयाति । सेद् उ होता सत्यतरो यजाति यथा देवानां जनिमानि वेद ॥
vanaspate 'va sṛjopa devān agnir haviḥ śamitā sūdayāti | sed u hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṃ janimāni veda ||
Send to the Gods the oblation, Lord of Forests, and let the Immolator, Agni, dress it. He as the truer Priest shall offer worship, for the God's generations well he knoweth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ याह्य् अग्ने समिधानो अर्वाङ् इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं तुरेभिः । बर्हिर् न आस्ताम् अदितिः सुपुत्रा स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम् ॥
ā yāhy agne samidhāno arvāṅ indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṃ turebhiḥ | barhir na āstām aditiḥ suputrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām ||
Come thou to us, O Agni, duly kindled, together with the potent Gods and Indra. On this our grass sit Aditi, happy Mother, and let our Hail! delight the Gods Immortal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)