samiddho adya rājasi devo devaiḥ sahasrajit dūto havyā kavir vaha
Winner of thousands, kindled, thou shinest a God with Gods to-day. Bear out oblations, envoy, Sage.
Rig Veda
samiddho adya rājasi devo devaiḥ sahasrajit dūto havyā kavir vaha
Winner of thousands, kindled, thou shinest a God with Gods to-day. Bear out oblations, envoy, Sage.
tanūnapād ṛtaṃ yate madhvā yajñaḥ sam ajyate dadhat sahasriṇīr iṣaḥ
Child of Thyself the sacrifice is for the righteous blent with meath, Presenting viands thousandfold.
ājuhvāno na īḍyo devāṁ ā vakṣi yajñiyān agne sahasrasā asi
Invoked and worthy of our praise bring Gods whose due is sacrifice: Thou, Agni, givest countless gifts.
prācīnam barhir ojasā sahasravīram astṛṇan yatrādityā virājatha
To seat a thousand Heroes they eastward have strewn the grass with might, Whereon, Adityas, ye shine forth.
virāṭ samrāḍ vibhvīḥ prabhvīr bahvīś ca bhūyasīś ca yāḥ duro ghṛtāny akṣaran
The sovran all-imperial Doors, wide, good, many and manifold, Have poured their streams of holy oil.
surukme hi supeśasādhi śriyā virājataḥ uṣāsāv eha sīdatām
With gay adornment, fair to see, in glorious beauty shine they forth: Let Night and Morning rest them here.
prathamā hi suvācasā hotārā daivyā kavī yajñaṃ no yakṣatām imam
Let these two Sages first of all, heralds divine and eloquent, Perform for us this sacrifice.
bhāratīᄆe sarasvati yā vaḥ sarvā upabruve tā naś codayata śriye
You I address, Sarasvati, and Bharati, and Ila, all: Urge ye us on to glorious fame.
tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi hi prabhuḥ paśūn viśvān samānaje teṣāṃ na sphātim ā yaja
Tvashtar the Lord hath made all forms and all the cattle of the field Cause them to multiply for us.
upa tmanyā vanaspate pātho devebhyaḥ sṛja agnir havyāni siṣvadat
Send to the Gods, Vanaspati, thyself, the sacrificial draught: Let Agni make the oblations sweet.
purogā agnir devānāṃ gāyatreṇa sam ajyate svāhākṛtīṣu rocate
Agni, preceder of the Gods, is honoured with the sacred song: He glows at offerings blest with Hail!