ऋग्वेद 1.77 (श्लोक 1) - Project अर्थ (Artha)

कथा दाशेमाग्नये कास्मै देवजुष्टोच्यते भामिने गीः । यो मर्त्येष्वमृत ऋतावा होता यजिष्ठ इत्कृणोति देवान् ॥

kathā dāśemāgnaye kāsmai devajuṣṭocyate bhāmine gīḥ | yo martyeṣvamṛta ṛtāvā hotā yajiṣṭha itkṛṇoti devān ||

What (oblations) may we offer to Agni? What praise is addressed to the luminous (Agni) that is agreeable to the gods? that Agni who is immortal and observant of truth, who is the invoker of the gods, the performer of sacrifices, and who, (present) amongst men, conveys oblations to the deities.

यो अध्वरेषु शंतम ऋतावा होता तमू नमोभिरा कृणुध्वम् । अग्निर्यद्वेर्मर्ताय देवान्त्स चा बोधाति मनसा यजाति ॥

yo adhvareṣu śaṃtama ṛtāvā hotā tamū namobhirā kṛṇudhvam | agniryadvermartāya devāntsa cā bodhāti manasā yajāti ||

Bring hither, with praises, him who is most constant in sacrifice, observant of truth, and the invoker (of the gods), for Agni, when he repairs to the gods on the part of man, knows those (who are to be worshipped), and worships them with reverence.

स हि क्रतुः स मर्यः स साधुर्मित्रो न भूदद्भुतस्य रथीः । तं मेधेषु प्रथमं देवयन्तीर्विश उप ब्रुवते दस्ममारीः ॥

sa hi kratuḥ sa maryaḥ sa sādhurmitro na bhūdadbhutasya rathīḥ | taṃ medheṣu prathamaṃ devayantīrviśa upa bruvate dasmamārīḥ ||

For he is the performer of rites, he is the destroyer and reviver (of all things), and, like a friend he is the donor of unattained wealth; all men reverencing the gods, and approaching the well-looking Agni, repeat his name first in holy rites.

स नो नृणां नृतमो रिशादा अग्निर्गिरोऽवसा वेतु धीतिम् । तना च ये मघवानः शविष्ठा वाजप्रसूता इषयन्त मन्म ॥

sa no nṛṇāṃ nṛtamo riśādā agnirgiro'vasā vetu dhītim | tanā ca ye maghavānaḥ śaviṣṭhā vājaprasūtā iṣayanta manma ||

May Agni, who is the chief director of sacrifices, and the destroyer of enemies, accept our praise and worship with oblations, and may those who are affluent with great wealth, who are endowed with strength, and by whom the sacrificial food has been prepared, be desirous to offer adoration.

एवाग्निर्गोतमेभिॠतावा विप्रेभिरस्तोष्ट जातवेदाः । स एषु द्युम्नं पीपयत्स वाजं स पुष्टिं याति जोषमा चिकित्वान् ॥

evāgnirgotamebhiṝtāvā viprebhirastoṣṭa jātavedāḥ | sa eṣu dyumnaṃ pīpayatsa vājaṃ sa puṣṭiṃ yāti joṣamā cikitvān ||

Thus has Agni, the celebrator of sacrifices, and by whom all things are known, been hymned by the pious descendant of Gotama; to them he has given the bright Soma to drink, along with the sacrificial food, and gratified by our devotion, he obtains nutriment (for himself).