ऋग्वेद 10.176 (श्लोक 1) - Project अर्थ (Artha)

प्र सूनव ऋभूणां बृहन्नवन्त वृजना । क्षामा ये विश्वधायसोऽश्नन्धेनुं न मातरम् ॥

pra sūnava ṛbhūṇāṃ bṛhannavanta vṛjanā | kṣāmā ye viśvadhāyaso'śnandhenuṃ na mātaram ||

The Sunus, (the sons) of the Ṛbhus, advance boldly to battle; supporters of all, they have spreadover the earth as (a calf) over the mother cow.

प्र देवं देव्या धिया भरता जातवेदसम् । हव्या नो वक्षदानुषक् ॥

pra devaṃ devyā dhiyā bharatā jātavedasam | havyā no vakṣadānuṣak ||

Bring forward the divine Jātavedas by means of divine wisdom; may he bear our oblations (to thegods) in succession.

अयमु ष्य प्र देवयुर्होता यज्ञाय नीयते । रथो न योरभीवृतो घृणीवाञ्चेतति त्मना ॥

ayamu ṣya pra devayurhotā yajñāya nīyate | ratho na yorabhīvṛto ghṛṇīvāñcetati tmanā ||

This ministrant priest devoted to the gods is brought (here) for the sacrifice; radiant as theswift-moving sun, uniting (the oblation and the gods) surrounded (by the priests, Agni) knows of himself (how toworship the gods).

अयमग्निरुरुष्यत्यमृतादिव जन्मनः । सहसश्चित्सहीयान्देवो जीवातवे कृतः ॥

ayamagniruruṣyatyamṛtādiva janmanaḥ | sahasaścitsahīyāndevo jīvātave kṛtaḥ ||

This Agni saves from peril caused by man as (well as) from peril caused by the immortals, a godstronger than strength, created for life-producing (sacrifice).