Rigveda 4.9

HYMN IX. AGNI. · ८ वामदेवो गौतमः। अग्निः।गायत्री।

4.9.1

अग्ने॑ मृ॒ळ म॒हाँ अ॑सि॒ य ई॒मा दे॑व॒युं जन॑म् | इ॒येथ॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सद॑म् ||

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4.9.1

अग्ने॑ मृ॒ळ म॒हाँ अ॑सि॒ य ई॒मा दे॑व॒युं जन॑म् | इ॒येथ॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सद॑म् ||

AGNI, show favour: great art thou who to this pious man art come, To seat thee on the sacred grass.

4.9.2

स मानु॑षीषु दू॒ळभो॑ वि॒क्षु प्रा॒वीरम॑र्त्यः | दू॒तो विश्वे॑षां भुवत् ||

May he the Immortal, Helper, bard to be deceived among mankind, Become the messenger of all.

4.9.3

स सद्म॒ परि॑ णीयते॒ होता॑ म॒न्द्रो दिवि॑ष्टिषु | उ॒त पोता॒ नि षी॑दति ||

Around the altar is he led, welcome Chief Priest at solemn rites, Or as the Potar sits him down.

4.9.4

उ॒त ग्ना अ॒ग्निर॑ध्व॒र उ॒तो गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्दमे॑ | उ॒त ब्र॒ह्मा नि षी॑दति ||

Agni in fire at sacrifice, and in the house as Lord thereof, And as a Brahman takes his seat.

4.9.5

वेषि॒ ह्य॑ध्वरीय॒तामु॑पव॒क्ता जना॑नाम् | ह॒व्या च॒ मानु॑षाणाम् ||

Thou comest as the guide of folk who celebrate a sacrifice, And to oblations brought by men.

4.9.6

वेषीद्व॑स्य दू॒त्यं१ यस्य॒ जुजो॑षो अध्व॒रम् | ह॒व्यं मर्त॑स्य॒ वोळह॑वे ||

Thou servest as his messenger whose sacrifice thou lovest well, To bear the mortal's gifts to heaven.

4.9.7

अ॒स्माकं॑ जोष्यध्व॒रम॒स्माकं॑ य॒ज्ञम॑ङ्गिरः | अ॒स्माकं॑ शृणुधी॒ हव॑म् ||

Accept our solemn rite; be pleased, Aṅgiras, with our sacrifice: Give ear and listen to our call.

4.9.8

परि॑ ते दू॒ळभो॒ रथो॒ऽस्माँ अ॑श्नोतु वि॒श्वत॑: | येन॒ रक्ष॑सि दा॒शुष॑: ||

May thine inviolable car, wherewith thou guardest those who give, Come near to us from every side.