Rig Veda · 1.128.8
Rig Veda 1.128.8 — Agni
Verse 8 of 8 from Sukta 1.128 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.128.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अग्निं होतारमीळते वसुधितिं परियं चेतिष्ठमरतिं नयेरिरे हव्यवाहं नयेरिरे | विश्वायुं विश्ववेदसं होतारं यजतं कविम | देवासो रण्वमवसे वसूयवो गीर्भीरण्वं वसूयवः
IAST Romanisation
aghniṃ hotāramīḷate vasudhitiṃ priyaṃ cetiṣṭhamaratiṃ nyerire havyavāhaṃ nyerire | viśvāyuṃ viśvavedasaṃ hotāraṃ yajataṃ kavim | devāso raṇvamavase vasūyavo ghīrbhīraṇvaṃ vasūyavaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Agni the Priest they supplicate to grant them wealth: him, dear, most thoughtful, have they made their messenger, him, offering-bearer have they made, Beloved of all, who knoweth all, the Priest, the Holy one, the Sage— Him, Friend, for help, the Gods when they are fain for wealth, him, Friend, with hymns, when fain for wealth.
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