[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama) › 6 # Samaveda 6 Sāmavedasaṃhitā 6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.6) 1 1 1 0301a agniṃ vo vṛdhantamadhvarāṇāṃ purūtamam . 1 1 1 0301c acchā naptre sahasvate .. 21 1 1 1 0302a agnistigmena śociṣā yaṃsadviśvaṃ nyā3triṇam . 1 1 1 0302c agnirno vaṃsate rayim .. 22 1 1 1 0303a agne mṛḍa mahāṃ asyaya ā devayuṃ janam . 1 1 1 0303c iyetha barhirāsadam .. 23 1 1 1 0304a agne rakṣā ṇo aṃhasaḥ prati sma deva rīṣataḥ . 1 1 1 0304c tapiṣṭhairajaro daha .. 24 1 1 1 0305a agne yuṅkṣvā hi ye tavāśvāso deva sādhavaḥ . 1 1 1 0305c araṃ vahantyāśavaḥ .. 25 1 1 1 0306a ni tvā nakṣya viśpate dyumantaṃ dhīmahe vayam . 1 1 1 0306c suvīramagna āhuta .. 26 1 1 1 0307a agnirmūrdhā divaḥ kakutpatiḥ pṛthivyā ayam . 1 1 1 0307c apāṃ retāṃsi jinvati .. 27 1 1 1 0308a imamū ṣu tvamasmākaṃ saniṃ gāyatraṃ navyāṃsam . 1 1 1 0308c agne deveṣu pra vocaḥ .. 28 1 1 1 0309a taṃ tvā gopavano girā janiṣṭhadagne aṅgaraḥ . 1 1 1 0309c sa pāvaka śrudhī havam .. 29 1 1 1 0310a pari vājapatiḥ kaviragnirhavyānyakramīt . 1 1 1 0310c dadhadratnāni dāśuṣe .. 30 1 1 1 0311a udu tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ . 1 1 1 0311c dṛśe viśvāya sūryam .. 31 1 1 1 0312a kavimagnimupa stuhi satyadharmāṇamadhvare . 1 1 1 0312c devamamīvacātanam .. 32 1 1 1 0313a śaṃ no devīrabhiṣṭaye śaṃ no bhavantu pītaye . 1 1 1 0313c śaṃ yorabhi sravantu naḥ .. 33 1 1 1 0314a kasya nūnaṃ parīṇasi dhiyo jinvasi satpate . 1 1 1 0314c joṣātā yasya te giraḥ .. 34 > Hither, for powerful kinship, I call Agni, him who prospers you, > Most frequent at our solemn rites. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > May Agni with his pointed blaze cast down each fierce devouring fiend: > May Agni win us wealth by war! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Agni, be gracious; thou art great: thou hast approached the pious man, > Hast come to sit on sacred grass. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Agni, preserve us,from distress consume our enemies, O God, > Eternal, with thy hottest flames > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Harness, O Agni, O thou God, thy steeds which are most excellent! > The fleet ones bring thee rapidly. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Lord of the tribes, whom all must seek, we worshipped Agni set thee down, > Refulgent, rich in valiant men. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Agni is head and height of heaven, the master of the earth is he > He quickeneth the waters' seed. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > O Agni, graciously announce this our good fortune of the Gods, > And this our newest hymn of praise! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > By song, O Agni, Angiras! Gopavana hath brought thee forth > Hear thou my call, refulgent one! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Agni, the Sage, the Lord of Strength, hath moved around the sacred gifts, > Giving the offerer precious things. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > His heralds bear him up aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives, > The Sun, that all may look on him. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Praise Agni in the sacrifice, the Sage whose holy laws are true > The God who driveth grief away. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Kind be the Goddesses to lend us help, and kind that we may drink: > May their streams bring us health and wealth > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Lord of the brave, whose songs dost thou in thine abundance now inspire, > Thou whose hymns help to win the kine? > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.5) - [Next: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.1.1.1.3.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Sāmavedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!samavedarthaprakasa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Kauthuma (Svādhyāya Maṇḍala edition, Pāraḍī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*kauthuma*satavalekar.6) — Sanskrit - [Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*benfey1848.6) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.133) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.oldenberg-1888.c7.s5.14) — Oldenberg 1888, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.6) · Pramāṇa