Samaveda 8

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1 1 1 0501a enā vo agniṃ namasorjo napātamā huve .
1 1 1 0501c priyaṃ cetiṣṭhamaratiṃ svādhvaraṃ viśvasya dūtamamṛtam .. 45
1 1 1 0502a śeṣe vaneṣu mātṛṣu saṃ tvā martāsa indhate .
1 1 1 0502c atandro havyaṃ vahasi haviṣkṛta ādiddeveṣu rājasi .. 46
1 1 1 0503a adarśi gātuvittamo yasminvratānyādadhuḥ .
1 1 1 0503c upo ṣu jātamāryasya vardhanamagniṃ nakṣantu no giraḥ .. 47
1 1 1 0504a agnirukthe purohito grāvāṇo barhiradhvare .
1 1 1 0504c ṛcā yāmi maruto brahmaṇaspate devā avo vareṇyam .. 48
1 1 1 0505a agnimīḍiṣvāvase gāthābhiḥ śīraśociṣam .
1 1 1 0505c agniṃ rāye purumīḍha śrutaṃ naro 'gniḥ sudītaye chardiḥ .. 49
1 1 1 0506a śrudhi śrutkarṇa vahnibhirdevairagne sayāvabhiḥ .
1 1 1 0506c ā sīdatu barhiṣi mitro aryamā prātaryāvabhiradhvare .. 50
1 1 1 0507a pra daivodāso agnirdeva indro na majmanā .
1 1 1 0507c anu mātaraṃ pṛthivīṃ vi vāvṛte tasthau nākasya śarmaṇi .. 51
1 1 1 0508a adha jmo adha vā divo bṛhato rocanādadhi .
1 1 1 0508c ayā vardhasva tanvā girā mamā jātā sukrato pṛṇa .. 52
1 1 1 0509a kāyamāno vanā tvaṃ yanmātR^īrajagannapaḥ .
1 1 1 0509c na tatte agne pramṛṣe nivartanaṃ yaddūre sannihābhuvaḥ .. 53
1 1 1 0510a ni tvāmagne manurdadhe jyotirjanāya śaśvate .
1 1 1 0510c dīdetha kaṇva ṛtajāta ukṣito yaṃ namasyanti kṛṣṭayaḥ .. 54

With this mine homage I invoke Agni for you, the Son of Strength,
Dear, wisest envoy, skilled in noble sacrifice, immortal messenger of all.

Thou liest in the logs that are thy mothers: mortals kindle thee.
Alert thou bearest off the sacrifleer's gift, and then thou shinest to the Gods.

He hath appeared, best prosperer, in whom men lay their holy acts:
So may our songs of praise come nigh to Agni who was born to give the Arya strength!

Chief Priest is Agni at the laud, as stones and grass at sacrifice.
Gods! Maruts! Brahmanaspati! I crave with song the help that is most excellent.

Pray Agni of the piercing flame, with sacred songs, to be our help;
For wealth, famed Agni, Purumilha and ye men! He is Suditi's sure defence.

Hear, Agni who hast ears to hear, with all thy train of escort Gods!
With those who come at dawn let Mitra, Aryaman sit on the grass at sacrifice.

Agni of Divodasa, God, comes forth like Indra in his might.
Rapidly hath he moved along his mother earth: he stands in high heaven's dwelling-place.

Whether thou come from earth or from the lofty lucid realm of heaven,
Wax stronger in thy body through my song of praise: fill full all creatures, O most wise!

If, loving well the forests, thou wentest to thy maternal floods,
Not to be scorned, Agni, is that return of thine when, from afar, thou now art here.

O Agni, Manu stablished thee a light for all the race of men:
With Kanva hast thou blazed, Law-born and waxen strong, thou whom the people reverence.