[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) › 8 # Samaveda 8 Sāmavedasaṃhitā 8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.8) 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > 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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.7) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.1.1.1.5.1) — 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.8) — Sanskrit - [Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*benfey1848.8) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.133) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.8) · Pramāṇa