Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 102
AV 20 102.1
ईलेन्यो नमस्यस् तिरस् तमांसि दर्शतः । सम् अग्निर् इध्यते वृषा
īlenyo namasyas tiras tamāṃsi darśataḥ | sam agnir idhyate vṛṣā
To be invoked, to be honored with homage, visible across the darknesses — the bull Agni is kindled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Meet to be lauded and adored, showing in beauty through the= dark, Agni the Bull is kindled well,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 102.2
वृषो अग्निः सम् इध्यते ऽश्वो न देववाहनः । तं हविष्मन्तः ईलते
vṛṣo agniḥ sam idhyate 'śvo na devavāhanaḥ | taṃ haviṣmantaḥ īlate
The bull Agni is kindled, like a horse that carries the gods; those with oblations invoke him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Agni is kindled as a Bull, like a horse bearer of the Gods; Men with oblations worship him.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 102.3
वृषणं त्वा वयं वृषन् वृषणः सम् इधीमहि । अग्ने दीद्यतं बृहत्
vṛṣaṇaṃ tvā vayaṃ vṛṣan vṛṣaṇaḥ sam idhīmahi | agne dīdyataṃ bṛhat
You, the bull, may we, bulls ourselves, O bull, kindle — O Agni, shining out on high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thee will we kindle as a Bull, we who are bulls ourselves, O Bull, Thee, Agni, shining mightily.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)