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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 103

AV 20 103.1

अग्निम् ईलिष्वावसे गाथाभिः शीरशोचिषम् । अग्निं राये पुरुमील्ह श्रुतं नरो ऽग्निं सुदीतये छर्दिः

agnim īliṣvāvase gāthābhiḥ śīraśociṣam | agniṃ rāye purumīlha śrutaṃ naro 'gniṃ sudītaye chardiḥ

Invoke Agni for help with songs, him of the sharp flame; Agni for wealth, O Purumīḷha, the famed one, O men; Agni for the bright shining, (as) a shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Solicit with your hymns, for aid, Agni the God with piercing flame, For riches famous Agni, Purmilha ‘and ye men, Agni to light our dwelling well.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 103.2

अग्न आ याह्य् अग्निभिर् होतारं त्वा वृणीमहे । आ त्वाम् अनक्तु प्रयता हविष्मती यजिष्ठं बर्हिर् आसदे

agna ā yāhy agnibhir hotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe | ā tvām anaktu prayatā haviṣmatī yajiṣṭhaṃ barhir āsade

Agni, come with the (other) fires; we choose you as hotṛ. Let the outstretched (ladle), full of oblation, anoint you, the best sacrificer, to sit upon the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agni, come hither with thy fires: we choose thee as our Hotai- priest. Let the extended ladle full of oil balm thee, best priest, to sit on sacred grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 103.3

अछ हि त्वा सहसः सूनो अङ्गिरः स्रुचश् चरन्त्य् अध्वरे । ऊर्जो नपातं घृतकेशम् ईमहे ऽग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम्

acha hi tvā sahasaḥ sūno aṅgiraḥ srucaś caranty adhvare | ūrjo napātaṃ ghṛtakeśam īmahe 'gniṃ yajñeṣu pūrvyam

For toward you, O son of strength, O Aṅgiras, the ladles move at the rite; we approach the child of vigor, the one with ghee for hair, Agni, foremost at sacrifices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For unto thee, O Angiras, O Son of Strength, move ladles in the sacrifice, To Agni, Child of Force, whose locks drop oil, we seek, fore- most in sacrificial rites.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)