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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 13

RV 1 13.1

सुसमिद्धो न आ वह देवाꣳ अग्ने हविष्मते । होतः पावक यक्षि च

susamiddho na ā vaha devām̐ agne haviṣmate | hotaḥ pāvaka yakṣi ca

Well-kindled, convey the gods here to us, Agni, for the one who has the oblation; and sacrifice, O hotṛ, O purifier.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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AGNI, well-kindled, bring the Gods for him who offers holy gifts. Worship them, Purifier, Priest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.2

मधुमन्तꣳ तनूनपाद् यज्ञꣳ देवेषु नः कवे । अद्या कृणुहि वीतये

madhumantaṁ tanūnapād yajñaṁ deveṣu naḥ kave | adyā kṛṇuhi vītaye

Tanūnapāt, O poet, make our sacrifice among the gods full of honey today, for (their) enjoyment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Son of Thyself, present, O Sage, our sacrifice to the Gods today. Sweet to the taste, that they may feast.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.3

नराशꣳसम् इह प्रियम् अस्मिन् यज्ञ उप ह्वये । मधुजिह्वꣳ हविष्कृतम्

narāśaṁsam iha priyam asmin yajña upa hvaye | madhujihvaṁ haviṣkṛtam

Here in this sacrifice I call upon the beloved Narāśaṁsa, honey-tongued, the maker of the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Dear Narâṣansa, sweet of tongue, the giver of oblations, I Invoke to this our sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.4

अग्ने सुखतमे रथे देवाꣳ ईऴित आ वह । असि होता मनुर्हितः

agne sukhatame rathe devām̐ īḻita ā vaha | asi hotā manurhitaḥ

Agni, invoked, bring the gods here on the easiest-running chariot; you are the hotṛ appointed by Manu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni, on thy most easy car, glorified, hither bring the Gods: Manu appointed thee as Priest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.5

स्तृणीत बर्हिर् आनुषग् घृतपृष्ठम् मनीषिणः । यत्रामृतस्य चक्षणम्

stṛṇīta barhir ānuṣag ghṛtapṛṣṭham manīṣiṇaḥ | yatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇam

Spread the sacred grass in due order, O thoughtful ones, (the grass) with ghee on its back, where the sight of the immortal is.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Strew, O ye wise, the sacred grass that drips with oil, in order due, Where the Immortal is beheld.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.6

वि श्रयन्ताम् ऋतावृधो द्वारो देवीर् असश्चतः । अद्या नूनꣳ च यष्टवे

vi śrayantām ṛtāvṛdho dvāro devīr asaścataḥ | adyā nūnaṁ ca yaṣṭave

Let them open wide, the divine doors, strengtheners of ṛta, inexhaustible, for the sacrifice today and now.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thrown open be the Doors Divine, unfailing, that assist the rite, For sacrifice this day and now.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.7

नक्तोषासा सुपेशसास्मिन् यज्ञ उप ह्वये । इदꣳ नो बर्हिर् आसदे

naktoṣāsā supeśasāsmin yajña upa hvaye | idaṁ no barhir āsade

Night and Dawn, beautifully adorned, I call to this sacrifice, to sit on this sacred grass of ours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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I call the lovely Night and Dawn to seat them on the holy grass At this our solemn sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.8

ता सुजिह्वा उप ह्वये होतारा दैव्या कवी । यज्ञꣳ नो यक्षताम् इमम्

tā sujihvā upa hvaye hotārā daivyā kavī | yajñaṁ no yakṣatām imam

Those two fair-tongued ones I call, the two divine hotṛs, the two poets: let them sacrifice this our sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The two Invokers I invite, the wise, divine and sweet of tongue, To celebrate this our sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.9

इऴा सरस्वती मही तिस्रो देवीर् मयोभुवः । बर्हिः सीदन्त्व् अस्रिधः

iḻā sarasvatī mahī tisro devīr mayobhuvaḥ | barhiḥ sīdantv asridhaḥ

Iḻā, Sarasvatī, Mahī, the three goddesses who bring delight, unfailing, let them sit upon the sacred grass.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Iḷâ, Sarasvatî, Mahi, three Goddesses who bring delight, Be seated, peaceful, on the grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.10

इह त्वष्टारम् अग्रियꣳ विश्वरूपम् उप ह्वये । अस्माकम् अस्तु केवलः

iha tvaṣṭāram agriyaṁ viśvarūpam upa hvaye | asmākam astu kevalaḥ

Here I call upon Tvaṣṭṛ, the foremost, of all forms; let him be ours alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Tvashṭar I call, the earliest born, the wearer of all forms at will: May he be ours and curs alone.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.11

अव सृजा वनस्पते देव देवेभ्यो हविः । प्र दातुर् अस्तु चेतनम्

ava sṛjā vanaspate deva devebhyo haviḥ | pra dātur astu cetanam

Release the oblation to the gods, O Vanaspati, O god; let the giver's (gift) come to notice.

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

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God, Sovran of the Wood, present this our oblation to the Gods, And let the giver be renowned.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 13.12

स्वाहा यज्ञꣳ कृणोतनेन्द्राय यज्वनो गृहे । तत्र देवाꣳ उप ह्वये

svāhā yajñaṁ kṛṇotanendrāya yajvano gṛhe | tatra devām̐ upa hvaye

Make the sacrifice with 'svāhā' for Indra in the house of the sacrificer; there I call the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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With Svâhâ pay the sacrifice to Indra in the offerer's house: Thither I call the Deities.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)