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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 11

RV 6 11.1

यजस्व होतर् इषितो यजीयान् अग्ने बाधो मरुताꣳ न प्रयुक्ति । आ नो मित्रावरुणा नासत्या द्यावा होत्राय पृथिवी ववृत्याः

yajasva hotar iṣito yajīyān agne bādho marutāṁ na prayukti | ā no mitrāvaruṇā nāsatyā dyāvā hotrāya pṛthivī vavṛtyāḥ

Sacrifice, O hotṛ, when urged on, as the better sacrificer, O Agni, pressing forward as at the harnessing of the Maruts. Turn Mitra and Varuṇa hither for us, and the Nāsatyas, and Heaven and Earth, for the hotṛ's office.

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

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EAGERLY Sacrifice thou, most skilful, Agni! Priest, pressing on as if the Maruts sent thee. To our oblation bring the two Nâsatyas, Mitra and Varuṇa and Earth and Heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 11.2

त्वꣳ होता मन्द्रतमो नो अध्रुग् अन्तर् देवो विदथा मर्त्येषु । पावकया जुह्वा३ वह्निर् आसाग्ने यजस्व तन्व१ꣳ तव स्वाम्

tvaṁ hotā mandratamo no adhrug antar devo vidathā martyeṣu | pāvakayā juhvā3 vahnir āsāgne yajasva tanva1ṁ tava svām

You are our hotṛ, most delightful, without deceit, a god among mortals at the ritual assemblies. As conveyor, with your purifying tongue, with your mouth, Agni, sacrifice to your own body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art our guileless, most delightful Herald, the God, among mankind, of holy synods. A Priest with purifying tongue, O Agni, sacrifice with thy mouth to thine own body.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 11.3

धन्या चिद् धि त्वे धिषणा वष्टि प्र देवाञ् जन्म गृणते यजध्यै । वेपिष्ठो अङ्गिरसाꣳ यद् ध विप्रो मधु च्छन्दो भनति रेभ इष्टौ

dhanyā cid dhi tve dhiṣaṇā vaṣṭi pra devāñ janma gṛṇate yajadhyai | vepiṣṭho aṅgirasāṁ yad dha vipro madhu cchando bhanati rebha iṣṭau

For indeed even the wealth-bringing Dhiṣaṇā desires in you that the race of the gods be worshipped for the singer — when the most quivering of the Aṅgirases, the inspired one, the bard, chants a honeyed metre at the sacrificial seeking.

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

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For even the blessed longing that is in thee would bring the Gods down to the singer's worship, When the Angirases' sagest Sage, the Poet, sings the sweet measure at the solemn service.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 11.4

अदिद्युतत् स्व् अपाको विभावाग्ने यजस्व रोदसी उरूची । आयुꣳ न यꣳ नमसा रातहव्या अञ्जन्ति सुप्रयसम् पञ्च जनाः

adidyutat sv apāko vibhāvāgne yajasva rodasī urūcī | āyuṁ na yaṁ namasā rātahavyā añjanti suprayasam pañca janāḥ

He of good works, the radiant one, has flashed forth. Agni, sacrifice to the two wide world-halves — (you) whom, like Āyu, the five peoples, their oblations given, anoint with homage, the one richly supplied with offerings.

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

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Bright hath he beamed, the wise, the far-refulgent. Worship the two widespreading Worlds, O Agni, Whom as the Living One rich in oblations the Five Tribes, bringing gifts, adorn with homage.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 11.5

वृञ्जे ह यन् नमसा बर्हिर् अग्नाव् अयामि स्रुग् घृतवती सुवृक्तिः । अम्यक्षि सद्म सदने पृथिव्या अश्रायि यज्ञः सूर्ये न चक्षुः

vṛñje ha yan namasā barhir agnāv ayāmi srug ghṛtavatī suvṛktiḥ | amyakṣi sadma sadane pṛthivyā aśrāyi yajñaḥ sūrye na cakṣuḥ

When indeed I twist the barhis with homage, the ghee-filled ladle, the fine praise, has been offered into Agni; the seat has been fixed fast on the place of the earth; the sacrifice has been set up like the eye in the sun.

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

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When I with reverence clip the grass for Agni, when the trimmed ladle, fullof oil, is lifted, Firm on the seat of earth is based the altar: eye-like, the sacrifice is directed Sun-ward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 11.6

दशस्या नः पुर्वणीक होतर् देवेभिर् अग्ने अग्निभिर् इधानः । रायः सूनो सहसो वावसाना अति स्रसेम वृजनꣳ नाꣳहः

daśasyā naḥ purvaṇīka hotar devebhir agne agnibhir idhānaḥ | rāyaḥ sūno sahaso vāvasānā ati srasema vṛjanaṁ nāṁhaḥ

Be gracious to us, O many-faced hotṛ, O Agni, kindled together with the gods, with the fires. O son of strength, clothing ourselves in riches, may we slip past distress as past an enclosure.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Enrich us, O thou Priest of many aspects, with the Gods, Agni, with thy fires, enkindled. O Son of Strength, clad in the robe of riches, may we escape from woe as from a prison.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)