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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 14

RV 7 14.1

समिधा जातवेदसे देवाय देवहूतिभिः । हविर्भिः शुक्रशोचिषे नमस्विनो वयꣳ दाशेमाग्नये

samidhā jātavedase devāya devahūtibhiḥ | havirbhiḥ śukraśociṣe namasvino vayaṁ dāśemāgnaye

With kindling-wood, with god-invocations, with oblations, may we, bearing homage, serve Jātavedas, the god of bright flame, Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

WITH reverence and with offered gifts serve we the God whose flame is bright: Let us bring Jâtavedas fuel, and adore Agni when we invoke the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 14.2

वयꣳ ते अग्ने समिधा विधेम वयꣳ दाशेम सुष्टुती यजत्र । वयꣳ घृतेनाध्वरस्य होतर् वयꣳ देव हविषा भद्रशोचे

vayaṁ te agne samidhā vidhema vayaṁ dāśema suṣṭutī yajatra | vayaṁ ghṛtenādhvarasya hotar vayaṁ deva haviṣā bhadraśoce

We would honor you, Agni, with kindling-wood; we would serve with fair praise, O worshipful one; we with ghee, O hotṛ of the rite; we with oblation, O god of auspicious flame.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agni, may we perform thy rites with fuel, and honour thee, O Holy one, with praises: Honour thee, Priest of sacrifice! with butter, thee, God of blessed light! with our oblation.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 14.3

आ नो देवेभिर् उप देवहूतिम् अग्ने याहि वषट्कृतिꣳ जुषाणः । तुभ्यꣳ देवाय दाशतः स्याम यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

ā no devebhir upa devahūtim agne yāhi vaṣaṭkṛtiṁ juṣāṇaḥ | tubhyaṁ devāya dāśataḥ syāma yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Come to us with the gods, to the god-invocation, O Agni, taking pleasure in the vaṣaṭ-call. May we be among those who serve you, the god. Do you protect us always with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Come, Agni, with the Gods to our invoking, come, pleased, to offerings sanctified with Vashaṭ. May we be his who pays thee, God, due honour. Ye Gods, preserve us evermore with blessings.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)