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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 2106

SV 2 2106.1

अग्निं दूतं वृणीमहे होतारं विश्ववेदसं । अस्य यज्ञस्य सुक्रतुं

agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe hotāraṃ viśvavedasaṃ | asya yajñasya sukratuṃ

We choose Agni as messenger, as hotṛ possessing all knowledge, as the one of good kratu for this sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agni we choose as envoy, skilled performer of this holy rite, Hotar, possessor of all wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 2106.2

अग्निमग्निं हवीमभिः सदा हवन्त विश्पतिं । हव्यवाहं पुरुप्रियं

agnimagniṃ havīmabhiḥ sadā havanta viśpatiṃ | havyavāhaṃ purupriyaṃ

Agni, Agni they always call with their invocations, the lord of the clan, the carrier of oblations, dear to many.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With constant calls they invocate Agni, Agni, Lord of the house, Oblation-bearer, much-beloved

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 2106.3

अग्ने देवां इहा वह जज्ञानो वृक्तबर्हिषे । असि होता न ईड्यः

agne devāṃ ihā vaha jajñāno vṛktabarhiṣe | asi hotā na īḍyaḥ

O Agni, convey the gods here; born, you are for him whose barhis is strewn our hotṛ, to be invoked.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Bring the Gods hither, Agni, born for him who trims the Sacred grass: Thou art our Hotar, meet for praise!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)