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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 6201

SV 2 6201.1

उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरं मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये । आरे अस्मे च शृण्वते

upaprayanto adhvaraṃ mantraṃ vocemāgnaye | āre asme ca śṛṇvate

As we approach the rite, let us speak a formula to Agni, who hears from afar and among us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Chant we a hymn to Agni while we go to sacrifice, to him Who hears us even from afar!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 6201.2

यः स्नीहितीषु पूर्व्यः संजग्मानासु कृष्टिषु । अरक्षद्दाशुषे गयं

yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjagmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu | arakṣaddāśuṣe gayaṃ

(He) who, foremost in the clashes, when the peoples had come together, guarded the homestead for the one who gave offering.

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

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Who from of old, in carnage, when the folk were gathered, hath preserved. His household for the worshipper.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 6201.3

स नो वेदो अमात्यमग्नी रक्षतु शन्तमः । उतास्मान्पात्वंहसः

sa no vedo amātyamagnī rakṣatu śantamaḥ | utāsmānpātvaṃhasaḥ

May Agni, most kindly, guard our wealth and our household; and may he protect us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May that most blissful Agni guard our wealth and all ourfamily. And keep us safe from pain and grief

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 6201.4

उत ब्रुवन्तु जन्तव उदग्निर्वृत्रहाजनि । धनञ्जयो रणेरणे

uta bruvantu jantava udagnirvṛtrahājani | dhanañjayo raṇeraṇe

And let the creatures declare: Agni has arisen, the slayer of Vṛtra, the winner of spoils in battle after battle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yea, let men say, Agni is born, even he who slayeth Vritra, he, Who winneth wealth in every fight!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)