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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 7116

SV 2 7116.1

अग्निर्मूर्धा दिवः ककुत्पतिः पृथिव्या अयं । अपां रेतांसि जिन्वति

agnirmūrdhā divaḥ kakutpatiḥ pṛthivyā ayaṃ | apāṃ retāṃsi jinvati

Agni is the head of heaven, the summit; he is the lord of the earth; he quickens the seeds of the waters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agni is head and height of heaven, the master of the earth is he: He quickeneth the waters' seed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 7116.2

ईशिषे वार्यस्य हि दात्रस्याग्ने स्वःपतिः । स्तोता स्यां तव शर्मणि

īśiṣe vāryasya hi dātrasyāgne svaḥpatiḥ | stotā syāṃ tava śarmaṇi

For thou rulest over the desirable gift, O Agni, as lord of the light of heaven; may I, thy praiser, be under thy shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yea, Agni, thou as Lord of light rulest o'er choicest gifts may I, Thy singer, find defence in thee

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 7116.3

उदग्ने शुचयस्तव शुक्रा भ्राजन्त ईरते । तव ज्योतींष्यर्चयः

udagne śucayastava śukrā bhrājanta īrate | tava jyotīṃṣyarcayaḥ

Up go thy pure, bright, blazing (flames), O Agni — thy lights, thy rays.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Upward, O Agni, rise thy flames, pure and resplendent, blazing high, Thy lustres, fair effulgences.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)