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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 7208

SV 2 7208.1

अच्छा नः शीरशोचिषं गिरो यन्तु दर्शतं । अच्छा यज्ञासो नमसा पुरूवसुं पुरुप्रशस्तमूतये

acchā naḥ śīraśociṣaṃ giro yantu darśataṃ | acchā yajñāso namasā purūvasuṃ purupraśastamūtaye

Let our songs go toward him of piercing flame, fair to see; let the sacrifices with homage go toward him of many goods, much-praised, for (our) help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Invincible is Agni, he who goes before the tribes of men, A chariot swift and ever new.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 7208.2

अग्निं सूनुं सहसो जातवेदसं दानाय वार्याणां । द्विता यो भूदमृतो मर्त्येष्वा होता मन्द्रतमो विशि

agniṃ sūnuṃ sahaso jātavedasaṃ dānāya vāryāṇāṃ | dvitā yo bhūdamṛto martyeṣvā hotā mandratamo viśi

(Toward) Agni, son of might, knower of all that is born, for the giving of desirable things — he who doubly became the immortal among mortals, the hotṛ most gladdening in the settlement.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

By bringing offerings unto him the mortal worshipper obtains A home from him whose light is pure.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)