Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.1

1.1.1

अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ।
होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥

I praise Agni, the household priest, the divine officiant of the sacrifice, the invoker, the greatest bestower of treasures.

अ॒ग्निः पूर्वे॑भि॒र्ऋषि॑भि॒रीड्यो॒ नूत॑नैरु॒त ।
स दे॒वाँ एह व॑क्षति ॥

Agni, worthy of praise by the ancient and the new seers, may he bring the gods hither.

अ॒ग्निना॑ र॒यिम॑श्नव॒त्पोष॑मे॒व दि॒वेदि॑वे ।
य॒शसं॑ वी॒रव॑त्तमम् ॥

Through Agni a man attains wealth and nourishment day by day, most rich in fame and heroic sons.

अग्ने॒ यं य॒ज्ञम॑ध्व॒रं वि॒श्वतः॑ परि॒भूरसि॑ ।
स इद्दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति ॥

O Agni, you are the protector on every side; the sacrifice, the non-violent rite that you carry, indeed goes among the gods.

अ॒ग्निर्होता॑ क॒विक्र॑तुः स॒त्यश्चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमः ।
दे॒वो दे॒वेभि॒रा ग॑मत् ॥

Agni, the priest of wise purpose, true and most rich in wondrous fame, that god may come hither with the gods.

यद॒ङ्ग दा॒शुषे॒ त्वमग्ने॑ भ॒द्रं क॑रि॒ष्यसि॑ ।
तवेत्तत्स॒त्यम॑ङ्गिरः ॥

Whatever good you will do, O Agni, for the generous worshipper, that indeed is your true deed, O Angiras.

उप॑ त्वाग्ने दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ दोषा॑वस्तर्धि॒या व॒यम् ।
नमो॒ भर॑न्त॒ एम॑सि ॥

To you, O Agni, O dweller of night and dawn, day after day we come bearing homage with devotion.

राज॑न्तमध्व॒राणां॑ गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ दीदि॑विम् ।
वर्ध॑मानं॒ स्वे दमे॑ ॥

Agni, king of the sacrifices, guardian of the cosmic order, radiant one, grows in his own home.

स नः॑ पि॒तेव॑ सू॒नवेऽग्ने॑ सूपाय॒नो भ॑व ।
सच॑स्वा नः स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

Be easily reached by us, Agni, as a father is by his son; be benevolent and stay with us for our well-being.