Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.13

1.13.1

सुस॑मिद्धो न॒ आ व॑ह दे॒वाँ अ॑ग्ने ह॒विष्म॑ते ।
होतः॑ पावक॒ यक्षि॑ च ॥

Kindled well, O Agni, bring the gods hither for the one who offers oblations. O priest, O purifier, sacrifice and worship.

मधु॑मन्तं तनूनपाद्य॒ज्ञं दे॒वेषु॑ नः कवे ।
अ॒द्या कृ॑णुहि वी॒तये॑ ॥

O Tanūnapāt, O seer, make our sacrifice sweet among the gods; make it ready today for enjoyment.

नरा॒शंस॑मि॒ह प्रि॒यम॒स्मिन्य॒ज्ञ उप॑ ह्वये ।
मधु॑जिह्वं हवि॒ष्कृत॑म् ॥

Here, in this sacrifice, I call upon the dear Narāśaṃsa, honey-tongued, who prepares the oblation.

अग्ने॑ सु॒खत॑मे॒ रथे॑ दे॒वाँ ई॑ळि॒त आ व॑ह ।
असि॒ होता॒ मनु॑र्हितः ॥

O Agni, praised, bring the gods in the most pleasant chariot. You are the priest, established by Manu.

स्तृ॒णी॒त ब॒र्हिरा॑नु॒षग्घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठं मनीषिणः ।
यत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ चक्ष॑णम् ॥

O wise ones, spread the ghee-sprinkled sacred grass in order, where the sight of immortality is.

वि श्र॑यन्तामृता॒वृधो॒ द्वारो॑ दे॒वीर॑स॒श्चतः॑ ।
अ॒द्या नू॒नं च॒ यष्ट॑वे ॥

May the divine doors, promoters of rta and unobstructed, open today and now for worship.

नक्तो॒षासा॑ सु॒पेश॑सा अ॒स्मिन्य॒ज्ञ उप॑ ह्वये ।
इ॒दं नो॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑ ॥

Night and Dawn, fair of form, I call you to this sacrifice. For us, sit down on this sacred grass seat.

ता सु॑जि॒ह्वा उप॑ ह्वये॒ होता॑रा॒ दैव्या॑ क॒वी ।
य॒ज्ञं नो॑ यक्षतामि॒मम् ॥

Those two fine-tongued divine priests, the wise seers, I call near. May they perform this sacrifice for us.

इळा॒ सर॑स्वती म॒ही ति॒स्रो दे॒वीर्म॑यो॒भुवः॑ ।
ब॒र्हिः सी॑दन्त्व॒स्रिधः॑ ॥

Ilā, Sarasvatī, the three great goddesses who bring well-being, let them sit on the sacred grass. May they be unfailing.

इ॒ह त्वष्टा॑रमग्रि॒यं वि॒श्वरू॑प॒मुप॑ ह्वये ।
अ॒स्माक॑मस्तु॒ केव॑लः ॥

Here I call upon Tvaṣṭar, the foremost, all-forming one. May he be ours alone.

अव॑ सृजा वनस्पते॒ देव॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒विः ।
प्र दा॒तुर॑स्तु॒ चेत॑नम् ॥

O Lord of the forest, O god, send forth the oblation to the gods. May the donor be remembered.

स्वाहा॑ य॒ज्ञं कृ॑णोत॒नेन्द्रा॑य॒ यज्व॑नो गृ॒हे ।
तत्र॑ दे॒वाँ उप॑ ह्वये ॥

Svāhā! Perform the sacrifice for Indra in the sacrificer's house. There I call upon the gods.