Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.188

1.188.1

समि॑द्धो अ॒द्य रा॑जसि दे॒वो दे॒वैः स॑हस्रजित् ।
दू॒तो ह॒व्या क॒विर्व॑ह ॥

Agni, conqueror of thousands, you shine today as a god among the gods. As messenger and seer, bring the oblations here.

तनू॑नपादृ॒तं य॒ते मध्वा॑ य॒ज्ञः सम॑ज्यते ।
दध॑त्सह॒स्रिणी॒रिषः॑ ॥

O self-born Agni, for the one who follows cosmic order, the sacrifice is fully anointed with honey, granting thousandfold nourishments.

आ॒जुह्वा॑नो न॒ ईड्यो॑ दे॒वाँ आ व॑क्षि य॒ज्ञिया॑न् ।
अग्ने॑ सहस्र॒सा अ॑सि ॥

Agni, called by us and praised, bring here the gods worthy of sacrifice. You are the conqueror of thousands.

प्रा॒चीनं॑ ब॒र्हिरोज॑सा स॒हस्र॑वीरमस्तृणन् ।
यत्रा॑दित्या वि॒राज॑थ ॥

They spread with strength the ancient eastward sacred grass, that seat of a thousand heroes, where you Adityas take your places and shine.

वि॒राट्स॒म्राड्वि॒भ्वीः प्र॒भ्वीर्ब॒ह्वीश्च॒ भूय॑सीश्च॒ याः ।
दुरो॑ घृ॒तान्य॑क्षरन् ॥

Virāṭ, samrāṭ, the mighty, the lordly, the many and the even more numerous: the doors poured forth ghee.

सु॒रु॒क्मे हि सु॒पेश॒साधि॑ श्रि॒या वि॒राज॑तः ।
उ॒षासा॒वेह सी॑दताम् ॥

The two of fine red garments and fine form shine forth in splendor. Let those two Dawns come here and sit down.

प्र॒थ॒मा हि सु॒वाच॑सा॒ होता॑रा॒ दैव्या॑ क॒वी ।
य॒ज्ञं नो॑ यक्षतामि॒मम् ॥

The two foremost, well-spoken divine invokers, the seers, shall perform this sacrifice for us.

भार॒तीळे॒ सर॑स्वति॒ या वः॒ सर्वा॑ उपब्रु॒वे ।
ता न॑श्चोदयत श्रि॒ये ॥

O Bhāratī, O Iḷā, O Sarasvatī — all of you I invoke; may they impel us toward prosperity.

त्वष्टा॑ रू॒पाणि॒ हि प्र॒भुः प॒शून्विश्वा॑न्त्समान॒जे ।
तेषां॑ न स्फा॒तिमा य॑ज ॥

Tvaṣṭar, the lord, indeed fashioned all forms and all animals; from among them, offer us increase here in the sacrifice.

उप॒ त्मन्या॑ वनस्पते॒ पाथो॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सृज ।
अ॒ग्निर्ह॒व्यानि॑ सिष्वदत् ॥

O lord of the forest, by your own body open a path for the gods; may Agni make the oblations sweet.

पु॒रो॒गा अ॒ग्निर्दे॒वानां॑ गाय॒त्रेण॒ सम॑ज्यते ।
स्वाहा॑कृतीषु रोचते ॥

Agni, foremost of the gods, is joined with the Gāyatrī meter; he shines in the svāhā-offerings.