Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.67

1.67.1

वने॑षु जा॒युर्मर्ते॑षु मि॒त्रो ।
वृ॒णी॒ते श्रु॒ष्टिं राजे॑वाजु॒र्यम् ॥

Born in the forests, he is a friend among mortals. As a king chooses what does not decay, so he takes praise as his own.

क्षेमो॒ न सा॒धुः क्रतु॒र्न भ॒द्रो ।
भुव॑त्स्वा॒धीर्होता॑ हव्य॒वाट् ॥

He is excellent like well-being and like a good purpose. Wise and skilled, he has become the priest and carrier of the oblations.

हस्ते॒ दधा॑नो नृ॒म्णा विश्वा॑नि ।
अमे॑ दे॒वान्धा॒द्गुहा॑ नि॒षीद॑न् ॥

Holding all treasures in his hand, he set the gods in the home. Seated in a hidden place, he establishes the gods.

वि॒दन्ती॒मत्र॒ नरो॑ धियं॒धाः ।
हृ॒दा यत्त॒ष्टान्मन्त्राँ॒ अशं॑सन् ॥

Here thoughtful men find him, when they recited with the heart the mantras they had fashioned.

अ॒जो न क्षां दा॒धार॑ पृथि॒वीं ।
त॒स्तम्भ॒ द्यां मन्त्रे॑भिः स॒त्यैः ॥

Like an unborn one he held up the earth; with true mantras he propped up the sky.

प्रि॒या प॒दानि॑ प॒श्वो नि पा॑हि ।
वि॒श्वायु॑रग्ने गु॒हा गुहं॑ गाः ॥

O Agni, protect the beloved footprints of the herd. O you who live a full life, enter the hidden cave.

य ईं॑ चि॒केत॒ गुहा॒ भव॑न्तम् ।
आ यः स॒साद॒ धारा॑मृ॒तस्य॑ ॥

He who knows Agni, who exists hidden, is the one who has taken his seat in the stream of ṛta.

वि ये चृ॒तन्त्यृ॒ता सप॑न्तः ।
आदिद्वसू॑नि॒ प्र व॑वाचास्मै ॥

Those who move apart, upholding the cosmic truths, then proclaim treasures for him.

वि यो वी॒रुत्सु॒ रोध॑न्महि॒त्वा ।
उ॒त प्र॒जा उ॒त प्र॒सूष्व॒न्तः ॥

He who by his greatness holds apart the heroic powers, and the peoples, and the offspring within their homes.

चित्ति॑र॒पां दमे॑ वि॒श्वायुः॑ ।
सद्मे॑व॒ धीराः॑ स॒म्माय॑ चक्रुः ॥

The insight of the waters, all-living, appeared in the house of the waters; as the wise make a dwelling, they set him up for steadiness.