Ṛgveda · Sūkta 3.17
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3.17.1
स॒मि॒ध्यमा॑नः प्रथ॒मानु॒ धर्मा॒ सम॒क्तुभि॑रज्यते वि॒श्ववा॑रः ।
शो॒चिष्के॑शो घृ॒तनि॑र्णिक्पाव॒कः सु॑य॒ज्ञो अ॒ग्निर्य॒जथा॑य दे॒वान् ॥
Kindled first, he is adorned according to the laws together with the nights—beloved of all, flames for his hair, dripping with ghee, the purifier, the Agni of good sacrifice; he calls the gods to sacrifice.
3.17.2
यथाय॑जो हो॒त्रम॑ग्ने पृथि॒व्या यथा॑ दि॒वो जा॑तवेदश्चिकि॒त्वान् ।
ए॒वानेन॑ ह॒विषा॑ यक्षि दे॒वान्म॑नु॒ष्वद्य॒ज्ञं प्र ति॑रे॒मम॒द्य ॥
As you performed the priestly office for earth and heaven, O Agni, Jātavedas, knowing all; so now with this oblation worship the gods, and today advance this sacrifice as Manu did.
3.17.3
त्रीण्यायूं॑षि॒ तव॑ जातवेदस्ति॒स्र आ॒जानी॑रु॒षस॑स्ते अग्ने ।
ताभि॑र्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ यक्षि वि॒द्वानथा॑ भव॒ यज॑मानाय॒ शं योः ॥
O Jātavedas, you have three life-spans, and O Agni, three births came to you from the dawns; with these, knowing, worship for the favour of the gods; then be blessing and welfare for the sacrificer.
3.17.4
अ॒ग्निं सु॑दी॒तिं सु॒दृशं॑ गृ॒णन्तो॑ नम॒स्याम॒स्त्वेड्यं॑ जातवेदः ।
त्वां दू॒तम॑र॒तिं ह॑व्य॒वाहं॑ दे॒वा अ॑कृण्वन्न॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभि॑म् ॥
Praising Agni, the well-shining, the well-visible, we bow to you; O Jātavedas, you are worthy of praise. The gods made you the messenger, the swift one, carrier of the oblation, the navel of the immortal.
3.17.5
यस्त्वद्धोता॒ पूर्वो॑ अग्ने॒ यजी॑यान्द्वि॒ता च॒ सत्ता॑ स्व॒धया॑ च श॒म्भुः ।
तस्यानु॒ धर्म॒ प्र य॑जा चिकि॒त्वोऽथा॑ नो धा अध्व॒रं दे॒ववी॑तौ ॥
O Agni, the priest who came before you and is more worthy of worship, who leads the oblation in both ways and is auspicious—following his ordinance, advance and sacrifice; then, O knower, establish our rite in the favour of the gods.