Ṛgveda · Sūkta 4.9

4.9.1

अग्ने॑ मृ॒ळ म॒हाँ अ॑सि॒ य ई॒मा दे॑व॒युं जन॑म् ।
इ॒येथ॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सद॑म् ॥

O Agni, you are great; you have come to the god-loving man and sat down on the sacred grass seat. Be gracious.

स मानु॑षीषु दू॒ळभो॑ वि॒क्षु प्रा॒वीरम॑र्त्यः ।
दू॒तो विश्वे॑षां भुवत् ॥

Hard to subdue among human settlements, protector of the clans, immortal, he became the messenger of all.

स सद्म॒ परि॑ णीयते॒ होता॑ म॒न्द्रो दिवि॑ष्टिषु ।
उ॒त पोता॒ नि षी॑दति ॥

He is carried around to his seat in the heavenly assemblies as the joyful hotar; and he sits down as the purifier.

उ॒त ग्ना अ॒ग्निर॑ध्व॒र उ॒तो गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्दमे॑ ।
उ॒त ब्र॒ह्मा नि षी॑दति ॥

Agni is among the women at the sacrifice, and he is the lord of the house in the home; and the brahman, the priest, sits down.

वेषि॒ ह्य॑ध्वरीय॒तामु॑पव॒क्ता जना॑नाम् ।
ह॒व्या च॒ मानु॑षाणाम् ॥

You impel the sacrificers; you are the invoker of the people, and you carry the oblations of mortals.

वेषीद्व॑स्य दू॒त्यं॑ यस्य॒ जुजो॑षो अध्व॒रम् ।
ह॒व्यं मर्त॑स्य॒ वोळ्ह॑वे ॥

Surely you impel the messenger-role of him whose sacrifice you have delighted in, to carry the mortal's oblation.

अ॒स्माकं॑ जोष्यध्व॒रम॒स्माकं॑ य॒ज्ञम॑ङ्गिरः ।
अ॒स्माकं॑ शृणुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥

O Aṅgiras, favor our sacrifice, favor our rite; hear our call.

परि॑ ते दू॒ळभो॒ रथो॑ अ॒स्माँ अ॑श्नोतु वि॒श्वतः॑ ।
येन॒ रक्ष॑सि दा॒शुषः॑ ॥

May your invincible chariot reach us from every side, by which you guard the generous worshipper.