Ṛgveda · Sūkta 5.26

5.26.1

अग्ने॑ पावक रो॒चिषा॑ म॒न्द्रया॑ देव जि॒ह्वया॑ ।
आ दे॒वान्व॑क्षि॒ यक्षि॑ च ॥

O Agni, purifier, with your radiance and your delightful tongue, bring the gods here and worship them.

तं त्वा॑ घृतस्नवीमहे॒ चित्र॑भानो स्व॒र्दृश॑म् ।
दे॒वाँ आ वी॒तये॑ वह ॥

O Agni, bright with ghee, wondrously radiant, shining in heaven, we implore you. Bring the gods here to partake.

वी॒तिहो॑त्रं त्वा कवे द्यु॒मन्तं॒ समि॑धीमहि ।
अग्ने॑ बृ॒हन्त॑मध्व॒रे ॥

O Vītihotra, wise seer, we kindle you brilliantly together, O Agni, great one at the sacrifice.

अग्ने॒ विश्वे॑भि॒रा ग॑हि दे॒वेभि॑र्ह॒व्यदा॑तये ।
होता॑रं त्वा वृणीमहे ॥

O Agni, come here with all the gods to accept the oblations; we choose you as the invoker priest.

यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒त आग्ने॑ सु॒वीर्यं॑ वह ।
दे॒वैरा स॑त्सि ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥

Bring good strength, O Agni, to the sacrificer who presses soma; come hither with the gods and sit upon the sacred grass.

स॒मि॒धा॒नः स॑हस्रजि॒दग्ने॒ धर्मा॑णि पुष्यसि ।
दे॒वानां॑ दू॒त उ॒क्थ्यः॑ ॥

O Agni, conqueror of thousands, kindled with fuel, you nourish the sacred laws; you are the messenger of the gods, worthy of praise.

न्य॑ग्निं जा॒तवे॑दसं होत्र॒वाहं॒ यवि॑ष्ठ्यम् ।
दधा॑ता दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् ॥

Set here Agni, all-knowing from birth, carrier of the offering, youngest of them all, the god, the priest who performs the rite in its season.

प्र य॒ज्ञ ए॑त्वानु॒षग॒द्या दे॒वव्य॑चस्तमः ।
स्तृ॒णी॒त ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑ ॥

Let the sacrifice advance in order today, most gracious to the gods. Spread the sacred grass as a seat.

एदं म॒रुतो॑ अ॒श्विना॑ मि॒त्रः सी॑दन्तु॒ वरु॑णः ।
दे॒वासः॒ सर्व॑या वि॒शा ॥

Here let the Maruts, the two Aśvins, Mitra and Varuṇa sit, the gods together with all the people.