Ṛgveda · Sūkta 5.5

5.5.1

सुस॑मिद्धाय शो॒चिषे॑ घृ॒तं ती॒व्रं जु॑होतन ।
अ॒ग्नये॑ जा॒तवे॑दसे ॥

Pour the strong clarified butter for the well-kindled flame, for Agni Jātavedas, knower of all born beings.

नरा॒शंसः॑ सुषूदती॒मं य॒ज्ञमदा॑भ्यः ।
क॒विर्हि मधु॑हस्त्यः ॥

May Nārāśaṃsa speed this sacrifice forward, the undeceivable one; for he is the seer, honey-handed.

ई॒ळि॒तो अ॑ग्न॒ आ व॒हेन्द्रं॑ चि॒त्रमि॒ह प्रि॒यम् ।
सु॒खै रथे॑भिरू॒तये॑ ॥

Praised Agni, bring hither the wondrous, beloved Indra with joyful chariots, for our protection.

ऊर्ण॑म्रदा॒ वि प्र॑थस्वा॒भ्य॑र्का अ॑नूषत ।
भवा॑ नः शुभ्र सा॒तये॑ ॥

Soft as wool, spread out; the hymns have sung you. Be for us, O bright one, for our well-being.

देवी॑र्द्वारो॒ वि श्र॑यध्वं सुप्राय॒णा न॑ ऊ॒तये॑ ।
प्रप्र॑ य॒ज्ञं पृ॑णीतन ॥

Divine doors, open wide; be easy passages for our protection; advance the sacrifice, advance it forward.

सु॒प्रती॑के वयो॒वृधा॑ य॒ह्वी ऋ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तरा॑ ।
दो॒षामु॒षास॑मीमहे ॥

We invoke the two mothers of cosmic order, night and dawn, of fair sight, increasing strength and mighty.

वात॑स्य॒ पत्म॑न्नीळि॒ता दैव्या॒ होता॑रा॒ मनु॑षः ।
इ॒मं नो॑ य॒ज्ञमा ग॑तम् ॥

Praised on the path of the wind, you two divine priests, benefactors of humankind, come to this sacrifice of ours.

इळा॒ सर॑स्वती म॒ही ति॒स्रो दे॒वीर्म॑यो॒भुवः॑ ।
ब॒र्हिः सी॑दन्त्व॒स्रिधः॑ ॥

Ilā, Sarasvatī, and Mahī, three goddesses who bestow well-being, let them sit upon the sacred grass, unfailing.

शि॒वस्त्व॑ष्टरि॒हा ग॑हि वि॒भुः पोष॑ उ॒त त्मना॑ ।
य॒ज्ञेय॑ज्ञे न॒ उद॑व ॥

O auspicious Tvaṣṭar, come hither, all-pervading one, for nourishment and by your own power; help us at every sacrifice.

यत्र॒ वेत्थ॑ वनस्पते दे॒वानां॒ गुह्या॒ नामा॑नि ।
तत्र॑ ह॒व्यानि॑ गामय ॥

Where you, O lord of the forest, know the secret names of the gods, there convey the oblations.

स्वाहा॒ग्नये॒ वरु॑णाय॒ स्वाहेन्द्रा॑य म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ ।
स्वाहा॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒विः ॥

Svāhā! To Agni, svāhā! To Varuṇa, svāhā! To Indra, to the Maruts, svāhā! To the gods, this oblation.