Rigveda 1.140.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 140 · Verse 1.140.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वे॒दि॒षदे॑ प्रि॒यधा॑माय सु॒द्युते॑ धा॒सिमि॑व॒ प्र भ॑रा॒ योनि॑म॒ग्नये॑ । वस्त्रे॑णेव वासया॒ मन्म॑ना॒ शुचिं॑ ज्यो॒तीर॑थं शु॒क्रव॑र्णं तमो॒हन॑म्
vediṣade priyadhāmāya sudyute dhāsimiva pra bharā yonimagnaye vastreṇeva vāsayā manmanā śuciṃ jyotīrathaṃ śukravarṇaṃ tamohanam
I, like a favored priest, shine the beloved dwelling in the house of knowledge; I place the seat for Agni. With the cloth I cover and clothe him, pure in mind, bright in light, of radiant hue, dispelling darkness.
Prepare a (fit) plural ce, as it were an offering, for the radiant Agni, who is seated on the altar, and fond of his station; strew the sacred, light-bearing, bright and gloom-dispelling (spot), with agreeable (kuśa grass), as with a garment.
To splendid Agni seated by the altar, loving well his home, I bring the food as 'twere his place of birth.