Rigveda 1.144.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 144 · Verse 1.144.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तमीं॑ हिन्वन्ति धी॒तयो॒ दश॒ व्रिशो॑ दे॒वं मर्ता॑स ऊ॒तये॑ हवामहे । धनो॒रधि॑ प्र॒वत॒ आ स ऋ॑ण्वत्यभि॒व्रज॑द्भिर्व॒युना॒ नवा॑धित
tamīṃ hinvanti dhītayo daśa vriśo devaṃ martāsa ūtaye havāmahe dhanoradhi pravata ā sa ṛṇvatyabhivrajadbhirvayunā navādhita
The wise ones cut away the dark ten bulls; we invoke the god of mortals for the rite. Wealth-bearing, the first to begin, they rushed forth with offerings, newly sharpened by the winds.
The ten fingers intertwined propitiate that divine (Agni), whom we mortals invoke for protection; he darts (his rays) like swift (arrows) from a bow, and accepts the new praises (uttered) by those who crowd round the altar.
Him the ten fingers, the devotions. animate: we mortals call on him a God to give us help. He speeds over the sloping surface of the land: new deeds hath he performed with those who gird him round.