Rigveda 1.031.16
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 31 · Verse 1.31.16
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इ॒माम॑ग्ने श॒रणिं॑ मीमृषो न इ॒ममध्वा॑नं॒ यमगा॑म दू॒रात् । आ॒पिः पि॒ता प्रम॑तिः सो॒म्यानां॒ भृमि॑रस्यृषि॒कृन्मर्त्या॑नाम्
imāmagne śaraṇiṃ mīmṛṣo na imamadhvānaṃ yamagāma dūrāt āpiḥ pitā pramatiḥ somyānāṃ bhṛmirasyṛṣikṛnmartyānām
Accept this refuge, Agni; seek it not by other paths from far away. Fatherly thought and breath are the inspirers of the Soma-drinkers, the stirrers of mortals' song.
Agni, forgive us this our negligence, this path in which we have gone astray; you are to be sought as the protector and encourager of those who offer suitable libations; you are the fulfiller (of the end of rites), you make yourself visible to mortals.
Pardon, we pray, this sin of ours, O Agni, -- the path which we have trodden, widely straying, Dear Friend and Father, caring for the pious, who speedest nigh and who inspirest mortals.