Rigveda 1.031.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 31 · Verse 1.31.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वम॑ग्ने वृष॒भः पु॑ष्टि॒वर्ध॑न॒ उद्य॑तस्रुचे भवसि श्र॒वाय्यः॑ । य आहु॑तिं॒ परि॒ वेदा॒ वष॑ट्कृति॒मेका॑यु॒रग्रे॒ विश॑ आ॒विवा॑ससि
tvamagne vṛṣabhaḥ puṣṭivardhana udyatasruce bhavasi śravāyyaḥ ya āhutiṃ pari vedā vaṣaṭkṛtimekāyuragre viśa āvivāsasi
You, O Agni, are the bull that increases nourishment, rising with brilliant light; you are famed and glorious. He who, surrounding the oblation, knows the rite, endows long life in front and dwells in the wide place.
Your, Agni, are the showerer (of desires), the augmenter of the prosperity (of your worshipper); you are to be called upon as the ladle is lifted up; upon him who fully understands the invocation and makes the oblation, you, the provider of sustenance, first bestow light, and then upon all men.
Thou, Agni, art a Bull who makes our store increase, to be invoked by him who lifts the ladle up. Well knowing the oblation with the hallowing word, uniting all who live, thou lightenest first our folk