Rigveda 1.036.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 36 · Verse 1.36.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र त्वा॑ दू॒तं वृ॑णीमहे॒ होता॑रं वि॒श्ववे॑दसम् । म॒हस्ते॑ स॒तो वि च॑रन्त्य॒र्चयो॑ दि॒वि स्पृ॑शन्ति भा॒नवः॑
pra tvā dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe hotāraṃ viśvavedasam mahaste sato vi carantyarcayo divi spṛśanti bhānavaḥ
We choose for you a messenger, the hotar, knower of all; great are your laws: rites move around you, heavenly beams touch you.
We select you, Agni, the messenger and invoker of the gods, who are endowed with all knowledge. The flames of you, who are mighty and eternal, spread around the rays, touch of the heavens.
Thee for our messenger we choose, thee, the Omniscient, for our Priest. The flames of thee the mighty are spread wide around: thy splendour reaches to the sky.