Rigveda 1.077.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 77 · Verse 1.77.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
क॒था दा॑शेमा॒ग्नये॒ कास्मै॑ दे॒वजु॑ष्टोच्यते भा॒मिने॒ गीः । यो मर्त्ये॑ष्व॒मृत॑ ऋ॒तावा॒ होता॒ यजि॑ष्ठ॒ इत्कृ॒णोति॑ दे॒वान्
kathā dāśemāgnaye kāsmai devajuṣṭocyate bhāmine gīḥ yo martyeṣvamṛta ṛtāvā hotā yajiṣṭha itkṛṇoti devān
How is the splendour called upon Agni? Which song is addressed to the divine-kissed one? He who among mortals the sacrificer foremost makes immortal by rites—this is declared to the gods.
What (oblations) may we offer to Agni? What praise is addressed to the luminous (Agni) that is agreeable to the gods? that Agni who is immortal and observant of truth, who is the invoker of the gods, the performer of sacrifices, and who, (present) amongst men, conveys oblations to the deities.
How shall we pay oblation unto Agni? What hymn, Godloved, is said to him refulgent? Who, deathless, true to Law, mid men a herald, bringeth the Gods as best of sacrificers?