Rigveda 10.176.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 176 · Verse 10.176.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒यमु॒ ष्य प्र दे॑व॒युर्होता॑ य॒ज्ञाय॑ नीयते । रथो॒ न योर॒भीवृ॑तो॒ घृणी॑वाञ्चेतति॒ त्मना॑
ayamu ṣya pra devayurhotā yajñāya nīyate ratho na yorabhīvṛto ghṛṇīvāñcetati tmanā
This very sacrificial praiser, the hotṛ, is led to the divine rite for the sacrifice; the chariot, not overturned, may he, with his mind, drive like a swift steed.
This ministrant priest devoted to the gods is brought (here) for the sacrifice; radiant as theswift-moving sun, uniting (the oblation and the gods) surrounded (by the priests, Agni) knows of himself (how toworship the gods).
He here, a God-devoted Priest, led forward comes to sacrifice. Like a car covered for the road, he, glowing, knows, himself, the way.