Rigveda 10.053.01
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 53 · Verse 10.53.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यमैच्छा॑म॒ मन॑सा॒ सो॒३॒॑ऽयमागा॑द्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ वि॒द्वान्परु॑षश्चिकि॒त्वान् । स नो॑ यक्षद्दे॒वता॑ता॒ यजी॑या॒न्नि हि षत्स॒दन्त॑रः॒ पूर्वो॑ अ॒स्मत्
yamaicchāma manasā so3'yamāgādyajñasya vidvānparuṣaścikitvān sa no yakṣaddevatātā yajīyānni hi ṣatsadantaraḥ pūrvo asmat
He who desired me with mind—this learned man entered the sacrificial rite, a great mortal who healed. May he grant us the protection of the deities; the sacrificer indeed sits within the circle before us.
(The gods). He whom we sought with (anxious) minds has arrived; he who understands the sacrificeand is acquainted with its different parts; may he who is most skilled in worship, sacrifice for us at the worship ofthe gods, being seated (at the altar), taking plural ce among (the priests), and preceding us.
HE hath arrived, he whom we sought with longing, who skilled in sacrifice well knows its courses. Let him discharge his sacrificial duties: let him sit down as Friend who was before Us.