Rigveda 10.091.11
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 91 · Verse 10.91.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यस्तुभ्य॑मग्ने अ॒मृता॑य॒ मर्त्यः॑ स॒मिधा॒ दाश॑दु॒त वा॑ ह॒विष्कृ॑ति । तस्य॒ होता॑ भवसि॒ यासि॑ दू॒त्य१॒॑मुप॑ ब्रूषे॒ यज॑स्यध्वरी॒यसि॑
yastubhyamagne amṛtāya martyaḥ samidhā dāśaduta vā haviṣkṛti tasya hotā bhavasi yāsi dūtya1mupa brūṣe yajasyadhvarīyasi
Whoever, O Agni, for your gift makes mortals immortal, placing fuel or sending away the offering — for him you become the priest; go and bring the message: proclaim what the worshipper desires, do thou the priestly service.
The mortal, Agni, who presents to you, the immortal, fuel at the offering of the oblation-- you are hisHotā, you go on his errant (to the gods), you direct (the ceremonial), you offer the sacrifice, you act as theofficiating priest.
When mortal man presents to thee Immortal God, Agni, his fuel or his sacrificial gift, Then thou art his Adhvaryu, Hotar, messenger, callest the Gods and orderest the sacrifice.