Rigveda 10.091.09
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 91 · Verse 10.91.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वामिदत्र॑ वृणते त्वा॒यवो॒ होता॑रमग्ने वि॒दथे॑षु वे॒धसः॑ । यद्दे॑व॒यन्तो॒ दध॑ति॒ प्रयां॑सि ते ह॒विष्म॑न्तो॒ मन॑वो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः
tvāmidatra vṛṇate tvāyavo hotāramagne vidatheṣu vedhasaḥ yaddevayanto dadhati prayāṃsi te haviṣmanto manavo vṛktabarhiṣaḥ
We invoke you here, O Agni, as the oblation-bearer among the householders and priests, worthy of rites. What the gods accept you place before them; you, the sacrificers’ portion, take the offerings of men with stablished mind.
The performers of sacred rites, devoted to Agni, to you, select you as the ministrant priest at sacrificesin this world, when the devout worshippers bearing oblations and strewing the clipped sacred grass offer youfood.
Here, Api, the arrangers, those attached to thee, elect thee as their Priest in sacred gatherings, When men with strewn clipt grass and sacrificial gifts offer thee entertainment, piously inclined.