Rigveda 4.006.04
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 6 · Verse 4.6.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स्ती॒र्णे ब॒र्हिषि॑ समिधा॒ने अ॒ग्ना ऊ॒र्ध्वो अ॑ध्व॒र्युर्जु॑जुषा॒णो अ॑स्थात् । पर्य॒ग्निः प॑शु॒पा न होता॑ त्रिवि॒ष्ट्ये॑ति प्र॒दिव॑ उरा॒णः
stīrṇe barhiṣi samidhāne agnā ūrdhvo adhvaryurjujuṣāṇo asthāt paryagniḥ paśupā na hotā triviṣṭyeti pradiva urāṇaḥ
On the fragrant altar, when the fuel was set, Agni stood high and low, the vigorous sacrificer firmly placed. Surrounding him, the protector of cattle, the priest who brings threefold invocations, made the offering of the chest.
When the sacred grass is strewn and the fire is kindled, the Adhvaryu rises, propitiating (the gods), and Agni, the offerer of the oblation, ancient and multiplying (the offering), thrice circumambulates (the victim) like a keeper of cattle.
When sacred grass is strewn and Agni kindled, the Adhvaryu rises to, his task rej o cing. Agni the Priest, like one who tends the cattle, goes three times round, as from of old he wills it.