Rigveda 5.012.03
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 12 · Verse 5.12.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
कया॑ नो अग्न ऋ॒तय॑न्नृ॒तेन॒ भुवो॒ नवे॑दा उ॒चथ॑स्य॒ नव्यः॑ । वेदा॑ मे दे॒व ऋ॑तु॒पा ऋ॑तू॒नां नाहं पतिं॑ सनि॒तुर॒स्य रा॒यः
kayā no agna ṛtayannṛtena bhuvo navedā ucathasya navyaḥ vedā me deva ṛtupā ṛtūnāṃ nāhaṃ patiṃ saniturasya rāyaḥ
By what means, Agni, do you make Rtas? With unrighteousness the world became anew; the Vedas proclaimed anew. Grant me, O god, the Rta of seasons; I do not accept a lord of this host as king.
Agni, bestower of water, by what (act of) truth may you, who are adorable, be cognizant of our adoration; may the divine Agni, the guardian of the seasons, recognize me; (I know) him not (yet) as the lord of the riches of which I am the possessor.
How hast thou, follower of the Law eternal, become the knower of a new song, Agni? The God, the Guardian of the seasons, knows me: the Lord of him who won this wealth I know not.